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Now is the time to build on the IRA with legislation that empowers EJ communities to demand breathable air and drinkable water, not old-school, good-ol'-boy, backroom deals that heap more advantages on Big Oil and leave American families to pay the price.
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A Navy facility built in Red Hill during WWII has been leaking jet fuel underground on Oʻahu for decades. Shelley Muneoka talks with me about the military poisoning water & people, and the movement to protect water & demilitarize Hawaiʻi. #ShutDownRedHill
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Our #climatechange assessment for American Samoa represents the efforts of so many. I see #resilience in this incredible community of #adaptation professionals. And, if you haven’t heard about American Samoa’s giant corals, read on... #WorldOceansDay #AmericanSamoa #teamwork
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Anyone working on climate change impacts/adaptation in the Mariana Islands now has a new go-to resource thanks to @PacificRISA team
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FYI she earns $1.86 per 60 bundles of radishes, and she paid more state and federal taxes than the president did. #WeFeedYou
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Holy shoots!
@CB: Blangiardi revealed for the 1st time that he voted for Donald Trump. “I really had very high hopes, even against my judgment, that maybe what the country needed was that kind of change.”
Do tell, and was that lying, groping, cheating, anti-science change? – at Kailua, HI
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One of the worst stances of Judge Amy Coney Barrett is that she’s anti-Brown v Board of Education — she openly and firmly believes that the Supreme Court case that desegregated our schools was wrongly decided.
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One out of every 1,125 Black Americans have died.
57% of Republicans think we have had an “acceptable” death toll.
Park lied to us about the number of contact tracers. Did Ige and Anderson lie too, or did they not know? Which would be worse?
.@TulsiGabbard and #Honolulu Dr. Scott Miscovich lauded the virologist for revealing the lack of contact tracers to combat the crisis in #Hawaii. buff.ly/3iFK171 @stewartyerton #HInews
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BREAKING: Senate adjourns to September 8 with no Corona relief agreement.
White House/Senate leadership sitting on House passed bill for 3 months.
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Proud of my brothers and sisters who lead programs at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Convergence on core principles of justice, equity, and inclusion. BLACK LIVES MATTER. – at Kailua, HI
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We as #climate scientists cannot stay silent. We must use our priveledge to amplify voices that too often go unheard in our community. And let's recognize that the #ClimateCrisis has inequitable impacts due to centuries of racist policies and actions. #mondaythoughts – at Ahuimanu, HI
As the country mourns the loss of George Floyd and struggles to enact the necessary changes, the environmental movement cannot stay silent on issues of race and inequality. #climatejusticeissocialjustice
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This seems like an issue that deserves a lot more attention: nytimes.com/2020/04/22/world…
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BREAKING: In the face of Coronavirus, 15 health care leaders and I have published an open letter in @USATODAY with an urgent, life-saving message for all Americans, state & local leaders & our health care workforce.
#StayHome
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@Oahu_DEM Are there plans in the works to set up isolation facilities where ppl can recover without infecting their loved ones? Isolating at home will not be enough to #FlattenTheCuve
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@HIgov_Health @Hawaii_EMA @GovHawaii We have community transmission already. Travel ban is good, but most community transmission will happen within households if we don't set up isolation facilities. Plans?
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“Our campaign has moved away from administrative engagement, recognizing that it is often a stalling tactic” – Harvard-Yale, #TheGame, interrupted by fossil fuel divestment protest – @emilyhholden reports on events at the Yale Bowl – gu.com/p/cn7gq/stw
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Typhoon #Hagibis made a direct hit on Tokyo, together with landslides, floods and an earthquake
-Most powerful storm for 60+ years
-Millions evacuating
-500mm of rain to fall on Tokyo in 24 hours, 700mm fell on Hakone in 48 hours
-Follows Typhoon Faxai which damaged 30,000 homes