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Half of Mato Grosso state legislators bankrolled by violators

In total, 62 candidates for governor, state legislator, federal legislator, senator, and alternative candidates were funded by environmental violators in elections in Mato Grosso. Of these, 19 were elected to office, including the current governor, businessman Mauro Mendes (União Brasil party), who is running for reelection.

The same analysis also reveals the influence that these elected politicians have had in office. Since 2019, they’ve occupied half of the state legislature, five of Mato Grosso’s eight seats in the lower House of Congress (known as the Chamber of Deputies), and one of its two seats in the upper House, the Senate.

Mato Grosso sits at the meeting point between three of Brazil’s most important biomes: the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado savanna, and Pantanal wetlands. It also recorded the most campaign donations from environmental violators in past elections, totaling almost 6 million reais ($1.5 million) as of 2018. It was followed by the states of Rondônia, with 4.3 million reais ($1.1 million); São Paulo, with 1.6 million reais ($411,000); and Tocantins, with 1.5 million reais ($385,000).

Source: In Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, deforesters foot the bill for political campaigns

Originally posted on musingsofanoldfart: The following is an interesting article that furthers the message of my previous and earlier posts over my concerns for the Republican party called “I left the GOP because it seemed to be losing it way. Last week convinced me I was right” by Kurt Bardella of NBC News. Here are…

Reinforcement of why a person left the GOP — Filosofa’s Word

Phosphogypsum is radioactive and can contain uranium, thorium and radium, which decay into carcinogenic radon. In addition to these radioactive carcinogens, phosphogypsum and process water can contain heavy toxic metals like antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, fluoride, lead, mercury, nickel, silver, sulfur, thallium and zinc.

More than 1 billion tons of the radioactive and toxic waste have already been stored in these stacks, perched precariously atop the Floridan aquifer that supplies drinking water to about 10 million people.

Florida State Department of Environmental Protection records show that Piney Point has about 24 inches (60 centimeters) of rainfall capacity.

A big spill or leak could seriously damage rivers and other wetlands near any of the stacks.

“Phosphate companies have had over 50 years to figure out a way to dispose of the radioactive gypsum wastes in an acceptable manner, they have yet to do so,” according to the environmental nonprofit ManaSota-88. “The EPA should not permit phosphate wastes to be used in Florida landfills, or in construction or agricultural applications.”

The hurricane is expected to produce catastrophic storm surge, destructive winds, and flooding rainfall, The Weather Channel reports.

Where to dump our toxic waste only gets more complicated as our climate continues to change and storms become more intense.

Source: Pollution Storm Made Worse By Storms