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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1m

Pakistan is being pummeled by climate disasters. On 8/15, a cloudburst poured 6" of rain in 1 hr, triggering floods that killed over 300. It experiences "compound" and "sequential" climate effects, in which 1 spawns another. Pakistan contributes <1% to emissions.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/one-...

One after another, Pakistan endures successive climate disasters

On the morning of Aug. 15, a cloudburst that poured more than 150 millimeters (6 inches) of rain in one hour triggered a flash flood in the city of Buner, located in Pakistan’s northwestern province o...

news.mongabay.com

🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 20m

And, I trust it'll keep rising👍 Thanks for that. We'll keep it going.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 43m

The Trump administration is working strenuously to choke renewables, but states—including red ones—have taken the mantle. AR more than doubled its solar capacity in '24. GA has become a center of solar mfg. FL has invested millions in solar with thousands of jobs created. We can take solace in that.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 2h

Global renewable-energy capacity is projected to rise 200% in the next 5 yr, adding capacity equal to power sources in China, Japan and the EU combined. Solar will primarily propel the rise. But, the US forecast was revised down nearly 50% due to policy changes.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202...

Global Renewable Power Capacity Expected to More than Double by 2030 - Inside Climate News

The expansion comes despite a dramatic decrease in the projection for growth in the United States.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 3h

A nor'easter will strike the East Coast the afternoon of 10/12 through 10/13. The region from NC, through NJ and into southern New England will bear the brunt. Airport hubs will be disrupted. The storm will carry 50mph winds, with up to 6"of rain falling at the NC coast.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/w...

Potent nor’easter will slam the East Coast with fierce wind, major coastal flooding and rain this weekend | CNN

Millions along the East Coast are about to feel the wrath of the storm this weekend and into early next week.

www.cnn.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 18h

The World Economic Forum's Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders are bullish on the climate economy's growth and impact. They represent $4tn in revenue; reduced aggregate emissions by 12% and posted revenue growth of 20% from '19-'23; and will generate 10mn jobs by 2030.
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

'The climate economy is delivering': Climate leaders' letter

The World Economic Forum's Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders shares an open letter to world leaders ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference 2025 (COP30)

www.weforum.org

🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 21h

Scientists analyzed forever chemical PFNA, which is in the water systems of about 26mn Americans. PFNA has adverse reproductive impacts and likely causes liver damage. The report was ready in mid-April, but the EPA has yet to release it. A '24 draft was challenged.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 23h

I agree, and the worst part is there's more to come.

🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

After manufacturing groups sent a letter to then President-Elect Trump, in Dec. '24, claiming "regulatory onslaught," they've had about 80% of their regulatory requests honored since Trump took office again. One was reversing greenhouse-gas emissions standards.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0910202...

Senate Nixes Management Plans for Public Lands to Open Access for Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News

Congress took the unprecedented step this week of repealing management plans for public lands in three states in an effort to expand access to fossil fuel mining and drilling. Critics of the move warn...

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

Tropical Storm Priscilla places the Southwest in flood danger from 10/10 through 10/12. Priscilla's rain bands are expected to inundate parts of AZ, UT, NM and CO, likely bringing a year's worth of rain, within hours, to some areas. Locally, downpours could reach 5".
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Tropical Storm Priscilla to drench Southwest US, raising deadly flash flood risk

Flash flooding is a growing risk in the southwestern U.S. through this weekend

abcnews.go.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of the Philippines, on 10/10, prompting a tsunami warning. Buildings were damaged; power was knocked out; and, at least one person was killed.
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/7...

7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes offshore from southern Philippines

At least one person died after being hit by falling debris in the south, an official said without providing details

www.nbcnews.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

At least 9.8mn people have been displaced by climate chaos. People who move due to climate change may obtain refugee status under the 1951 Refugee Convention. If vital resources become scarce, they could obtain refugee status. But, protections largely go unenforced.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

When people are displaced by climate change, what rights do they have?

