@EUCommission if EVs weren’t being sold bundled with inescapable #spyware and #surveillance crap, sales would have been much better… not even mentioning the #pollution these cars generate in the manufacturing of batteries AND the nazi billionaire exporting these POS cars. Its a goddamn disgrace!

U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and his administration has reportedly moved to quash debate on the issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/08/climate-change/trump-climate-change-con-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #environment #emissions #carbon #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans

Japan's forward-looking reforms are embedding climate risk management into the core of corporate decision-making. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/06/japan/japans-blueprint-for-climate-finance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #japaneseeconomy #climatechange #pollution #carbonemissions #greenenergy

This makes my complaint yesterday about breathing woodsmoke seem positively quaint:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/microplastics-in-hair-study

#microplastics #Pollution #AirPollution

China is reshaping the global energy landscape by pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy investments across the Global South, creating jobs and long-term influence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/26/world/china-winning-in-global-south/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #globalsouth #cleanenergy #climatechange #solarpower #windpower #pollution

アンフィルタードでニシン・コカ (@ncoca)は、汚染を招くパーム油発電所が地域社会に与える被害と、これまでに二つのプロジェクト建設を阻止した市民運動の実態に迫る。パーム油の収穫は東南アジアにおける森林破壊と土地利用変化 — 特に泥炭地でのプランテーション開発 — を意味し、大量の温室効果ガスを排出している。

日本とその近隣諸国に及ぼす短期的・長期的な影響について、詳細を記事にした

https://www.unfiltered.coop/palm-oil-power-jp/

#unfiltered #japan #enviornment #palmoil #southeastasia #pollution

#Trump #EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of #Water were summoned to a “town hall” meeting this week & told to pause the publication of most #research, pending a review.

#PublicHealth #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/

A Singapore shipping company has said it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of $1 billion for causing that country's worst case of environmental pollution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/asia-pacific/crime-legal/singapore-sri-lanka-pollution-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #singapore #srilanka #pollution

#UK

Gatwick’s second runway exposes Labour’s first-class eco hypocrisy

Instead of pouring billions into aviation, Britain should be investing in clean, affordable new rail routes domestically and across Europe, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gatwick-second-runway-labour-climate-net-zero-emissions-b2831241.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

アンフィルタードでニシン・コカ (@ncoca)は、汚染を招くパーム油発電所が地域社会に与える被害と、これまでに二つのプロジェクト建設を阻止した市民運動の実態に迫る。パーム油の収穫は東南アジアにおける森林破壊と土地利用変化 — 特に泥炭地でのプランテーション開発 — を意味し、大量の温室効果ガスを排出している。

日本とその近隣諸国に及ぼす短期的・長期的な影響について、詳細を記事にした

https://www.unfiltered.coop/palm-oil-power-jp/

#unfiltered #japan #enviornment #palmoil #southeastasia #pollution

“This represents millions of dollars of #research, potentially, that’s now being stopped,” one of the employees said, adding that Americans “aren’t going to benefit from the release of this #science.”

The move to halt the agency’s scientific research has prompted concern from scientists & environmental groups that findings could be altered to conform to the #Trump admin’s #political agenda [gee, ya think?].​

#EPA #PublicHealth #Climate #water #pollution #law #EnvironmentalLaw

In recent months, #EPA scientists have contributed to studies in scientific journals on subjects such as #PFAS & #microplastics in urban sewer overflows, comparisons of different methods for testing #DrinkingWater for #lead, & #groundwater #pollution by naturally occurring #arsenic.

Details about the *review process* remain unclear.

#Trump #PublicHealth #Climate #water #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw

The Office of #Water works to ensure the safety of the nation’s #DrinkingWater & the #health of coastal & other aquatic #environments. Scientists in the office conduct & publish #research assessing how to keep water #safe for drinking & for recreational use, as well as analyzing environmental concerns related to #WaterQuality.

#Trump #EPA #PublicHealth #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw

…Staff within the Office of #Water have asked for an explanation they can send to scientific journals that ask why their papers are on pause, but staff have so far not received a response from higher-ups….
Employees said that the imposition of this type of review is unprecedented & warned that it could stymie the release of scientific findings important to preserving #PublicHealth.​

#Trump #EPA #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw

#Trump #EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of #Water were summoned to a “town hall” meeting this week & told to pause the publication of most #research, pending a review.

#PublicHealth #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/

A former U.S. climate envoy says President Donald Trump is leading the world "in the wrong direction" on climate and weaponizing clean energy as a culture war issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/world/politics/climate-envoy-trump-consensus-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #coal #oil #renewables #energy #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans #emissions #environment #cop30 #johnpodesta #joebiden

The Japanese government is pushing for the development of a new plastic material that naturally decomposes in the sea as marine environmental pollution becomes ever more serious. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/science-health/developing-biodegradable-plastics-to-reduce-marine-plastic-waste/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #oceans #environment #plastic #waste #meti #pollution

The United States moved on Friday to dismantle a "burdensome" federal program that tracks greenhouse gas emissions across the U.S. economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/13/climate-change/us-scraps-emissions-reporting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #us #donaldtrump #emissions #climatechange #pollution

Three-quarters of the global population, or about 6 billion people, live in areas where fresh water has dwindled since 2002. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/07/world/the-earth-is-drying-out/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #pollution #greenenergy