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Southwest Harbor, ME
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Jim Vallette retweeted
Our account is being targeted by M Usks censorship algorithm. We're down to just 5% of our normal engagements prior to him buying this thing.
Well enough is enough
We're going to advocate for wildlife whether he likes it or not and you can help.
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Jim Vallette retweeted
Did a bunch of digging and I think I found the people who are controlling the weather and making all these hurricanes worse
Jim Vallette retweeted
"Environmentalists fought hard to strengthen the EPA’s Risk Management Program to account for the impacts of extreme weather on chemical accidents... But BioLab’s facilities, which fall outside of the program, will not."
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Jim Vallette retweeted
Project 2025 proposals would cut vital governmental agencies, eliminate science and EJ advisory boards.
"They read like an industry wishlist rather than a real game plan to address the significant and growing chemical and climate threats we face"
How a blueprint for a second Trump presidential term could erode environmental health protections and undercut energy job growth in West Virginia: wvgazettemail.com/news/polit…
Jim Vallette retweeted
"The United States needs to stop pretending to be a leader and own the failure it has created here," says @cmuffett1 of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations ending this week.
👀 Read more in this @insideclimate piece. bit.ly/3ws3KDA
@POTUS @StateDept
Jim Vallette retweeted
.@tejasbarrios has advocated for decades for stronger chemical regulations like this one.“We remember family, friends, and neighbors who we lost.. because of highly hazardous air pollutants" Arellano told EHN.
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Jim Vallette retweeted
New #FencelineData tool from @publichealthwatch brings info from multiple federal agencies together in one place. Browse data on environmental violations and toxic chemical & greenhouse gas pollution at 21,000 facilities that report to EPA fencelinedata.org/
ALT Industrial facility near water at dusk
Jim Vallette retweeted
I just photos of the destruction out in Long Island.
Magnitude 4.8 #earthquake
Jim Vallette retweeted
Check out this new tool on chemical polluters! From now on it will be easier to find data on companies that release harmful chemicals into the environment and contribute to climate change.
publichealthwatch.org/2024/0…
Jim Vallette retweeted
PHW and three partners today are launching FencelineData.org, a revolutionary tool that will make it easier for community members, advocates, journalists and researchers to find information on companies that release harmful chemicals.
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ALT Who’s Polluting My Neighborhood? New Database Makes Searching for Chemical, Climate Data Easier
Jim Vallette retweeted
Accidental releases of toxic vinyl chloride have occurred in the US once every five days, on average, according to a new report released by @PlasticsBeyond and @Earthjustice.
@Dana_Drugmand unpacks the alarming report, revealing its implications. ⬇️
thenewlede.org/2024/03/toxic…
Jim Vallette retweeted
Toxic vinyl chloride accidents happen once every five days, report finds thenewlede.org/2024/03/toxic…
Jim Vallette retweeted
The pace of the plastics industry’s growth in the U.S. has been staggering. Over the last decade, three massive new #ethylene plants have been built, two in #Texas and one in #Pennsylvania, and an idled ethylene plant in Westlake, #Louisiana, was expanded and brought back online in 2018.
To learn about this growth in plastics plants, read the report: “Feeding the Plastics Industrial Complex: Taking Public Subsidies, Breaking Pollution Laws,” by visiting this link: environmentalintegrity.org/r…
ALT Map of locations of existing and proposed plastics plants in report.
Jim Vallette retweeted
🚨New report finds MILLIONS of Americans are unknowingly at risk of a toxic “bomb train” carrying vinyl chloride at any given moment.
Congress must pass the #RailwaySafetyAct before another preventable derailment devastates another town.
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Jim Vallette retweeted
Fantastic @NBCNews @CynthiaMcFadden story on our report revealing the dangers millions of U.S. residents face from the regular rail shipment of #vinylchloride, even after the E. Palestine disaster
@EPA @HomeDepot must ban vinyl chloride and #PVC plastic nbcnews.com/now/video/chemic…
Jim Vallette retweeted
Cancer-causing toxins from East Palestine, Ohio train derailment traced to Houston Ship Channel trib.al/a1ADz2E
Jim Vallette retweeted
A new report estimates trains carrying toxic chemicals run past millions of people, including in major population hubs.
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Jim Vallette retweeted
Don't miss this story by @AmudalatAjasa @washingtonpost on our new report, which revealed that millions of U.S. residents are at risk given the staggering amount of #vinylchloride that is regularly shipped by rail from Texas to New Jersey. #PVC #vinyl
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