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Iliana Paul

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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 08/07/2025
“To really make America healthy, the administration should strengthen, not weaken, air quality protections." Read more from ‪@cece248.bsky.social, the National Campaign Director of Sierra Club ⬇️
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 30/05/2025
The Department of Energy just canceled $3.7B in funding for clean energy projects, including green cement. The Trump Administration is killing investments in U.S. competitiveness, good jobs & cleaner air to support tax cuts & line the pockets of billionaires.
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DOE Cancels $3.7B in Clean Energy Projects Through Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Project cuts include funding for carbon capture, low-carbon cement
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Kwon Y. @kwony.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
$14 billion investment sounds like a lot but consider that the current coal-based steelmaking inflicts between $7 and $13 billion in health-related costs every year in the U.S. If Nippon extends coal-based steelmaking, then it will do more harm than good. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
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Nippon Steel Acquisition of U.S. Steel Must Address Local Community Concerns
Details remain scarce on local community protections from health harms
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 29/05/2025
NEW REPORT: @sierraclub.org & @evergreenaction.bsky.social reveal a major opportunity to slash industrial pollution: boiler electrification. 🏭⚡ Industrial boilers are a massive, but often overlooked, contributor to air pollution & climate emissions in the U.S. 🔗 sc.org/43MLenn
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Trade Justice Ed Fund @tradejusticeed.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The Trump administration reportedly has a new "template trade agreement" it is pushing with other countries. Use the link below to demand the right to review and comment on that template before any trade negotiations continue! actionnetwork.org/letters/we-d...
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Hilary Lewis @hilarylewis.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
“Transitioning these coal-burning furnaces to cleaner alternatives reduces [health-harming] emissions. This is a key step that these communities can take toward getting off the worst-25 list and moving toward cleaner air.” #CleanSteel #CleanAir by @alexckaufman.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com
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Some of the most polluted US cities are home to coal-based steel…
Seven factories still use blast furnaces — and worsen pollution in the cities they are located, according to an analysis by climate research group…
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 16/05/2025
Do you like paying more for energy while also getting sick from pollution while also being at risk from climate change and extreme weather? Then repeal the IRA.
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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
There are many horrible things in the Ways & Means draft, but let me alert you to this underappreciated horror: They want to expand the Treasury Secretary's power to unilaterally designate nonprofits as "terrorist supporting organizations."
1 SEC. 112209. TERMINATION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF
2 TERRORIST SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(p) is amended by
4 adding at the end the following new paragraph:
5 ‘‘(8) APPLICATION TO TERRORIST SUPPORTING
6 ORGANIZATIONS.—
7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
8 subsection, in the case of any terrorist sup9
porting organization—
10 ‘‘(i) such organization (and the des11
ignation of such organization under sub12
paragraph (B)) shall be treated as de13
scribed in paragraph (2), and
14 ‘‘(ii) the period of suspension de15
scribed in paragraph (3) with respect to
16 such organization shall be treated as begin17
ning on the date that the Secretary des18
ignates such organization under subpara19
graph (B) and ending on the date that the
20 Secretary rescinds such designation under
21 subparagraph (D).
22 ‘‘(B) TERRORIST SUPPORTING ORGANIZA23
TION.—For purposes of this paragraph—
24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—the term ‘terrorist
25 supporting organization’ means any orga26
nization which is designated by the Sec-1 retary as having provided, during the 3-
2 year period ending on the date of such des3
ignation, material support or resources to
4 an organization described in paragraph (2)
5 (determined after the application of this
6 paragraph to such organization) in excess
7 of a de minimis amount.
8 ‘‘(ii) MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RE9
SOURCES.—The term ‘material support or
10 resources’ has the meaning given such
11 term in subsection (g)(4) of section 2339B
12 of title 18, United States Code, except that
13 such term shall not include—
14 ‘‘(I) support or resources that
15 were approved by the Secretary of
16 State with the concurrence of the At17
torney General for purposes of sub18
section (j) of such section, or
19 ‘‘(II) humanitarian aid provided
20 with the approval of the Office of For21
eign Assets Control.
