"Grassroots leaders responding to #PFAS drinking water contamination remind us that '#WaterIsLife.' State and federal agencies must treat these toxic chemical exposure issues like our lives depend upon it, because they do.” -Kaya Marie Allan Sugerman (she/her), CEH ceh.org/latest/press-r…

“We’re hitting an inflection point,” said Sarah Doll, national director of Safer States...“The train is moving down the tracks, and either you get out of the way or you’re going to get hit by litigation and accountability.” Read more here: bit.ly/3P7oGXq

“Information for information’s sake does nothing to protect our precious water resources. It’s time to take the #PFAS crisis much more seriously and hold companies that release these toxic chemicals accountable." -Andria Ventura, @cleanh2oaction ceh.org/latest/press-r…

Clean Water Action's Legislative and Policy Director Andria Ventura emphasizes a much needed urgency as the Center for Environmental Health takes the battle against #PFAS in California to the next level. ceh.org/latest/press-r…

We sent legal notices to 5 industrial facilities in #LosAngeles County for discharging toxic #PFAS into the groundwater. Groundwater makes up 40-60% of CA's total drinking water supply. As an LA County resident, I'm gonna upgrade from my Brita. Many can't afford to. #waterislife

- An Ode To #ToriBowie- In the hush of an unspoken goodbye, Beneath the shadow of a summer sky, The light of a life, with a name well-known, Tori Bowie, departed, all alone. In rooms of gold, where victories were sung, In echoes of the races she had run, In the wake of glory, of

As an Indigenous woman and an attorney, I am used to heartbreak. We wake up to fight in the “iron-cold” of the law every day, knowing the scales rarely tip in our favor. But today, in this moment, we celebrate the #SCOTUS decision in Brackeen v. Haaland that upholds #ICWA. 🧵

The attempt by fossil fuel industry, the adoption industry & conservatives to strike at the heart of tribal sovereignty has failed:  nytimes.com/2023/06/15/us/… Excellent news for Native families & the environment ✊🏽❤️🔥 #ProtectICWA

Kīlauea continues to erupt, entrance, intrigue, and inform. At this time only one vent remains active, in the far southwestern portion of the crater. Go here for a livestream view: youtube.com/usgs/live

There is a historic heat wave in Texas, with many areas topping 117°. High humidity makes the heat more brutally dangerous. Gov. Abbott just signed a bill nullifying local requirements to give workers water breaks. We still have no federal heat standards.

"U.S. EPA must uphold its duty to protect public health and not blind itself to the dangers posed by outdated air-pollution standards.” -Kaya Marie Allan Sugerman (she/her), CEH We joined Center for Biological Diversity & Sierra Club to challenge EPA’s failure to address nitrogen air pollution. ceh.org/latest/press-r…

The devastation from Maui fires has highlighted the issue of Hawaiian sovereignty. Read here from experts Keala Kelly and Kaniela Ing about the island’s fraught place in American history. nbcnews.to/45rIQAY

“The disturbing silence left by the missing & mourned souls tells of a disaster that's unnatural, shaped by the human hand—a byproduct of the dangerous dance between climate change & centuries of colonial greed.” Kaniela Ing Time for a paradigm shift 💔 act.gp/3YTZ1V8

#repost Kanaeokana “[Lahaina’s] following our kūpuna, nānā i ke kumu, looking towards the source, which is wai. Without wai, I mean, our body’s made up of 60% of water. If that’s not a hōʻailona (sign) of what to do first, you might have missed the waʻa.” @kainamakua

“Many of the Indigenous organizers leading relief efforts in Lahaina… emerged from the sovereignty movement, said Healani Sonoda-Pale” theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

Take action! Write to 99 Cents Only Stores execs demanding a chemical management policy that can protect our communities from toxics in products. ➡️✍️bit.ly/3Rkl7OO

Items stored in fluorinated plastics touch virtually every facet of the US economy trib.al/743ms2j via Businessweek

“People and our environment suffer when our government’s checks on air pollution fail to keep up with the science. EPA is failing to fulfill its responsibility." -Kaya Marie Allan Sugerman (she/her), CEH We joined Center for Biological Diversity & Sierra Club in legal action against U.S. EPA. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-r…

“In the US rates of childhood leukemia increased 35% from 1975-2019; childhood brain cancer rose by 33%. Today 1 in 285 Americans are diagnosed with cancer before age 20…an increase too rapid to be explained by genetics” 🔥 by ⁦Kristina Marusic⁩ thehill.com/opinion/health…

Smaller airplanes still fly with lead-laced fuel, poisoning families that live near airports where these planes land 🚫😷🛩️ Today, U.S. EPA acknowledged this major public health issue in an "endangerment finding." Now, it's time to act on it! Our statement: sierraclub.org/press-releases…