Setting the stage for a marine food web collapse: Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, which many animals in the oceans depend on for food newscientist.com/article/242657…

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 caused breeding failures in 1/5 of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, new research shows. If GHG emissions continue to rise at current levels, their populations will fall by 99% by century's end bas.ac.uk/media-post/emp…

The story of our time, one of heat and fire and chaos and suffering, which will be retold every summer until decide we want to write a different story.

vox.com/science/241417…

.@mgafn reveals outrageous police treatment of a traumatized woman. “This is horrendous as far as sexual assault investigations...It’s absolutely incredible they have a named suspect in a position to damage more people and they don’t investigate.
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The problem with industrial food #999: Every year in the US, >300 million male chicks are hatched. But because they don’t lay eggs or produce valued meat, they are typically killed within a day, usually shredded alive in industrial grinders. nytimes.com/2024/03/28/cli…

Very sorry to hear that Rev. Cecil Williams has passed. A true legend. 'Civil rights pioneer, champion for the poor and hungry, and probably the most influential religious figure in San Francisco over the last 50 years.' sfchronicle.com/sf/article/cec…

“I think that’s what got me into investigative
journalism: If you do only what you’re allowed to do, and ask questions only where you’re supposed to ask them, you never find out the truth.' Kate Coleman #RIP sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

“false equivalence has got to go, because that’s not what this is anymore…. I think we should stop allowing our platforms to be used to spread these messages, because that’s the only reason they do it.”
presswatchers.org/2024/04/an-int… via Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org)

Chapter 10 of the fracking science compendium compiles all the data on flooding and it’s an emotionally difficult chapter for me to write.

Fracking sets the table for flooding and flooded fracking zones contaminate communities. It’s a spiral into hell. + concernedhealthny.org/wp-content/upl…

How many bald eagles do you see? Back in 2011 we moved to the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve 20 miles from Haines, Alaska. A late salmon run brings thousands of eagles in the fall. We put GPS backpacks on them to see where they came from. /1

Waste management will never solve the plastic pollution crisis. It’s time to stop using so much of this toxic material that poisons both people and planet. Judith Enck talks REAL solutions at #SEJ2024 . Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

This is an unacceptable violation of our Constitutional right to a free press.