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The #EPA needs its mission statement replaced. It was made to stop the visable #pollution, the visable ecosystem destruction, superfund site and protection of #endangered species.
It wasn't designed with climate change or racial equity in mind at all.
#Climatechange requires a way to override nimbys to streamline one time building of #transit., dense infrastructure and renewable power grids.
At the moment the EPA is set up so it can be used as a weapon to stop anything needed to fight Climate change in terms of infrastructure building.
There needs to be an option for the EPA to weigh damage of building over damage caused by Climate change from not building it.
There also needs to be mechanisms so that BiPOC have the same tools as nimbys currently have and will have in the future to ensure they aren't undualy taken advantage of like they always have been.
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@heiseonline Ich bin gespannt. Oldies wie ich mit der freiwilligen #ePA von Anfang an (für den Ticker eingerichtet und danach PDF-Schwachstelle gefunden) sind gespannt, wie der Widerspruch gegen die Nutzung von Gesundheitsdaten innerhalb der ePA dann funktioniert.

Auch wenn es schon viel Streit darüber gab: K1 (so heißt das wohl in social media) ist Arzt in einem Krankenhaus und findet meine Haltung trottelig bzw von "vorvorgestern".

Die #ePA kommt am 29.4. bundesweit, weil Karl Lauterbach das jetzt als sicher erklärt hat. "Es konnten Sicherheitsmaßnahmen umgesetzt werden"

Und weil das bestimmt alles total fluffig im Praxisalltag in alle PVS angebunden sein wird, wird das für die Leistungserbringerinstitutionen am 1.10. verpflichtend.

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Ich beim Arzt:
Arzthelferin: „Zur Zeit geht leider gar nichts“
Ich: „Sind die Gematik-Terminals ausgefallen?“
Sie: „Ja, mal wieder“
Ich: „wie häufig kommt das denn vor?“
Sie: „Mehrmals am Tag“
Stimme aus dem Hintergrund: „Und wir haben noch nicht die ePA“

Dann hat’s irgendwann geklappt, ich war im Anschluss in der Apotheke und der Apotheker meint nur: „Elektoronisches Rezept? Das wird heute nichts, unser Anbieter ist ausgefallen. Versuchen Sie es bei anderen Apotheken.“

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"The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their #emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause #ClimateChange.

“It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” said Edward Maibach, a professor at George Mason University.."

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ProPublicaTrump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
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At the Environmental Protection Agency…some EPA managers were told by Trump appointees that Musk’s team is rolling out AI to monitor workers, including looking for language in communications considered hostile to Trump or Musk, the two people said…
Trump-appointed officials who had taken up EPA posts told managers that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication apps and software, including Microsoft Teams, which is widely used for virtual calls and chats, said the two sources familiar with these comments. “We have been told they are looking for anti-Trump or anti-Musk language,” a third source familiar with the EPA said. —Reuters
The Trump administration has already placed hundreds of EPA employees on leave and plans to slash 65% of the agency’s budget.
In the same report, Reuters revealed that DOGE team members use Grok — the chatbot built by Musk’s AI company - #environment #EPA #coup #AmericanCoup #RepublicansDidThis #USPol #politics

📢 Am 9. April 2025 veröffentlichte Matthias Ullrich, Datenschutzbeauftragter für das Erzbistum Berlin, die Bistümer Dresden-Meißen, Erfurt, Görlitz, Magdeburg und den Katholischen Militärbischof, seinen Tätigkeitsbericht 2024.

Themen sind u. a.: #ePA, #Datenschutz in Kitas, Schulen und am Arbeitsplatz.

Wie immer abrufbar im #DatenschutzArchiv: datenschutzarchiv.org/detailan

datenschutzarchiv.org9. Tätigkeitsbericht KDSA Ost 2024 - DatenschutzArchiv

Trump’s #EPA Plans to Stop Collecting #GreenhouseGas #Emissions Data From Most #Polluters
#Climate experts expressed shock and dismay. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
The move would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including #oil refineries, #powerplants and #coal #mines as well as those that make #petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron and steel.
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ProPublicaTrump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
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@ulrichkelber was nutzt das, wenn am Ende andere darüber hinweg gehen: „Laut #Koalitionsvertrag soll der #ePA-Rollout stufenweise hin „zu einer verpflichtenden sanktionsbewehrten Nutzung“ erfolgen. Aus dem Papier geht nicht hervor, ob nur den Leistungserbringern – also Arztpraxen, Krankenhäuser oder Apotheken – Sanktionen drohen oder auch den Versicherten.“ 🙄🤦‍♂️

#ClimateCrisis #EPA

"The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change. The move, ordered by a Trump appointee, would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including oil refineries, power plants and coal mines as well as those that make petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron and steel, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica."

propublica.org/article/trump-e

ProPublicaTrump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
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Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
propublica.org/article/trump-e

ProPublicaTrump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
More from ProPublica