California’s effort to plug abandoned, chemical-spewing #oilwells gets $35million boost

“Capping hazardous orphaned wells will have a profound impact on our #environment, our #WaterQuality💦 & the #health🛟 & well-being of our communities”

#oilandgas🛢️#publichealth https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-18/california-gets-35-million-to-cap-abandoned-oil-wells

Police In Texas Held Woman's Face Down To Fire Ants, Federal Lawsuit Says

#misogyny #women #hatred #womensrights #Texass https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/police-texas-arrest-taylor-rogers_n_6647aef5e4b00e1a0a6c1b16

wow, STUPID

After $600,000 of sand washed away in days, a new plan arises for Salisbury Beach: ADD MORE SAND🏖️

#stupid https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/17/metro/salisbury-beach-restoration-plan/

10 wetland animal species that have defied the odds - from the natterjack toad🐸 to the rarest duck🦆 on the planet

#conservation🌎 #hope🙏 #endangered #wetlands💦 #environment #habitat https://features.wwt.org.uk/animals-of-hope/index.html

whew!

#Portugal🇵🇹 abandons plans to build new airport✈️ on nature reserve following lawsuit

“It is unbelievable that the Portuguese authorities were considering building a new airport on this protected site.”

#birds🦉 #nature #conservation🌏 https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press/portugal-abandons-plans-to-build-new-airport-on-nature-reserve-following-lawsuit/

"Laws are created to be followed by The Poor. Laws are made by The Rich💰 to bring some order to exploitation. The Poor are the only law abiders in history. When The Poor make laws, The Rich💰 will be no more."

-- Goldie Hawn

(NOTE: i think Goldie was an optimist.)

oooh, another #brexit #benefit?

#Britain🇬🇧 #UK🇬🇧 #WaterPollution💦 #ShitIsland💩

Confirmed cases of disease more than double to 46 cases after parasite🦠 found in drinking water

Residents in parts of Brixham & Alston told to boil their drinking water🚰 after South West Water💦 found "small traces" of the #parasite #cryptosporidium

#microbiology🔬 #PublicHealth https://news.sky.com/story/confirmed-cases-of-parasite-illness-more-than-double-13137820

Why Britain🇬🇧 is the world’s worst on homelessness

Insufficient #housing🏘️, an eroded #SocialSector & diminished #StateSupport made tens of thousands #destitute

#UK #Britain #homelessness #poverty https://www.ft.com/content/24117a03-37c2-424a-97ed-6a5292f9e92e

the #UK🇬🇧 is now the #homelessness capital of the world, with the number of people without homes rising rapidly, well beyond ANY OTHER DEVELOPED NATION IN THE WORLD

#RichGetRicher💰 #poverty #britain https://bylinetimes.com/2024/05/17/rishi-sunak-rises-rich-list-homelessness-soars/

The Plan is Working: #RishiSunak Races Up the #RichList💰 as #Homelessness Soars

#GreedyBastards Prime Minister & his wife’s personal wealth💰 rose to £651 million amid the BIGGEST FALL IN LIVING STANDARDS FOR BRITISH🇬🇧 PEOPLE since records began

#poverty #politics https://bylinetimes.com/2024/05/17/rishi-sunak-rises-rich-list-homelessness-soars/

"Veganism is not a diet; it is an ethical position against the exploitation of animals."

by WhyVeganism via VeganFuture

#GoVegan #veganism #VeganPhilosophy #AnimalRights #food

Surprising theory emerges as Japan considers murdering massive new #whale🐋 species

is Japan's decision to expand #whaling🐋 is linked to international pressure to reduce its #tuna🐟 harvest? #Japan🇯🇵 consumes 80% of Atlantic/Pacific bluefin tuna

https://au.news.yahoo.com/surprising-theory-emerges-as-japan-considers-butchering-massive-new-whale-species-031525392.html

The Good Die Young: Grappling with the Moral Ramifications of Horse Racing

Over the past decade, 342 #racehorses have been killed in #Maryland, mirroring a tragedy that plays out across the country

#horses🐎 #horseracing🏇 #AnimalCruelty https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/community/moral-ramifications-horse-racing-euthanizing-horses-in-maryland/

H5N1 Avian Influenza Detected In New York City’s Wild Birds🪶 | Icahn School of Medicine, BioBus & the WildBirdFund, published by Journal of Virology

by @grrlscientist

#BirdFlu🦠 #HPAI #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza #microbiology🔬 #NYC #PublicHealth🛟 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/16/h5n1-avian-influenza-detected-in-new-york-citys-wild-birds/

Infanticide Or Adoption? Why Parrots Kill Or Care For Each Other’s Chicks🐣, study out of UCBerkeley & The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, published by PNAS

by @grrlscientist

#parrots🦜 #ornithology🪶 #ecology🌎 #behavior #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/13/infanticide-or-adoption-why-parrots-kill-or-care-for-each-others-chicks/

The Climate Crisis Is Cooking Baby Bumblebees In Their Nests, study out of University of Guelph, published by Frontiers In #Bee #Science🔬

by @grrlscientist

#ClimateCrisis #HeatWaves🌡️ #bumblebee🐝 #pollinators #insects #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/07/the-climate-crisis-is-cooking-baby-bumblebees-in-their-nests/

Long Pointy Snouts Protect Snow-Diving Foxes From Injury, study out of Cornell University, published by PNAS

by @grrlscientist

#morphology #behavior #evolution #hunting #foxes🦊 #snow❄️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/30/long-pointy-snouts-protect-snow-diving-foxes-from-injury/

Scientists Uncover Powerful Link Between Dietary Choices And Brain Health | University Of Warwick, Fudan University & UK Biobank, published by Nature Mental Health

by @grrlscientist

#cognition🧠 #MentalHealth #HealthyChoices #food🫘🌶️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/29/scientists-uncover-powerful-link-between-dietary-choices-and-brain-health/

Uncovering The Genomic Secrets Of Color Variants In Female Cuckoo Birds | LMU München, CUNY + more, published by Science Advances

by @grrlscientist

#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #genomics🧬🖥️ #evolution #color🎨 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/28/uncovering-the-genomic-secrets-of-color-variants-in-female-cuckoo-birds/