writing & reporting on environment & science, author Chasing Molecules, High Tech Trash, Watershed &c, member SEJ, IRE, NASW
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Maryland Gov vetoes bill to give private sector workers 5 sick days a year. Bruce Vail reports for @inthesetimesmag bit.ly/2t1P1JY
This bill wd also prevent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from cracking down on “unfair, abusive and deceptive practices.” xitter.cf/NPR/status/87292129871…
House Republicans voted to repeal #DoddFrank — a set of Wall Street regulations President Obama signed into law. npr.org/2017/06/08/532036374…
Elizabeth Grossman retweeted
“We never doubted that it was going to be difficult, to go up against some of the most iconic brands in the world,” buff.ly/2qWbKGd
7 states – CA, Mass, Maine, MD, NY, VT & WA – ask EPA to ban neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos from food crops bit.ly/2sPPsGv
Pruitt on Trump: "A president who answers only to the people not to the special interests" – Which special interests is he overlooking?
"It fails to live up to our environmental ideals" Trump on Paris #Climate Agreement
How ag practices & environmental changes are contributing to the pine nut's demise. A good – if disturbing – read xitter.cf/CivilEats/status/87026…
Once a major U.S. agricultural product, the pine nut industry is dying. @shoshiparks on the future of piñon. buff.ly/2srh8kT
#PresidentTrump proclaims Nat'l Ocean Month by calling for economic exploitation. In 2016 Pres Obama called for protection & conservation
Chlor-alkali industry uses nearly all asbestos used in US & has asked EPA not to prioritize asbestos bit.ly/2dbGwHJ @PumpHandleblog xitter.cf/CHogue/status/86991894…
Chlor-alkali industry still uses asbestos (some companies are using membrane technology tho). Some used mercury before asbestos. xitter.cf/Linda_ADAO/status/8698…
#ff Environmental News @CivilEats @foodsafetynews @FireInfoGirl @coalashchronicles @EnvNewsBits @EcoWatch @ensiamedia @YaleE360 #sejorg
HUD Sec'y Carson says poverty is to “a large extent is also a state of mind.” bit.ly/2ribeWA R earnings ≤ bills due a state of mind
Elizabeth Grossman retweeted
Trump's budget doesn't treat men and women the same way. Quoctrung Bui and I examine: nyti.ms/2qVxchn via @UpshotNYT
Thank you @Eater bit.ly/2qTS2LY @CivilEats for reporting on issues vital to our food system & what's behind the food on our plates
Here's a list of 66 programs Trump budget eliminates bit.ly/2qgSxhm – programs aiding low income Americans & communities targeted
On sidelines of POTUS Riyadh visit, ExxonMobil & other oil&gas co's sign deals w/Saudi Arabian co's worth $billions bit.ly/2qaFUFk
D's introduce bill to protect farmworkers frm deportation Can it counter fear creating ag labor shortages bit.ly/2q9kKav @CivilEats
Here's the @guardian story: bit.ly/2qu412r & @nypost with video nyp.st/2pInfEJ Why not more coverage? xitter.cf/SethAbramson/status/86…
For those who know journalist extraodinaire @pdykstra of @EnvirHealthNews @livingonearth read: bit.ly/2qpmLlv & consider supporting
Mexican journalist @jvrvaldez murdered near his office; elsewhere in Mexico Monday, editor wounded & her son killed abcn.ws/2pEH2Ve
GOP just got closer to taking your overtime @inthesetimesmag & "An Invitation to Wage Theft" aow.ly/48mg50bg1WA nyti.ms/2q6OKpH