If you read nothing else today... just make sure you have some time to grieve

This devastating piece destroys the lie that no one died as the result of this administration's cuts to USAID. In South Sudan countless people died from cholera after US cut off money, as @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy report www.propublica.org/article/usai...

In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

The Trump EPA has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale compared with a Biden-era assessment, which had already significantly underestimated the dangers of the chemical, a ProPublica investigation found. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Also noting that the Trump administration is taking a similar approach with radiation An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care. But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

If anyone wants to comment, here's the link www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

"You signed one document attesting that a property in Michigan would be your primary residence for the next year. Two weeks later, you signed another..." Trump wrote. "It is inconceivable that you were not aware of your first commitment when making the second.” 🤔 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

NEW: Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them. Their wish has come true. @fastlerner.bsky.social

An influential Greek cardiologist who has helped shaped the global debate on vaping was paid thousands of euros from ecig giant Juul via an offshore company he co-owns, myself, @ebersi.bsky.social and @stephanehorel.bsky.social can reveal www.theexamination.org/articles/juu...

The chemical industry finally got its wish. Under the leadership of former chemical industry insiders, Trump's EPA nearly doubles the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale, by @fastlerner.bsky.social

So pleased to go back on @climatepod.bsky.social where the conversation always teaches me things ❤️

NEW: Last year we found the acceptable level of exposure to formaldehyde set by the EPA left people at risk for cancer. Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice" www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Well that's pretty clear... “They were rentals from the beginning," said Wyner. "President Trump never lived there.” Great story by @robert-faturechi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country... Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE 😞 www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Increasing temperatures are already killing huge numbers of people. A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain' #Iran 🇮🇷

thanks for having me on @kalwradio.bsky.social www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

what really turned my stomach: Nuzzi’s repeated use of climate-fueled wildfire as atmospheric mood lighting for her emotional affair with a man who helped bring a climate-denying administration into power @emorwee.bsky.social on how every story can be a climate story ❤️ heated.world/p/climate-di...

The 1.3M figure is an underestimate. “It does not include the massive number of deaths expected from the broader effects of climate change, such as droughts, floods, wars, vector-borne diseases, hurricanes, wildfires and reduced crop yields.” Or deaths from additional co-pollutants.

about to go on @kalwradio.bsky.social to talk about this story www.propublica.org/article/trum... Yes, it's upsetting. More people will die as a result of the additional GHG gases the US has just decided to emit, BUT the math works the other way, too. If we cut emissions, that will saves lives

Sacrificial lamb. We haven't forgotten what really happened. By @rothandrew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Important paragraph laying out the time scale and cold benefits: “As the planet warms in the next few decades, the global decline in people dying from cold may almost entirely offset deaths from heat…

Interesting thing I learned while researching this piece: while rising temperatures will cause more heat deaths, they'll also cause fewer people to die of cold www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Leaders of a Minnesota church community didn’t report a parishioner they knew had sexually abused girls for year. They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again. Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix

This story stemmed from this question: what will be the human toll of Trump's climate rollbacks? Turns there is emissions modeling that can help provide an estimate. Using modeling from @rhg.com we estimated the additional death toll as high as 1.3 million www.propublica.org/article/trum...

If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.

CLIMATE CHANGE: We tried to figure out how many people are expected to die as a result of Trump’s anti-green agenda: As many as 1.3 million. The latest from @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...

NEW: How will Trump's climate rollbacks play out in the future? Our analysis using modeled emissions and a peer reviewed metric shows the people most likely to die from the resulting additional GHGs will be in poor countries least prepared to cope with the heat www.propublica.org/article/trum...

New: A @propublica.org & @theguardian.com analysis shows that extra greenhouse gases released in the next decade as a result of Trump’s policies are expected to lead to as many as 1.3M more temperature-related deaths worldwide in the 80 years after 2035. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. “It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said. www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Lobbyists representing the interests of industrial cattle farming, commodity grains & pesticides is up 14% on last year’s climate COP The agricultural industry, esp in Brazil, is the major cause of deforestation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What your president and his team are prioritizing.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Amazing research by @natlash.bsky.social on how the wind helped spread the bird flu virus around Ohio and beyond. Scary — and terrifically nerdy www.propublica.org/article/bird...

So much to read today! First - yuck! Ew. But great reporting by the amazing @robert-faturechi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/andr...

It was a busy week so just reading this now. If you haven't already, you should read, too. Infuriating www.propublica.org/article/kris...

"Witnesses and school employees said they thought the school was under attack and scrambled into rooms and vehicles outside in search of safety." One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

War ravaged” Portland? @robwdavis.bsky.social , Steve Suo, and Joanna Shan watched hundreds and hundreds of videos to find out. (And the federal government, apparently, did not.)

watch. The gov doesn't track how often citizens were detained by immigration agents, so ProPublica did. 😞 www.youtube.com/shorts/A53uW...

The changes would fall disproportionately on some of Trump’s most loyal supporters in red states who have, for decades, toiled in physically grueling jobs, including coal mining, logging, and factory and construction work www.propublica.org/article/soci...

I just sent this email to Matt Mercer, NC GOP Comms Director:

More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden. The Trump administration is rolling them back By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Bananas. A tragic story by @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Apparently, the Canadian gov apparently knew for years about dangers levels of PFAS in the water — and didn't tell anyone ijb.utoronto.ca/news/feds-co...

Disturbing new paper shows an association between PFAS (at pretty low levels) and children's brain development www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

vaccines prevent disease and death. MAHA activists are trying to reverse vaccine requirements in the name of "health freedom" www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l4t...