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chriscsellers.bsky.social @chriscsellers.bsky.social · 28d

HARPPing on History harpp.substack.com?r=di6b4&utm_... Great initiative, pushing back on current assaults on historical realities...

HARPPing on History | Substack

HARPPing on History is the official Substack of the Historical Archives and Preservation Project (HARPP), an initiative led by the Organization of American Historians to ensure that U.S. history remai...

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chriscsellers.bsky.social @chriscsellers.bsky.social · Sep 4

The damage has been fast and breath-taking, already surpassing any other assault in this 54-year agency and imperiling Congress' authority as well as the sheer functionality of our nation's chief environmental protector.

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Sep 3

In a new report, EDGI documents the assault on the EPA currently taking place under the second Trump administration. Findings show an EPA that is swiftly being hollowed out and made to work for polluters rather than the health of the public.
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Burning Down the EPA: Documenting the Second Trump Administration’s Historic Assault – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative

Under Administrator Zeldin, the EPA has begun incinerating many of the environmental and health protections this agency has provided for decades. Since […]

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Aug 15

“Since the start of the second Trump administration, information on hundreds of government websites focused on environmental regulation has been changed or even removed, according to a new report from the research network and collaborative [EDGI].” www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

Trump is outpacing his first term in deleting environmental information

The restriction of language and removal of information makes it harder to address climate issues, say the authors of a new report on environmental information under Trump 2.0.

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Aug 8

Item #20 (⬇️) is being claimed as a “pro-environmental action” by EPA’s press office, yet it’s actually a proposal related to “forever chemicals” (PFAS) that would delay some standards, roll back others, and provide less protection for people’s drinking water.

Item #20 highlighted from EPA's Aug 7 press release: "Announced intent to extend compliance deadlines for PFOA and PFOS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, establish a federal exemption framework, and initiate enhanced outreach to water systems, especially in rural and small communities, through EPA’s new PFAS OUTreach Initiative (PFAS OUT)."

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · Aug 8

Curious about the claims made in the latest "100 actions" announcement from EPA's press office (link ⬇️)? EDGI’s @alissa-a.bsky.social, a #PFAS scholar with @pfasproject.bsky.social, took a closer look at the claims around forever chemicals. Here’s what she found (a 🧵):
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EPA Celebrates Another 100 Days with 100 More Pro-Environmental Actions | US EPA

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 100 additional environmental actions EPA has taken in the last 100 days to recognize 200 Days of providing clean air, land, and water for all Americans under Presid...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 18

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · Jul 13

House appropriators are jamming markups this week, including the budgets for NASA, NSF, EPA, NOAA, NWS, FWS...
Monday & Thursday
* Transportation, Housing & Urban Development
* Energy & Water Development
Tuesday
* Commerce, Justice & Science
* Interior & Environment
* National Security & State

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · Jun 7

“The administration’s goal, said Stony Brook University historian Christopher Sellers, is to dismantle the science and data infrastructure behind federal disaster relief — and recast those efforts as ‘the main threats to Americans,’ rather than climate change itself.” thehill.com/policy/equil...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · Jun 3

🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION: We mapped the Trump administration's ties to Project 2025 and found something stunning—70% of his Cabinet is connected to the groups behind the Heritage Foundation plan.

This despite Trump's repeated denials during the campaign. 🧵

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · May 23

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

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chriscsellers.bsky.social @chriscsellers.bsky.social · May 21

Check it out everyone! Our searching historico-sociologic critique of EPA's risk assessment practices, through the lens of chlorpyrifos, a single pesticide still widely used on American crops.

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · May 21

Over the past 25 years, despite a ban on household uses & mounting evidence of harm, EPA has failed to halt agricultural uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

A new paper in @apha.org by EDGI researchers explores how EPA’s risk assessment process contributes to this failure. Here’s what we show: 1/6

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 18

This is just a partial glimpse of the destruction of American science by Trump and the GOP.

Table showing the massive cuts in federal science funding for EPA- 54.5%, NASA -24%. NOAA - 24%, NSF -56%, USGS- 38% etc.

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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · May 9

👀 New paper alert! From EDGI’s interdisciplinary team of researchers: a historical look at the EPA’s risk assessment process for the pesticide Chlorpyrifos. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

History of Risk Assessments of the Organophosphate Pesticide Chlorpyrifos at the US Environmental Protection Agency, 1980‒2024 | AJPH | Vol. Issue

This article examines the history of risk assessments of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), especially after a ban on household uses in 2000. F...

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chriscsellers.bsky.social @chriscsellers.bsky.social · Apr 5

My first original post (not repost) on Bluesky: video + pics of today’s hands-off rally in Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY. The biggest street protest I’ve seen in my 25+ years in now-red Suffolk Co.

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chriscsellers.bsky.social @chriscsellers.bsky.social · Apr 5

#handsoff

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chriscsellers.bsky.social @chriscsellers.bsky.social · Apr 5

My first original post (not repost) on Bluesky: video + pics of today’s hands-off rally in Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY. The biggest street protest I’ve seen in my 25+ years in now-red Suffolk Co.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Feb 8

#OtD 8 Feb 1915 DW Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation premiered. The first major blockbuster in the US, it glorified the KKK & portrayed Black people in the worst ways possible. It inspired a resurgence in KKK membership and still has an impact today. stories.workingclasshistory.c...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Feb 4

A physician member of the AMA—who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation—is sounding the alarm.

“The current admin prohibited all communications of the CDC and other agencies with the public. Now, the public and physicians are left with no info on food recalls or disease outbreaks.“

I’m a doctor, and I’m appalled at the silence from the American Medical Association

Many physicians feel that our values do not align with the values of our advocacy organization.

www.motherjones.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Feb 4

New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...

Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base

Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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chriscsellers.bsky.social @chriscsellers.bsky.social · Jan 26

Trump people quickly took down the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool as part of the new administration's self-declared war against environmental justice. But Having saved the data and worked fast...we are now re-releasing CEJST to the public! screening-tools.com/climate-econ...

Climate + Economic Justice Screening Tool — Data + Screening Tools

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