Shelby Jouppi
@ShelbyJouppi
Environmental data reporter @pubhealthwatch covering pollution + enforcement | past: @columbiajourn @wdet
Imagine living next to a large chemical plant that's emitting toxic air pollution day in and day out. You might not be able to see it, but sometimes you can smell it or even feel it burning your eyes or throat. Traci Donatto lives near not one but dozens of these plants. 🧵
There will be a @commvalues podcast episode recorded soon on this whole thing with reporter @ShelbyJouppi, and I can’t wait. People from my community have reached out to me, appalled at what they learned here and ready to organize!
Reupping this important story, republished today by our friends @insideclimate. insideclimatenews.org/news/05072025/…
The petrochemical industry didn’t like the science that the EPA was putting out on chemical risks. Now, the office responsible for that work has been eliminated by the Trump administration and the future of agency risk assessments is uncertain. insideclimatenews.org/news/21072025/…
More than 5,000 workers die of fatal injuries on the job every year—about one worker every 99 minutes—yet the Trump administration just reduced penalties for employers who violate worker safety rules. insideclimatenews.org/news/16072025/…
Colorado mental health program to close due to funding shortages, residents in need of shelter cbsnews.com/colorado/news/…
"several tenants say they've been told they have less than two weeks to find a new place to live" Doesn't Colorado make landlords give at least 90 days notice?
Colorado mental health program to close due to funding shortages, residents in need of shelter cbsnews.com/colorado/news/…
Sludge: solid remnants of sewage, contains Pfas forever chemicals, flame retardants, pharmaceuticals, toxic waste from homes & industry. Rebranded as biosolids by water companies & given or sold to farmers as a nutrient-rich fertiliser. Our new article: share.google/X0s8iZqrNhDf4Y…
A recent study found that Colorado children who’d been diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia were more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development than healthy children throughout the state. ehn.org/fracking-leuke…
My latest for @pubhealthwatch and @insideclimate: "Analysis shows EPA rollbacks of the HON rule would put overburdened communities at risk and benefit chemical plants that frequently violate their permits." insideclimatenews.org/news/05072025/…
Imagine living next to a large chemical plant that's emitting toxic air pollution day in and day out. You might not be able to see it, but sometimes you can smell it or even feel it burning your eyes or throat. Traci Donatto lives near not one but dozens of these plants. 🧵
Trump's “big, beautiful bill” would explode the U.S. uninsured rate. In rural Louisiana, where Medicaid expansion has been a lifeline, the cuts would be "historic in their devastation.” NEW from @pubhealthwatch & @chatlanis/@stateline_news: publichealthwatch.org/2025/07/03/med…