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Toxic Town Marker in St. Louis, Michigan

This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.#environmentaldisasters #chemicals #pollution #section-Atlas
Toxic Town Marker

The war has brought suffering and devastation—and "war-wilding," a surprising ray of hope.#ecosystems #dams #forests #infrastructure #conservation #ecology #war #environmentaldisasters #environment #section-Articles
Amid War in Ukraine, Nature Survives in Unexpected Ways

Trinidad and Tobago is considering declaring a national emergency over a huge oil spill from a ship that ran aground and overturned this week...
#TrinidadTobago #trinidadandtobago #caribbean #beaches #oilspill #tourism #climate #climatechange #fossilfuels #oceans #CoralReefs #oilpollution #nationalemergency #environment #geography #EnvironmentalPollution #climateemergency #EnvironmentalDisasters https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68266339

A city in Uzbekistan that was once a port is now in the middle of a desert.#climatechange #deserts #politics #environmentaldisasters #podcast #section-Articles
Podcast: Moynaq

Lassen Volcanic National Park Bounces Back After California's Largest Single Fire

In 2021, the Dixie Fire burned much of the park. Now, Lassen's recovery offers surprising lessons on resilience.#plants #animals #nationalparks #conservation #wildlife #environmentaldisasters #environment #ecosystems #fires #climatedeskinternal #section-Articles
Lassen Volcanic National Park Bounces Back After California's Largest Single Fire

@photodarren I had heard of this guy. I forgot he was the inventor of two of the worst (in a long list) inventions in the history of humans. Arguably though, it was capitalist organizations who are responsible for the damage. If they had stuck with his first discovery, regardless of the lack of profit, a great deal of death and suffering could have been avoided.

#Freon #LeadedGasoline #LeadPoisoning #CFC #OzoneLayer #EnvironmentalDisasters #capitalism

Linked to the biblical Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian marshes—and their people—have endured decades of environmental destruction.#wetlands #history&culture #history #rivers #dams #fishing #environment #environmentaldisasters #books #excerptinternal #section-Articles
In Iraq, the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh Persevere in a Changing Landscape

WTAF!!! 2030 World Cup to be staged across three continents! FIFA claim it will be a "fully carbon-neutral World Cup" .
Yeah! Right! Just saying something doesn't make it so.
The previous WC trashed human rights, 2030 will trash the environment. These people are isolated in a bubble of privilege.
#FIFA #FIFA30 #climatechange #EnvironmentalDisasters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67010609

How #GenX are you? Part 24

Select all that apply.

#HowGenXAreYou #1970s #1980s #1990s
#EnvironmentalDisasters

During massive fires in Indonesia, the critically endangered primates' voices provided clues to their overall health.
Wildfire Smoke Changes Orangutan Calls in Borneo

In 1990, a scientist began visually documenting Prince William Sound’s recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. When funding ran out, volunteers took over.
Alaskans Have Photographed This Boulder for 33 Years

#Coverup: CTEH has been hired during some of the worst #environmentaldisasters in American history—often by the very #companies that caused them. During each of these incidents, CTEH was criticized by #environmentalgroups or #governmentagencies, and residents or workers reported becoming sick after they were told it was safe to return to normal life.

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/cteh-norfolk-southern-east-palestine/

Most of these I knew about, but not #GrassyNarrows

"Grassy Narrows mercury contamination (1960s)

For nearly a decade, the Dryden Mill’s chloralkali plant discharged up to 24,000 pounds of mercury into the #WabigoonRiver. It is regarded as one of the worst cases of industrial pollution in Canada’s history. Many people in the Grassy Narrows #FirstNation and #Whitedog First Nation communities were poisoned due to the contamination."
#EnvironmentalDisasters #EnvironmentalRacism #Canada