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New Study Shows Strong Link Between Industrialized Agriculture and Declining Bird Populations
#environment
https://sentientmedia.org/study-shows-link-between-industrialized-agriculture-and-declining-bird-populations/

New Study Shows Strong Link Between Industrialized Agriculture and Declining Bird Populations

Pesticides, fertilizers and habitat destruction are the likely culprits.

Sentient

Thomas Keepout 3d ago

GOP Farm Bill Set to Unleash Pesticide Use and Strip Animal Welfare Protections
#environment
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-farm-bill-set-to-unleash-pesticide-use-and-strip-animal-welfare-protections/

GOP Farm Bill Set to Unleash Pesticide Use and Strip Animal Welfare Protections

The bill protects agrochemicals producers from lawsuits, and overturns food and pesticide safety laws and statutes.

Truthout

Thomas Keepout 5d ago

Uh-Oh—Global Warming Is Actually Speeding Up, Scientists Say
#environment
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a70725829/accelerating-global-warming/

Uh-Oh—Global Warming Is Actually Speeding Up, Scientists Say

In recent years, Earth's average temperature has been rising faster than scientists previously thought.

Popular Mechanics

Thomas Keepout 5d ago

Data-center pollution is linked to asthma, heart attacks, and more
#environment
https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-centers-pollution

AI's Hidden Threat to Public Health

AI's environmental impact is well-known, but its public health cost is often overlooked. Data centers emit harmful pollutants, risking asthma, heart attacks, and cognitive decline. How can we ensure AI's growth doesn't compromise our health? It's time for health-informed AI solutions.

IEEE Spectrum

Thomas Keepout 6d ago

Trump is blowing up national-park land in Arizona to wall off one of the border’s last wild places.
#environment
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/03/trump-border-wall-construction/686403/

The Border Wall Is Back

Trump is blowing up national-park land in Arizona to wall off one of the border’s last wild places.

The Atlantic

Thomas Keepout Mar 17

Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law
#environment
("Kill the Earth Squad")
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/climate/god-squad-whales-gulf-oil.html

Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law

The meeting, planned for this month, will focus on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

The New York Times

Thomas Keepout Mar 16

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn
#environment
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/bombing-of-irans-oil-infrastructure-to-have-major-environmental-fallout-experts-warn

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

The Guardian

Thomas Keepout Mar 13

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on Ethylene Oxide
#environment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/climate/epa-ethylene-oxide-cancer.html

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on Ethylene Oxide

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.

The New York Times

Thomas Keepout Mar 10

Elon Musk Keeps Adding Deafening Turbines To Power His Data Centers Because He Doesn't Care About Residents
#environment
https://www.jalopnik.com/2116533/elon-musk-turbines-data-center-deafening/

Elon Musk Keeps Adding Deafening Turbines To Power His Data Centers Because He Doesn't Care About Residents

But Elon doesn't care, because Grok makes fire memes.

Jalopnik

Thomas Keepout Mar 8

EPA’s actions on forever chemicals will leave Americans sicker, not safer
#environment
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5771748-weakening-pfas-protections-health-risks/