Stacy Woods, PhD (she/her)

WOW and also WUT. But most importantly, CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR!

EPA Proposes Striking Wetlands Protections, Risking Water Quality Across US The U.S. EPA today released a revised definition of “waters of the United States, narrowing the waters protected under the Clean Water Act. Statement by Dr. Stacy Woods at the Union of Concerned Scien...

Today, the EPA released proposed revisions to the definition of “waters of the United States”, which would further erode clean water safeguards & endanger wetlands & streams across the US. “This is a destructive and unfounded attack on clean water protections," said @geostatstacy.bsky.social.

The USDA Cancels Annual Hunger Study While Trump Policies Drive Up Food Prices Canceling the annual Household Food Security Reports is part of a broader Trump administration effort to suppress data inconvenient to its political agenda.

As food prices surge, the Trump admin cancels a critical hunger study. “It’s the latest sign that the president and his allies are hell-bent on eliminating science and data that don’t support their political agenda.” -my colleague @karenstillerman.bsky.social blog.ucs.org/karen-perry-...

Stop the EPA's Attack on Climate Science & Public Health The Environmental Protection Agency wants to obliterate the science basis of key climate policies. Tell the EPA to protect science, our climate, and our communities.

🌎🧪Over 1,000+ scientists joined together to defend the EPA's Endangerment Finding, and you have SIX DAYS to make your voice heard too.

This #USDA reorg plan is bad for farmers, bad for food, and bad for all of us. My colleague @karenstillerman.bsky.social explains why: blog.ucs.org/karen-perry-...

🔗 Pre-publication notice of EPA’s refusal to act: www.epa.gov/system/files...

Waste Deep Water pollutants from Tyson Foods' meat processing plants pose a risk to both people and the environment.

Industrial meat & poultry plants dump tons of pollution into our waters—our research shows how much Tyson alone released in just 5 years. Yet the Trump #EPA won’t update weak, outdated effluent rules, again putting Industrial Ag profits over your right to #cleanwater 🧪 bit.ly/4p19Lh0

Molecular biology meets visual storytelling ✨🧬🧪. This video is mesmerizing. The potential for novel flu treatment is inspiring. But realizing that potential depends on sustained investment in science.
#FundNSF #FundNIH #FundAllTheScience

Always great to see states taking strong action to protect water quality—esp at a time when the fed government is determined to do the opposite (see: this morning’s EPA #PFAS announcement). Kudos to @govwesmoore.bsky.social & other MD leaders for stepping up to safeguard our health & environment! 🌊

Wetlands and Streams Face a New Threat from the Trump Administration The EPA is calling for public comments on a proposal that would limit protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams.

The Trump administration has proposed “reinterpreting” which wetlands & streams are protected under the Clean Water Act. Last week I testified to EPA & urged the agency to preserve protections for these waters—and now you can too. Here’s how to weigh in & why it matters: blog.ucs.org/stacy-woods/...

Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 gas turbines, no air pollution permits The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

NEW from me: Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company is operating 35 gas turbines without any pollution permits, belching asthma-worsening emissions into an area that leads Tennessee in ER visits for asthma.

www.eenews.net/articles/elo...

"Environmental Health Perspectives & the Journal of Health and Pollution are supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH).... Due to recent changes in operational resources, the journals are pausing the acceptance of new manuscript(s)" ehp.niehs.nih.gov/do/10.5555/b...

Via instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DIgw8XdoXo...

"This ruling is an abuse of science." 👏🦀🏳️‍⚧️

What a loss for environmental and public health science 🧪—not to mention the incredible staff, reviewers, and authors who make Environmental Health Perspectives what it is. Sincerely hoping this publication “pause” is only temporary.

5 things you can do if you’re pissed off about the latest Trump EO Donald Trump opened an area of about 250 million acres of protected American waters to industrial fishing fleets on Thursday.  This sets a very dangerous precedent that our public lands and wa…

Trump opened up about 84% of the Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument industrial fishing

That's about 1/3 of all protected waters in the entire country

Here are some things you can do to express your displeasure

www.southernfriedscience.com/5-things-you...

Brings new meaning to "Off to see the wizard"! 👁️✨🌈🧪

DoesTheDogDie.com Crowdsourced trigger warnings spoilers for movies, tv, books and more.

Highly recommend doesthedogdie.com! Flags all kinds of stuff you may not want to see, from violence to body horror and, yes, pet deaths (wish it was around before I saw Old Yeller 😭)

New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths

🧪 Wetlands help stem floods along the Mississippi River—ranked “most endangered” by @americanrivers.bsky.social due to worsening floods. Yet Trump’s #EPA is stripping protections from more wetlands. 📝 Use our guide to urge EPA to protect wetlands. Comments close 4/23! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hi @geohenning.bsky.social! I'm a geostatistician working in nonprofit environmental science and advocacy. I lead a research team investigating the environmental & social impacts of the U.S. industrial food & farm system. ORCID: 0000-0001-8412-1149 | Bio: www.ucs.org/about/people...

I just don’t understand the nostalgia for the grand ole’ days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the Dust Bowl, and Love Canal.

Farmland consolidation fuels inequality and damages soil and water quality. My colleague @omanjana21.bsky.social unpacked this in a blog a few years back, and it's definitely worth a re-read: blog.ucs.org/omanjana-gos...

More cows with H1N1, just as the Trump admin plans more cuts to USDA—an agency that helps stop outbreaks AND supports farmers who lose livestock to illness. Dismantling USDA now would be a disaster—for farmers and for public health. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

The dire wolf discourse is absolutely sending me. Thank you, Science Bluesky.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

I think they need a tl;dr on storm surge vs. sea level rise. Moving your vacation home back a quarter inch won’t save it if you keep ignoring climate change and flooding...

Took the scenic route. Still arrived on time.

Line chart titled "S&P 500 Performance Since Inauguration Day" showing stock market performance (percent change) during the first 100 days following presidential inaugurations. The vertical axis shows percent change from -10% to 10%, while the horizontal axis shows days since inauguration from 0 to 100. The chart compares four presidential terms with color-coded lines: blue for Democratic presidents (Biden and Obama) and red for Republican presidents (Trump's first and second terms). Biden's 2021 term shows the strongest performance at +8.5% (blue line), followed by Obama's 2013 term at +7% (blue line), and Trump's 2017 term at +5% (red line). Trump's 2025 term shows a dramatic decline, ending at -16.1% (red line) at approximately day 75. The Biden and Obama lines generally trend upward throughout the period, while Trump's 2017 line shows moderate growth. In stark contrast, Trump's 2025 line initially tracks near the others but begins a steep downward trend around day 30, culminating in a sharp drop around day 75 that far exceeds the scale of the chart. A legend at the bottom identifies the party affiliations: blue for Democratic and red for Republican.

Incredible chart of market performance over the first 100 days of the last four presidential administrations, from @jhelvy.bsky.social: jhelvy.github.io/potus-econ-s...

We're in the midst of an early season severe weather outbreak and these are the storm reports from ONE day of this storm season. All of the warnings and responses that occurred for these events - including life threatening flooding and tornadoes - happen with data distributed through NWS sources.