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We gave up on these toxins many years ago in favour of checking the animals and being prepared to remove ticks with a simple tool.
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The cats are not extreme swimmers, but the dugs have always been in the water every day. They are all still healthy.
#Environment #Toxins #Pets #Poison #Pollution #Water
Toxic chemicals in pet flea treatments harming wildlife, UK study warns
Flea treatment chemicals fipronil and imidacloprid also implicated in lower cognitive scores in children with autismMatthew Taylor (The Guardian)
An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels.
Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.
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#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Energy #Environment #Pollution #Family #House
Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act like it would go away,” the family says.Peter.DiCampo@propublica.org (ProPublica)
So, the kakistocracy has decided the best way to deal with the #IranWar is to add more corn juice to our gasoline. And that's a problem.
Most of the gas labeled 88 at American pumps is #E10, 10% ethanol. And ethanol does indeed help make gas cheaper. But it is 33% less efficient, and in hot months dramatically increases smog.
Ethanol is also a hygroscopic solvent. Unless a vehicle is labeled "flex fuel", running 15% ethanol for more than a tank or two may cause damage to seals, rubber bits, and even aluminum. If your engine was manufactured before 2001, E15 can melt your valves. Literally.
It makes the car run less efficiently, produces significantly more #pollution, and can damage many existing vehicles on the market.
Believe it or not, and I'm having trouble, two #GOP Senators said it best when they said: Expansion of #E15: A gift to the #ethanol lobby and a consumer betrayal:
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The Feds Plan To Start Diluting Gasoline This May: Explained
Here's what the "E15 Fuel Waiver" means, and everything you need to know about ethanol in gasoline to buy the right fuel for your machine.Andrew P. Collins (The Drive)
📰 Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution annually, per study.
Nitrogen pollution is a known problem in agriculture, other human activities, and wreaks havoc in aquatic ecosystems.
➕ Add this to mangroves being valuable carbon sinks, coastal defense against storm surges, a buffer against erosion, among other benefits.
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#SolarPunkSunday #Environment #Conservation #Pollution #Biodiversity #Mangroves #CoastalConservation
Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
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In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.
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#News #Pollution #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #AirQuality
‘Wake-up call’: methane emissions from Australian coalmines more than double official estimates, report finds
International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts say
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#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