22 ‘‘(C) DESIGNATION PROCEDURE.—
23 ‘‘(i) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—Prior to
24 designating any organization as a terrorist
25 supporting organization under subpara-
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Hilary Lewis @hilarylewis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“It is deeply concerning to see the biggest potential investment in moving toward clean iron and steelmaking in the U.S. falter. We will not relent in advocating for an industry-leading transformation in Middletown and throughout the coal-based steelmaking industry.”
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Low-carbon steel project scales back on hydrogen
Cleveland-Cliffs won a $500 million DOE grant intended to decarbonize heavy industry. Now, it's planning to rely more on fossil fuels.
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 07/05/2025
House Republicans waited until the middle of the night to pass a measure that gives away millions of acres of public lands to private developers and oil and gas, mining, and logging corporations.
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This really grinds my gears. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Trump strikes at environmental justice backing for rules
The president instructed the Justice Department to repeal or amend EPA and other agency regulations that rely on consideration of “disparate impacts.”
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Trade Justice Ed Fund @tradejusticeed.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Pending #CriticalMinerals trade deals are likely to accelerate dirty, exploitative models of resource extraction if negotiated in the shadows. Let's work together for a just & sustainable clean energy transition. Learn how at: CriticalMineralsJustice.org
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Come listen to me say things about stuff! Tomorrow at 3pm ET.
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Trade Justice Ed Fund @tradejusticeed.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Important update! In addition to the Sierra Club, we will also be joined by our Executive Director, Arthur Stamoulis, to give everyone a quick update on tariffs at the end of the meeting. We hope to see you on Thursday! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 07/04/2025
Tariffs and trade are all over the news, but how exactly did we get here? Decades of bad trade deals that prioritized corporate profits led to an outsourcing of good manufacturing jobs in the US and an increase in pollution and human rights concerns at factories overseas.
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We Need a Trade Deal that Works for People and the Planet
Trade agreements have long shaped economies and environments worldwide. But unfortunately, they’ve also prioritized corporate profits over people and the planet. The North American Free Trade Agreemen...
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
😵‍💫 "This really reads like a bunch of 24-year-olds at DOGE are working through this.”
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Again, 10/10 for buffoonery. No notes.
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hi, no thanks @hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country "...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
You can’t make this shit up. Well, they literally made it up, but the buffoonery is next level.
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 01/04/2025
Tariffs and trade are all over the news, but Trump's chaotic strategy jeopardizes green jobs and threatens our pocketbooks. So how do we push for a climate-friendly trade policy that benefits people and the planet? sc.org/tradewebinar...
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Global trade influence how we make goods around the world. Trade agreements have long been used to maximize private profits to the detriment of workers and the environment. We need to rewrite the rules of trade to work for people and the planet. Join @sierraclub.org today @ 6pm ET to learn more👇
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Ginny Roscamp @virginiainwa.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
SEC voted to end its defense of the climate disclosure rule, which required companies to report climate-related financial risks. @sierraclub.org's @bmcushing.bsky.social calls the move "a dangerous retreat from investor protection" at a time it is needed most. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
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SEC Votes to Abandon Defense of Climate Risk Disclosure Rule
Sierra Club Calls Move a ‘Dangerous Retreat From Investor Protection’
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Kwon Y. @kwony.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The road to good jobs is investment in new tech. Deregulation will just paper over the problems that these facilities are facing, kill more Americans, and we will wake up in 10 years with fewer jobs. This is lethal foolishness from people who never looked seriously at our industrial sector. (end)
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Kwon Y. @kwony.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Trump is dead wrong here. Regulation is not holding back US steel facilities. They are under performing because they are falling apart. Ex. See the 2018 fire that tore through the Mon Valley Works after persistent underinvestment. This is what is holding us back. www.wesa.fm/environment-...
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U.S. Steel reaches landmark deal with county, environmental groups over 2018 fire
U.S. Steel says it has settled a federal lawsuit over a 2018 fire at its Clairton Coke Works that knocked out pollution controls at the plant for months.