As sea levels rise and temperatures soar, people may leave their homes to seek a better future for themselves and their families.

www.amnesty.org

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

Heilbronn, Germany was named the green capital at the European Green Cities Awards on 10/2. Its holistic urban planning and air-quality mgmt are exemplary. The 2035 targets and regional collaborations are also models. It'll receive a €600000 ($693900) prize.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

Overhead shot of quaint row homes, church steeples, and two skyscrapers of Heilbronn, Germany, with picturesque hills in the background.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

That sounds like a direct quote.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

There is; they're further ahead. Thanks for that fact. The rest of the world needs to catch up.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 2d

Forever chemical (PFAS) PFHxS-Na (perfluorohexanesulfonate) will be added to the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory, bringing the total to 206. Companies are now required to report PFHxS-Na emissions from all plants and associated facilities. #climaccountability
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

EPA adds ‘forever chemical’ to toxics reporting database

The addition brings the number of PFAS on the Toxics Release Inventory up to 206.

www.eenews.net

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 2d

Base Power—which provides backup power to homes through large batteries that aid in rebalancing the grid—announced a $1bn financing round on 10/7. Base has deployed over 100MW of battery capacity, making it among the fastest-growing, distributed-energy companies.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

A boy and a girl—perhaps 9- and 8-years-old, respectively—sit on an adobe bench outside a home (there's no curtain in the window behind them, allowing you to get full view of the kitchen table)—as softly lit bulbs hang from a cable above them.

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 2d

Residents of Benson, AZ—pop. 5500—opposed the building of Aluminum Dynamics, Inc.'s recycling plant in their town, due to the environmental impacts. With local nonprofit NDDCC's help—and a key City Council "no" vote—the project was halted. A win for the little guy.
dailyyonder.com/arizona-rura...

Arizona Rural Grassroots Organizers Take on Industrial Developers, Aided by Urban Allies | The Daily Yonder

On the evening of August 21, 2025, Chris Giokaris hopped on the interstate heading southeast from his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. His destination was

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 2d

Scientists warn that over ¾ of Earth's health and support systems, Planetary Boundaries, are threatened. Ocean acidification—marked by low pH—has reached extreme levels due to excess CO₂, impacting food security. Biodiversity loss looms as species struggle to survive.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Internat...

Fish swim over a reef impacted by coral bleaching.

🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 3d

The Administration is considering rescinding another $12bn in green programs. $500mn awarded to GM to convert its Lansing, MI assembly plant to EV production will likely be clawed back. $32mn awarded for an OH Stellantis plug-in supplier is also on the chopping block.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

An exterior shot of Stellantis' Belvidere Assembly Plant in Belvidere, IL

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 3d

Louisville, KY saw 4.22 in of rain on 10/7, making it the 3rd-wettest October day in the city's history. A flash-flood warning was issued for Louisville and several surrounding counties. There were also 5 major road closures.
www.wdrb.com/news/several...

Several inches of rain soak Louisville, cause water rescues across city

A Flash Flood Warning was issued for Louisville and several surrounding counties Tuesday morning as several inches of rain fell across the area.

www.wdrb.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 3d

Climate chaos could slash nearly 25% of global income by 2100, at current levels. Higher temperatures and climate variability will undermine activities across industries, namely agriculture and manufacturing. Yet, cutting CO₂ emissions could save $71tn by 2050.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...

Climate Change Could Slash Global GDP By 24% By 2100

A new study says climate change could wipe out nearly a quarter of global income.

www.zmescience.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 3d

US states and Canadian provinces have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility (ERP) programs to hold companies that use plastic packaging accountable. CA, CO, ME, MD, MN, OR and WA adopted EPR. Corps pay according to sales volume and funds go to recycling efforts.
www.newsweek.com/promising-ne...

The promising new laws that can help cut plastic pollution

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

www.newsweek.com

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🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 3d

Now, residents will know if they're breathing benzene and other contaminants. The EPA planned to delay fenceline monitoring—which requires steel corps to monitor air quality around coke (coal) plants—till 2027. On 10/3, the EPA said it was withdrawing the delay.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202...

EPA Drops Planned Delay in Compliance With Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants - Inside Climate News

Residents will no longer have to wait two years to find out whether they are breathing benzene and other contaminants.

insideclimatenews.org

🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 4d

The youth-led, climate-focused Sunrise Movement is combating authoritarianism. They led walkouts at DC universities in Sept against nat'l guard deployments for anti-immigration efforts. They're also pushing schools to resist controls on curricula and dissent.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism

Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities

www.theguardian.com

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