The Unofficial "Resistance" team of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Not taxpayer subsidized! Environmental conditions may vary from alternative facts.
Jul 7, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Knowing the (Regional) Administrator:
Trey Glenn holds the top administrative spot in the EPA's Region 4 ( AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN). epa.gov/newsreleases/e…
Prior to his role at the EPA, Mr. Glenn worked at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management from which he quit while under investigation for ethical violations over accepting "gifts" from "Alabama power." apr.org/post/former-ad…
Mar 23, 2018 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Overuse of nitrogen by US farms leads to nitrogen runoff into the Mississippi River. That water travels to the Gulf of Mexico where it indirectly creates a hypoxic zone in which fish cannot live. It's the size of New Jersey!
oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone…
This costs the US about $82m/year but also forces fishing boats to travel further which increases CO2 output from fisheries.
