Eric Stamps
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Comms strategist. Environmental advocacy and news.
Oil companies are making $700,000 per minute in profits while climate driven disasters are killing people at record rates. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-... #climatechange
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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As temperatures rise, access to reliable electricity and air conditioning will become increasingly important. Extreme heat is a growing global challenge, but not every community has the resources needed to stay safe. www.futura-sciences.com/en/676-milli... #ActOnClimate #ClimateJustice
676 million lives at risk: the warning hidden behind rising temperatures - Futura-Sciences
Not All Countries Are Equally Armed Against the Heat Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, longer, and hotter due to climate change. In wealthier countries, people have the luxury of better-adapted ho...
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July 2026 may be the warmest month ever recorded in the US, surpassing records set during the Dust Bowl. Overnight temps and humidity also hit all-time highs. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026... #climate #climatechange #climateaction #environment
Scorching July may end up the warmest month on record across the U.S.
Yet another heat dome will bring critical fire weather risks and record-breaking temperatures to the West this weekend.
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Every month seems to bring another “hottest month on record.” Often, it surpasses the record set just the month before. This trend has continued for years, reminding us that global temperatures are moving in the wrong direction.
Scientists have discovered the first known transmissible cancer in fish, spreading from catfish to catfish in a lake on the Vermont-Quebec border. 30% of the fish in the lake are now affected. www.npr.org/2026/07/22/n...
A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake
For more than a decade, there's been something fishy going on in a lake that straddles Vermont and the province of Quebec. It involves cancer, a kind of catfish, and — possibly — clues about how tumor...
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Wildfires pollute the air and can poison the water supply for years. Burned organic material mixes with chlorine used to disinfect drinking water, forming cancer causing chemicals. theconversation.com/a-wildfires-...
A wildfire’s legacy can haunt rivers for years, putting drinking water at risk
Scientists analyzed water quality in 145 watersheds after wildfires and found dramatic spikes in contaminants.
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The wildfire smoke blanketing the Northeast knocked 2,500 megawatts off solar power output at peak hours. Grid operators compared it to losing an entire nuclear power plant's worth of energy. www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...
All that wildfire smoke sent New England's solar production plummeting
At peak hours, the solar fleet in the region produced 2,500 megawatts less than had been forecasted.
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Residents across the Midwest & Northeast are still dealing with dangerous, unhealthy air quality from wildfire smoke with no relief in sight. Detroit had the worst air quality of any city on Earth with an AQI of 600 today. Twice the EPA's hazardous threshold. www.staradvertiser.com/2026/07/16/b...
Canada wildfire smoke blankets U.S. Midwest, Northeast | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Heavy smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada enveloped a swath of the U.S. from the Midwest to the Northeast today, prompting warnings from officials that residents should stay indoors wherever po...
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Heavy smoke from over 100 wildfires burning in Canada and Minnesota is blanketing 14 states with dangerous air pollution and extreme heat is making it worse. For anyone with asthma, heart disease, or lung conditions, this is a worst case scenario. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ju...
Busy wildfire season continues exposing millions in Midwest and Northeast U.S. to dangerous smoke
Heavy smoke from several large wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is expected to engulf large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air po...
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El Niño conditions bring more heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires depending on the region. Heat stress, respiratory illness from wildfire smoke, and water shortages will follow and impact human health. healthpolicy-watch.news/el-nino-cond...
El Niño Conditions Will Lead To More Heatwaves, Droughts And Wildfires Over Next Few Months, Warns WMO - Health Policy Watch
Global leaders and policymakers must prepare for above-average temperatures until at least August due to El Niño conditions, the World Meteorological
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A new study found that wetland loss has driven up residential flood insurance claims by $10 billion since 1985. WV, KY, and PA are among the hardest hit. phys.org/news/2026-06... #climate #climatechange
Wetlands loss has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by $10 billion across the US, study finds
A new study published in Nature Water finds that wetland loss across the United States has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by more than $10 billion since 1985, underscoring the cr...
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The oil spill occurred in February and a Pemex pipeline is likely the point of origin. 40+ organizations have demanded transparency regarding the extent of the spill, as well as reparations for health, environmental, and economic damages. www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne... #oil #climate
Mexico: More than a dozen oil spills have been affecting 39 communities in the Gulf of Mexico - Business and Human Rights Centre
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre
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Our planet is warming at an ever increasing rate and we're already seeing the effects through drought, extreme heat, and severe weather. The last thing we can afford is to accelerate the damage by abandoning climate commitments.
The WMO says there's an 80% chance El Niño returns before September. The last 11 years were the 11 hottest on record. We're on track to blow past 1.5°C. 🌎🔥The signals aren't subtle anymore. www.unep.org/news-and-sto... #climate #climatechange
As the planet swelters, World Environment Day 2026 focuses on urgent climate action
With global temperatures at near-record levels and El Niño set to return, governments, businesses, communities, and individuals across the world today marked World Environment Day, sounding the alarm ...
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A University of California Riverside study found that diesel backup generators at data centers cause 200 to 600 times more air pollution than gas fired power plants. www.lawweekly.org/front-page/2... #DataCenter #pollution #climatechange #climateaction
Data Center Panel Voices Concerns for Environment, Ratepayers — Virginia Law Weekly
Mark Zuckerberg famously coined the Silicon Valley mantra, “move fast and break things.” What happens when the “thing” being broken is a state’s water supply? Or utility pricing? These are the questio...
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Clean air, clean water, and private property rights are some of the only issues that'll unite people of different political backgrounds.
The threat of an explosion is now off the table as heat and pressure in the tank has been reduced. No word yet if a chemical leak is still possible, but that may also not happen too. Meaning residents should be able to return home soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXu... #CA #OC #GardenGrove
Chemical explosion threat 'off the table,' officials say
YouTube video by FOX 11 Los Angeles
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A wildfire came close the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley. It's a former nuclear & rocket testing site that still has radioactive and chemical contamination decades after it closed. California officials have rushed to set up air quality monitoring. insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...
As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, California County Sets Up Radiation Air Monitors - Inside Climate News
The fire department said “hazardous materials and radiological monitoring teams” continue to track the health of the air in the Ventura County area.
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The chemicals can irritate the respiratory tract and repeat exposure can lead to organ or neurological damage. Investigations are underway into GKN Aerospace; which is a little too late for the 40K+ evacuees. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atd_... #CA #OC #GardenGrove #ChemicalLeak
California first responders race to prevent catastrophe amid chemical leak
YouTube video by WHAS11
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Antarctica's ice loss may be accelerating as "the melting is feeding the melting". Meanwhile we're building thousands of data centers and gas pipelines that dump more heat into an already overloaded system. Communities everywhere are on the clock. www.yahoo.com/news/science... #ClimateChange
Antarctica may be caught in a 'feedback loop' that speeds ice collapse and sea-level rise
"If we [humans] continue to do business as usual, it's a distinct possibility that we reach the climate tipping point sooner than later."
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In 2018, GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility was inspected by OSHA and received 10 violations including being cited for "failing to ensure that all machinery and equipment in service were inspected or maintained as recommended by the manufacturer.” www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti... #news #CA
What we know about GKN Aerospace, the firm at center of O.C. chemical leak
The chemical leak that triggered evacuations across a swath of Orange County on Friday is located at GKN Aerospace, a manufacturing company based in the United Kingdom.
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They are preparing for the worst as a 34,000 gallon storage tank containing a volatile and flammable chemical used to make plastics continues to overheat at GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove California. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2cF... #news #CA #OC
State of emergency declared amid chemical leak crisis in Orange County
YouTube video by KTLA 5
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