"The biggest offender…was Carnival Corporation…the corporation who owns subsidiary companies Princess Cruise Lines, Holland America Cruise Lines, and Carnival Cruise Lines. In total, their ships were responsible for every single one of the 334 violation days in 2024 and 423 violation days in 2023."

The Alaska Current@thealaskacurrent.com · 7mo ago

Alaska sells “pristine waters,” but cruise ships legally dump exhaust scrubber washwater — a mix of heavy metals and carcinogens — into the ocean. A new report shows 700+ violation days in just two years.

Our government shot & killed an American citizen during a stop last year. We’re only finding out about it now. Where’s the outrage ⁦‪from Senators Cornyn‬⁩ & ⁦‪Cruz‬⁩ ? This is their constituent. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Texas U.S. citizen was fatally shot by an immigration agent last year during a stop, new records show

The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, would mark the earliest of at least six deadly shootings by federal officers since the start of the Trump administration's nationwide immigration crackdown.

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Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files? www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

“We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

There may be no turning back this climate crisis

As warming breaches a critical threshold, scientists fear cascading consequences.

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Trump's EPA goons now treat human health like optional software. Air pollution rules will no longer count lives saved, just $$ for industry. ⬇️ costs for industrial facilities, ⬆️ PM2.5 particles small enough to penetrate the lungs & enter the bloodstream. ⬆️ asthma &🫀 disease, but MAHA, right? 🎁 🔗

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

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SCOOP www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...

National Science Foundation Workers to Issue “Alexandria Declaration” Decrying “Catastrophic Changes” to Agency Under Trump Administration

The new declaration echoes similar efforts from NIH and EPA.

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Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The National Science Foundation has sent an email out to its members to collect signatures for a dissent declaration similar to the NIH’s Bethesda Declaration and the EPA’s Declaration of Dissent. This comes on the heels of Lee Zeldin putting 139 EPA declaration signers on admin leave

Sky9 over the #NoKings protest in Denver. Marchers filled Colfax from Fox St to the Capitol, about eight city blocks long.

Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show

Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

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NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups 🧪 Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities www.science.org/content/arti...

A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation was supposed to help the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recruit engineering students from rural parts of the Cornhusker State. The Trump administration canceled the grant last month: journalstar.com/news/state-r...

Trump administration cancels grant to recruit engineering students from rural Nebraska

Among the hundreds of National Science Foundation grants terminated by the Trump administration were programs to recruit engineering students from rural Nebraska and improve math instruction at the co...

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Redefining "harm" in the Endangered Species Act could undo decades of habitat protection for threatened species. The public has until May 19 to comment on the Trump Administration proposal to exclude habitat destruction from the definition. An ecologist and a law professor explain: buff.ly/RIZKUJh

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This is terrible and I really wish scientists had heeded the warnings from colleagues in the liberal arts

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

UC Davis Ph.D. student Tara Pozzi led our new paper on learning and adaptive management in the California Delta. Big takeaway: Social capital is way more important than resources in driving how policy forums contribute to learning. @taheikkila.bsky.social psjblog.net/2025/04/30/l...

Learning in Polycentric Governance: Insights from the California Delta Science Enterprise

by Tara Pozzi, Mark Lubell, Tanya Heikkila, Andrea K. Gerlak, & Pamela Rittelmeyer Science enterprises play an increasingly important role in shaping the policy process. While existing literatu…

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Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles. The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.

I'm sorry I know there's a lot going on but how are we not screaming about Ron DeSantis stealing $10 million from Medicaid and the money ending up with pro-DeSantis superPACs, funneled through a charity run by his wife? HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS? www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

The $10M steered to Hope Florida by the state was Medicaid money, document shows

A draft agreement of a $67 million settlement between the DeSantis administration and a Medicaid contractor that had overbilled the state sheds new light on how $10 million of that amount was diverted...

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U.S. climate data websites go dark | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

U.S. climate data websites go dark

Lapse may be temporary, but draft budget plans would eliminate service

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The National Science Foundation is now terminating previously awarded grants that deal with DEI or misinformation. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Updates on NSF Priorities

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There’s now a growing body of evidence that climate protest works—not just to decrease anxiety in your head but to change the world outside of it. And contrary to all the stereotypes about preachy greenies putting other people off the cause, there doesn’t seem to be much risk of provoking backlash.

Worried About the Climate? Get Off the Couch. The Data Supports It.

Activism isn’t just the “antidote to despair.” A growing body of research suggests it’s also pretty effective at changing the world.

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Trump tries to put more nails in the coffins of democracy and climate change mitigation.

Trump Threatens Climate Policies in the States

After halting federal attempts to combat global warming, President Trump is now targeting efforts by states to reduce greenhouse gases, setting up a legal clash.

nytimes.com

The Keystone pipeline system, which carries crude oil from Canada to the U.S., was shut down on Tuesday because of a leak that spilled an estimated 3,500 barrels of oil in southeastern North Dakota, government and company officials said.

Oil Spill in North Dakota Prompts Shutdown of Keystone Pipeline

An estimated 3,500 barrels of oil spilled in a field near Fort Ransom, N.D., and the release was contained, the pipeline’s operator said.

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UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.

Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 2y ago

LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...

Absolutely.

Art Candee 🍿🥤@artcandee.bsky.social · 2y ago

This. ⬇️

"use creative tactics, stay active for long periods of time, and retain public support by eschewing violence even when facing government repression..." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

How to Save a Democracy

Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.

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Grateful to have participated in this research for the State of the Bay Delta Science report - which features an article on governance issues for the first time! - w/ Jess Rudnick, @taheikkila.bsky.social, Tiffany Morrison, & Chelsea Batavia. Article version out now ⬇️ doi.org/10.15447/sfe...

Assessing the State and Efficacy of Climate Governance Research and Practice in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

Author(s): Rudnick, Jessica; Heikkila, Tanya; Koebele, Elizabeth; Morrison, Tiffany; Batavia, Chelsea | Abstract: Climate change affects nearly every aspect of the interdependent biophysical and socia...

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The world of higher ed now.

How Colleges Are Surveilling Students Now

Colleges are using surveillance videos and search warrants to investigate students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Experts say it’s a new frontier in campus security that could threaten civil li...

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Ecological disruptions can cause social and political instability, economic strife, and strained international relations. Scholars explain how these crises impact #nationalsecurity: buff.ly/CXbn2QA #ecology #publichealth

Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security

Overfishing, disease and environmental crimes cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations.

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Congratulations everyone: we live in a country where Fulbright students can be grabbed off the streets and disappeared for writing an essay protesting foreign policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...

And here it is! www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

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“Todd Wolfson, the president of the American Association of University Professors, a nat’l faculty rights group, described the move as the greatest incursion into academic freedom & free speech since Sen Joseph R. McCarthy’s crusade against communism in the 1950s.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/n...

Columbia University’s Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed

Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices.

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