Today, the EPA released proposed revisions to the definition of “waters of the United States”, which would further erode clean water safeguards & endanger wetlands & streams across the US. “This is a destructive and unfounded attack on clean water protections," said @geostatstacy.bsky.social.

EPA Proposes Striking Wetlands Protections, Risking Water Quality Across US

The U.S. EPA today released a revised definition of “waters of the United States, narrowing the waters protected under the Clean Water Act. Statement by Dr. Stacy Woods at the Union of Concerned Scien...

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As food prices surge, the Trump admin cancels a critical hunger study. “It’s the latest sign that the president and his allies are hell-bent on eliminating science and data that don’t support their political agenda.” -my colleague @karenstillerman.bsky.social blog.ucs.org/karen-perry-...

The USDA Cancels Annual Hunger Study While Trump Policies Drive Up Food Prices

Canceling the annual Household Food Security Reports is part of a broader Trump administration effort to suppress data inconvenient to its political agenda.

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🌎🧪Over 1,000+ scientists joined together to defend the EPA's Endangerment Finding, and you have SIX DAYS to make your voice heard too.

Stop the EPA's Attack on Climate Science & Public Health

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to obliterate the science basis of key climate policies. Tell the EPA to protect science, our climate, and our communities.

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This #USDA reorg plan is bad for farmers, bad for food, and bad for all of us. My colleague @karenstillerman.bsky.social explains why: blog.ucs.org/karen-perry-...

Trump Appointees “Reorganize” the USDA, Putting the Department’s Mission at Risk

UCS submitted public comments on a USDA plan that would hollow out the agency's scientific capacity and disrupt vital services.

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Marcia Brown@marciabrown.bsky.social · last yr.

USDA quietly extended the comment period another month for its controversial reorganization, @sambbenson.bsky.social reports. It comes after lawmakers pressed for an extension.

Industrial meat & poultry plants dump tons of pollution into our waters—our research shows how much Tyson alone released in just 5 years. Yet the Trump #EPA won’t update weak, outdated effluent rules, again putting Industrial Ag profits over your right to #cleanwater 🧪 bit.ly/4p19Lh0

Waste Deep

Water pollutants from Tyson Foods' meat processing plants pose a risk to both people and the environment.

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Molecular biology meets visual storytelling ✨🧬🧪. This video is mesmerizing. The potential for novel flu treatment is inspiring. But realizing that potential depends on sustained investment in science. #FundNSF #FundNIH #FundAllTheScience

Di Jiang@dijiang319.bsky.social · last yr.

@science.org 🧫🧬❄️🔬 Molecular basis of influenza ribonucleoprotein complex assembly and processive RNA synthesis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @yiweichang.bsky.social www.yiweichanglab.org @jiwasa.bsky.social #virology #Influenza #Cryo-EM #StructuralBiology #RNA #polymerase

Always great to see states taking strong action to protect water quality—esp at a time when the fed government is determined to do the opposite (see: this morning’s EPA #PFAS announcement). Kudos to @govwesmoore.bsky.social & other MD leaders for stepping up to safeguard our health & environment! 🌊

Chesapeake Bay Foundation@chesapeakebayfdn.bsky.social · last yr.

In an exciting step for clean water and the local economies it supports, yesterday MD Governor Wes Moore signed the Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act (HB506) into Maryland law. This legislation will help improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and promote economic growth across the state

The Trump administration has proposed “reinterpreting” which wetlands & streams are protected under the Clean Water Act. Last week I testified to EPA & urged the agency to preserve protections for these waters—and now you can too. Here’s how to weigh in & why it matters: blog.ucs.org/stacy-woods/...

Wetlands and Streams Face a New Threat from the Trump Administration

The EPA is calling for public comments on a proposal that would limit protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams.

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NEW from me: Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company is operating 35 gas turbines without any pollution permits, belching asthma-worsening emissions into an area that leads Tennessee in ER visits for asthma. www.eenews.net/articles/elo...

Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 gas turbines, no air pollution permits

The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

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"This ruling is an abuse of science." 👏🦀🏳️‍⚧️

Katy Montgomerie 🦗@katymontgomerie.com · last yr.

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

What a loss for environmental and public health science 🧪—not to mention the incredible staff, reviewers, and authors who make Environmental Health Perspectives what it is. Sincerely hoping this publication “pause” is only temporary.

Trump opened up about 84% of the Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument industrial fishing That's about 1/3 of all protected waters in the entire country Here are some things you can do to express your displeasure www.southernfriedscience.com/5-things-you...

5 things you can do if you’re pissed off about the latest Trump EO

Donald Trump opened an area of about 250 million acres of protected American waters to industrial fishing fleets on Thursday.  This sets a very dangerous precedent that our public lands and wa…

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Brings new meaning to "Off to see the wizard"! 👁️✨🌈🧪

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

Five people have seen a color never before visible to the naked human eye, thanks to a new retinal stimulation technique called Oz. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/442Hjn6

New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause: - 15.2m deaths from AIDS - 2.2m deaths from TB - 7.9 additional child deaths

🧪 Wetlands help stem floods along the Mississippi River—ranked “most endangered” by @americanrivers.bsky.social due to worsening floods. Yet Trump’s #EPA is stripping protections from more wetlands. 📝 Use our guide to urge EPA to protect wetlands. Comments close 4/23! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Tell the EPA to protect more wetlands under the Clean Water Act

Tell the EPA to protect more wetlands under the Clean Water Act. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA gutted key wetland protections of the Clean Water Act, and now the EPA is moving to furthe...

