Atlas Obscura<p>Toxic Town Marker in St. Louis, Michigan</p><p>This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/toxic-town-marker" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toxic Town Marker</a></p>
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Atlas ObscuraThe war has brought suffering and devastation—and "war-wilding," a surprising ray of hope.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ukraine-war-kakhovka-dam-aftermath-nature-rewilding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amid War in Ukraine, Nature Survives in Unexpected Ways</a>
Atlas ObscuraA city in Uzbekistan that was once a port is now in the middle of a desert.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=deserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deserts</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-moynaq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podcast: Moynaq</a>
Atlas Obscura<p>Lassen Volcanic National Park Bounces Back After California's Largest Single Fire</p><p>In 2021, the Dixie Fire burned much of the park. Now, Lassen&<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>39</span></a>;s recovery offers surprising lessons on resilience.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=nationalparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalparks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=climatedeskinternal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatedeskinternal</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lassen-volcanic-national-park-dixie-fire-recovery" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lassen Volcanic National Park Bounces Back After California's Largest Single Fire</a></p>
Atlas ObscuraLinked to the biblical Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian marshes—and their people—have endured decades of environmental destruction.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history&culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history&culture</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=excerptinternal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>excerptinternal</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hawizeh-marsh-arabs-iraq-tigris" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In Iraq, the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh Persevere in a Changing Landscape</a>
Neil Macpherson 🏴<p>WTAF!!! 2030 World Cup to be staged across three continents! FIFA claim it will be a "fully carbon-neutral World Cup" .<br>Yeah! Right! Just saying something doesn't make it so.<br>The previous WC trashed human rights, 2030 will trash the environment. These people are isolated in a bubble of privilege.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FIFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIFA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FIFA30" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIFA30</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67010609" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67010</span><span class="invisible">609</span></a></p>
Bean 🇺🇲🇻🇪<p>How <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenX</span></a> are you? Part 24</p><p>Select all that apply.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HowGenXAreYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowGenXAreYou</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1970s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1970s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1990s</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Coverup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coverup</span></a>: CTEH has been hired during some of the worst <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environmentaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaldisasters</span></a> in American history—often by the very <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> that caused them. During each of these incidents, CTEH was criticized by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environmentalgroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalgroups</span></a> or <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/governmentagencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governmentagencies</span></a>, and residents or workers reported becoming sick after they were told it was safe to return to normal life.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/cteh-norfolk-southern-east-palestine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/environm</span><span class="invisible">ent/cteh-norfolk-southern-east-palestine/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Most of these I knew about, but not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrassyNarrows</span></a> </p><p>"Grassy Narrows mercury contamination (1960s)</p><p>For nearly a decade, the Dryden Mill’s chloralkali plant discharged up to 24,000 pounds of mercury into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabigoonRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabigoonRiver</span></a>. It is regarded as one of the worst cases of industrial pollution in Canada’s history. Many people in the Grassy Narrows <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Whitedog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whitedog</span></a> First Nation communities were poisoned due to the contamination." <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>20 of the biggest environmental disasters in history</p><p>By Stacker, Published March 28, 2023</p><p>1. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Honkeiko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honkeiko</span></a> colliery mining disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, 1942)</p><p>2. Great Smog of London (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, 1952)</p><p>3. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrassyNarrows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> contamination (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, 1960s)</p><p>4. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMileIsland</span></a> accident (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>, 1979)</p><p>5. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bhopal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bhopal</span></a> disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, 1984)</p><p>6. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chernobyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chernobyl</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a>, 1986)</p><p>7. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exxon</span></a> Valdez oil spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a>, 1989)</p><p>8. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Phillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phillips</span></a> disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, 1989)<br> <br>9. Ufa train disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a>, 1989)</p><p>10. Cantara Loop derailment (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, 1991)</p><p>11. Nambija mine disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a>, 1993)</p><p>12. Baia Mare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cyanide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyanide</span></a> spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>, 2000)</p><p>13. Martin County coal slurry spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a>, 2000)</p><p>14. Toulouse chemical factory explosion (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, 2001)</p><p>15. Ivory Coast toxic waste dump (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>, 2006)</p><p>16. Kingston coal ash spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>, 2008)</p><p>17. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> oil spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a>, 2010)</p><p>18. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, 2011)</p><p>19. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guangxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guangxi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cadmium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cadmium</span></a> spill (China, 2012)</p><p>20. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mariana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mariana</span></a> dam disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>, 2015)</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/20-of-the-biggest-environmental-disasters-in-history/article" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">digitaljournal.com/tech-scienc</span><span class="invisible">e/20-of-the-biggest-environmental-disasters-in-history/article</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>
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