Turns out the chem & plastic industries have known for (checking) more than 1/2 century that microplastics could get into our blood, organs, breast milk, fetuses, etc. after ingestion & worried about impact on growing plastic food packaging industry. latimes.com/environment/stor…
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BREAKING: Arizona has joined a lawsuit by Nevada over the Trump administration's plan to impose major water cutbacks. Top official Tom Buschatzke says the cuts in the state's Colorado River water allotment “would devastate Arizona’s economy.” latimes.com/environment/stor… @latimes
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We are devastated STAT over the loss of our beloved colleague @HelenBranswell
statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…
Will El Niño have an upside? California tries to capitalize on big storms @ianjames latimes.com/environment/stor…
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Deeply sad to see the @sacbee_news layoffs.
These cuts don't just affect the talented, mission-driven journalists who lost their jobs today through no fault of their own.
They harm our entire community.
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What Are We Doing to Our World of Wonder? nytimes.com/2026/09/11/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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The Trump administration is denouncing California’s plan for managing the pumping of water from the state's largest rivers, arguing it would jeopardize water for farms. The Central Valley's biggest agricultural water agency is also objecting to the plan. latimes.com/environment/stor…
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Where did this thing spawn from??
Southern Claifornia has achieved monsoon flow state. We just have huge thunderstorm complexes spawning out of nowhere. Not a single forecast model saw this coming. All the EPS members were dry.
Wow. I have no words. Everyone missed this.
As the water crisis in the west worsens, AZ threatens to sue Trump Administration over plan to conserve H2O in Colorado River. From the west's wisest water journo, @ByIanJames latimes.com/environment/stor…
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Bird flu puts one in five Australian bird & mammal species at risk "“..the sheer scale of disaster, even the pelican & ibis are at very high risk, all but one species of penguin is at high risk. Even the cassowary. It is hard to grasp the scale of this tragedy...This will hit all over the continent.” #H5N1 smh.com.au/environment/conse…
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First suspected positive case of #H5N1 bird flu detected in #Queensland abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/b…
Nothing to see here 🥴 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨'A five-alarm fire': Western reservoirs that supply California fall to record low levels latimes.com/environment/stor…
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Lake Mead and Lake Powell have fallen to their lowest combined levels on record, a grim milestone in the Colorado River's deepening crisis latimes.com/environment/stor…
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The state program that helps bring solutions for Californians with contaminated drinking water is facing a major drop in funding. In this week’s Boiling Point newsletter, I wrote about the “fiscal cliff” and what it could mean. latimes.com/environment/news…
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Australia's New South Wales confirms H5N1 bird flu case, third state reut.rs/4p0VW2u reut.rs/4p0VW2u
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San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose have NEVER seen a 90° day in the month of March. Next week we could have several days of 90°+. This will be an unprecedented March heat wave beginning Monday. For context, temperature records in SF go back to 1874.
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Commentary: China-backed Big Pork wants to override 63% of California voters. Even conservatives are mad latimes.com/politics/newslet…
Impact: Community activism and reporting from @ByIanJames has led to Orange Co. backing off from spraying herbicides in water ways. Democracy works. latimes.com/environment/stor…
#H5N1 #BirdFlu detected in northern elephant seals on CA coast. Virus annihilated the funny-looking seals in South America between 2022 and 2024. From UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz research. latimes.com/science/story/20…