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Union of Concerned Scientists@ucs.org · 2y ago

📢NEW REPORT: Last year, #SCOTUS stripped protections from wetlands in its #SackettvEPA ruling, putting nearly all nontidal wetlands at risk. Learn about the implications of this decision for the Upper Midwest & the impact industrial ag & other industries could have on millions of acres of wetlands.

I just don’t understand the nostalgia for the grand ole’ days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the Dust Bowl, and Love Canal.

LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎@lcv.org · last yr.

“This affects airplane safety, baby formula safety, the safety of meat, vegetables and packaged foods, the water that you drink, how you get to work safely and whether you’re safe in your workplace." Trump and Musk's plan to gut hundreds of federal protections will get people killed. Full stop.

Farmland consolidation fuels inequality and damages soil and water quality. My colleague @omanjana21.bsky.social unpacked this in a blog a few years back, and it's definitely worth a re-read: blog.ucs.org/omanjana-gos...

Marcia Brown@marciabrown.bsky.social · last yr.

The number of farms declined again while the average size of a farm continues to tick up. Chart by USDA's Economic Research Service.

More cows with H1N1, just as the Trump admin plans more cuts to USDA—an agency that helps stop outbreaks AND supports farmers who lose livestock to illness. Dismantling USDA now would be a disaster—for farmers and for public health. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

USDA to slash headquarters, other staff and relocate some to new 'hubs' around the country

Mass layoffs at the Agriculture Department coming within weeks, with Washington facing significant cuts but regional employees also seeing reductions.

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Susanne Rust@susrust.bsky.social · last yr.

We're at 1,005 #H5N1 #BirdFlu infected dairy herds across 17 states; 759 in CA.

The dire wolf discourse is absolutely sending me. Thank you, Science Bluesky.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

Every child needs to hear these things: I love you I’m always here for you Those are not direwolves I support you

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

I think they need a tl;dr on storm surge vs. sea level rise. Moving your vacation home back a quarter inch won’t save it if you keep ignoring climate change and flooding...

LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎@lcv.org · last yr.

Trump and Republican elites will happily sacrifice the rest of us to a future of climate devastation if it means more waterfront property for their vacation homes

Took the scenic route. Still arrived on time.

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · last yr.

This is Ripley. He was nervous about taking the stairs. May have panicked a bit. 12/10

Incredible chart of market performance over the first 100 days of the last four presidential administrations, from @jhelvy.bsky.social: jhelvy.github.io/potus-econ-s...

We're in the midst of an early season severe weather outbreak and these are the storm reports from ONE day of this storm season. All of the warnings and responses that occurred for these events - including life threatening flooding and tornadoes - happen with data distributed through NWS sources.

Lauren Rosenthal@laurenthal.bsky.social · last yr.

Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):

Some emotional support manatees for your Friday.

Coral City Camera@coralcitycamera.bsky.social · last yr.

Whole herd of at least half a dozen manatees cruised past the Camera today. We love to see it! 🥹〰️🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #manatees #seacow #herd #seapotato #squad #welovetoseeit #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

On a really tough day for #publichealth, a much-needed #water win. Thank you to everyone fighting to protect our health & our environment. Your work matters.

Water Hub@waterhub.bsky.social · last yr.

ICYMI: A federal court struck down a massive offshore oil lease sale in the Gulf, ruling it violated environmental law. It’s a win for Gulf communities, ecosystems, and groups like @bayoucitywk.bsky.social, who brought the challenge. Read their recap: bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/win-federal-...

I'm excited (and slightly terrified) to share that over 400 people have signed up to hear me talk about #wetlands on Thursday. But the best part about Zoom is that there is always room for more, so you can join us too! Register here: secure.ucs.org/a/2025-2-27-...

Webinar: Wetlands in Peril

Join the Union of Concerned Scientists for a webinar to learn how the disappearance of wetlands puts all our communities at risk, and what scientists and advocates can do about it: Thursday, April 3, ...

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Union of Concerned Scientists@ucs.org · last yr.

We’ve reopened registration—don’t miss out! Join UCS report author @geostatstacy.bsky.social for a webinar on Wetlands in Peril, our latest study on the threats to U.S. wetlands and how scientists and advocates can take action. 📅 Thursday, April 3, 1:30 PM ET. Register now!

I feel like we need to form a League of Relatively Normal People, and our agenda should be things like: --Canada's cool, leave them be --Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus --We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it --Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice

Just a reminder that somewhere, a group of scientists is conducting research about our planet that will change our understanding of our home world forever. That doesn't mean we always look sane doing it, but we're out there working to advance #science for everyone.

"Our rivers were literally on fire prior to the Clean Water Act and any step back to those days, any step to limit what water sources receive protections, is a step in the wrong direction." - American Rivers President and CEO Tom Kiernan

Stacy Woods, PhD (she/her)@geostatstacy.bsky.social · 2y ago

I doubt Trump’s #EPA intended to highlight @americanrivers.bsky.social on-point response to yesterday’s disastrous WOTUS announcement in their news release, but it was refreshing to see a glimpse of environmental stewardship amid all the other nonsense. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...