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Kwon Y. @kwony.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Trump plans to allow industries to seek exemptions from enviro regulations, including integrated iron & steel facilities and coke ovens. This will kill more Americans without creating a competitive manufacturing sector or long-term employment.🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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POLITICO Pro: EPA alerts companies to possible ‘presidential exemption’ from air rules
It would be an "unprecedented" use of an obscure Clean Air Act provision, experts said.
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Ugh. Rachel is an incredible person and scholar. But this goes to show how desperate fossil fuel execs are if they are picking on law school professors based on memos they wrote as young lawyers.
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If you're tired of seeing bonkers headlines on trade and tariffs and not knowing what the climate movement can do about Trump's chaotic trade actions, join @sierraclub.org on 4/1 at 6pm ET for a 101 on climate-friendly trade! RSVP here: sc.org/TradeWebinar
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Using Trade to Fight Climate Change 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Sierra Club’s Industrial Transformation campaign on April 1 at 6pm ET to learn about our work and the opportunities we have this year to change the rules of global trade to benefit people and...
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 14/03/2025
We are endorsing the bipartisan #IMPACTAct 2.0, which aims to revolutionize & decarbonize cement, concrete & asphalt production. Thank you Rep. @foushee.house.gov & Rep. Miller for bolstering the competitiveness of clean American manufacturing!
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Sierra Club Endorses Bipartisan Bill to Revolutionize Cement, Concrete, Asphalt Production
Reps. Foushee, Miller reintroduce Impact Act 2.0, which aims to strengthen competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing
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Trade Justice Ed Fund @tradejusticeed.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The mandatory, once-every-six-years review of the USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) is fast approaching. Please join this month’s Trade Justice Power Hour, this Thurs, w/ Gabriela Rosazza and Rajiv Sicora of the UAW to learn what’s at stake for workers in the USMCA renegotiation. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Ginny Roscamp @virginiainwa.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
From soup cans to airplanes, steel & aluminum are a fundamental part of American life, writes @deeanndurbin-ap.bsky.social for @apnews.com. That's why @sierraclub.org is calling on the Trump administration to pair tariffs with investments in manufacturing innovation. apnews.com/article/stee...
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From soup cans to airplanes, steel and aluminum are a fundamental part of American life
Steel and aluminum are ubiquitous in Americans’ lives. A stainless steel refrigerator holds aluminum soda cans.
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Ginny Roscamp @virginiainwa.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
@deluzio.house.gov in @nytimes.com on how Dems should approach tariffs. Mirrors what @sierraclub.org Industrial Transformation campaign has been saying 👏 ✅ When strategic, tariffs not always bad ✅ Tariffs must be paired w/ investments to revitalize US manufacturing www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Rust Belt Democrat From a Swing District. Anti-Tariff Absolutism Is a Mistake.
Instead of reflexively condemning tariffs, Democrats should embrace them as part of a smarter strategy to revitalize American manufacturing.
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 11/02/2025
OUT TODAY 🚗 Lead the Charge’s 2025 Leaderboard ranking efforts of top automakers to clean up their supply chains from: ❌ Fossil fuels ❌ Environmental harm ❌ Human rights violations ❌ Dirty steel & aluminum No automaker achieved a score over 50%: leadthecharge.org
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Hilary Lewis @hilarylewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"It’s outrageous that local residents, who’ve already endured thousands of tons of illegal toxic emissions, are being asked to accept even more pollution — while EES Coke continues trying to dodge accountability," Bryan Smigielski of @sierraclub.org said. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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Planned expansion at Zug Island coke factory would add nearly 3 tons of dust to air
The U.S. EPA is suing EES Coke Battery for Clean Air Act violations. The state found more violations in November. Now EES seeks an OK to pollute more.
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Ginny Roscamp @virginiainwa.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
As we await Trump's next move on tariffs, today's US Trade Rep confirmation hearing gave us a glimpse into Jamieson Greer's approach to the role. @sierraclub.org @impcatpaul.bsky.social calls on the next #USTR to ensure trade policy benefits workers & communities. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
“U.S. trade policy must benefit American workers and communities. Greer can deliver on this promise by negotiating stronger environmental standards, removing corporate giveaways from trade deals, and supporting a foreign pollution fee that protects investments in domestic industrial innovation for key goods.” -Iliana Paul, Industrial Transformation Deputy Director, Sierra Club
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 05/02/2025
@sierraclub.org joins @warren.senate.gov in calling for answers in Thursday’s #USTR confirmation hearing: Will Greer use trade policy to protect US workers or to bankroll Trump’s tax cuts? And will he prioritize labor & environmental standards in trade deals?
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 05/02/2025
“Tariffs are a strategic tool, not a political weapon,” @warren.senate.gov warns in her letter to #USTR nominee Greer. She demands Greer answer whether Trump’s trade war will raise costs for families while benefiting big corporations.
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 05/02/2025
@sierraclub.org thanks @warren.senate.gov for continuing to champion climate-forward trade policies, including: ✅ #ISDS, which allows foreign companies to challenge US environmental protections ✅ #CBAM, a fee based on the pollution in imports from other countries
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 05/02/2025
In her letter to #USTR nominee Greer, @warren.senate.gov expressed concerns over the lack of a strategic plan from the Trump Administration in implementing tariffs, leading to uncertainty for American consumers, workers & manufacturers. www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 05/02/2025
@sierraclub.org advocates for trade deals that benefit working-class Americans through stronger environmental standards, removing corporate giveaways, and supporting a foreign pollution fee that protects investments in industrial innovations and good jobs at home.
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 05/02/2025
🧵 @warren.senate.gov is preparing to question US Trade Rep nominee Jamieson Greer on critical trade issues during Thursday’s confirmation hearing. In a letter to Greer, Warren asked for answers on Trump’s “chaotic & haphazard” approach to tariffs and trade. #USTR
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Warren ‘concerned’ Trump ‘stumbling into a trade war’ with China tariffs
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expressed concern that President Trump is “stumbling into a trade war” by imposing additional tariffs on China and accused him of holding up “critical” bipartisan in…
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The Biden Administration, through the use of community benefits plans, attempted to address a simple premise: public investments should not only provide returns to private actors, but should also benefit the public.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Scoop: The Trump admin has quietly issued stop work orders on projects funded under contracts with the Energy Department that reference community benefit plans, an attempt to target a crucial part of Biden’s environmental justice legacy cc @heatmap.news heatmap.news/politics/tru...
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Trump’s Other Funding Freeze Attacks Environmental Justice
Companies, states, cities, and other entities with Energy Department contracts that had community benefit plans embedded in them have been ordered to stop all work.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
USAID is a Congressionally-funded independent agency. Where are Congressional dems?
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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts… 🔌💡 1/X
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
From @sierraclub.org's Sanjay Narayan: “Regulation provides a level playing field where everybody can see what’s going to happen, which enables the kind of long-term investment decisions that allow a country to have a robust manufacturing sector. That’s what they’re tearing up."
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 30/01/2025
Trump withdraws Biden administration plan to set discharge limits on PFAS in water www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
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Trump withdraws Biden administration plan to set discharge limits on PFAS in water
President Donald Trump pulled a Biden administration plan to set effluent limits on PFAS. Michigan currently has PFAS regulations for drinking water supplies in place, though they are currently being ...
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them. It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests. I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights. Find the EO here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
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Iliana Paul @impcatpaul.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Everyone's favorite oak milk is undergoing a transformation that can bring cleaner air to its neighbors in NJ: upgrading to clean heat technologies like industrial heat pumps & electric boilers. Read more from @canarymedia.com @mariagallucci.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Oatly wants to kick its gas habit. Will other food and beverage firms…
Factories that make processed foods need lots of heat — and most burn gas to supply it. Companies like Oatly are grappling with how to decarbonize instead.
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