Laura Barbas Rhoden

public environmental humanities | collaborations across languages + cultures | prof | author | founder, Alianza Spartanburg | Κύπρος = roots |she/her

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Every day, #Dreamers make our economy, communities and nation stronger. 🇺🇸 Ten years since the inception of #DACA, we call upon Congress to enact a permanent solution for Dreamers.
#DACA10

[USDOL Women's Bureau @WB_DOL]

Child care consumes a significant percentage of median family income. In 2021, infant care prices across U.S. states were equivalent to 24.6% to 75.1% of family income for single-parent households. Learn more: https://t.co/Ay0qv3S8Kx

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Woo-hoo! Some good news! Cyprus waters cleanest in Europe, Commission says
https://t.co/rUlyKoV6RL

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“DuPont + two related companies said they would pay close to $1.2bn to settle liability claims brought by public water systems serving the vast majority of the US population … just days before start of a bellwether trial in SC over PFAS contamination.” https://t.co/ejXRXpTb6Z

[Sergio Ramírez @sergioramirezm]

Un abrazo emocionado a @GiocondaBelliP quien ha ganado el Premio Reina Sofía, el más alto y prestigioso de España concedido a la poesía. Toda una celebración de la poesía nicaragüense, y de nuestra lengua.

[Universidad de Salamanca @usal]

La nicaragüense Gioconda Belli gana el #XXXIIPremioReinaSofía de Poesía Iberoamericana. La presidenta de Patrimonio Nacional y el rector de la Universidad de Salamanca han hecho público el fallo por unanimidad del jurado, destacando su expresividad creativa, su libertad y su valentía poética.

[Laura Barbas Rhoden @LauraBarbasRh]

“Along a certain stretch —where NC, SC and GA meet— lithium is quickly becoming king: It pushes up through the ground, oozes through recyclers’ shredding machines and will soon travel through the backwoods on aging rail lines…Welcome to the Lithium Belt.” https://t.co/D9DUG73JrR

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SC teachers qualify for 6 weeks paid parental leave starting June 26 - new law signed by governor makes SC first state in the Southeast to offer teachers such leave without requiring them to use vacation, sick days or go without a paycheck. https://t.co/j3NsRSiFUB

[Laura Barbas Rhoden @LauraBarbasRh]

“The plan came a day after the Socialist-led coalition government announced legislation that will mean outdoor workers … will not have to work when the Spanish meteorological office issues high temperature alerts.” https://t.co/HqvOPRurRB

[Laura Barbas Rhoden @LauraBarbasRh]

"I really worry about the impact of long-term sea level rise on septic systems … honestly I don't think we have done the science to understand the level of failure and what's really ending up in our surface waters from these failing systems." https://t.co/JRYM2rsUpt

[steve buttes @stevebuttes]

@forma_latam This issue features essays by @c4noff, @michelacoletta, @fryedaddy84, @LauraBarbasRh, Adrian Taylor Kane and @vicsaramago… check it out!!

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I’m very much hoping for a climate resilient, leafy green, vibrant, multigenerational space in the heart of #Spartanburg - loved the ideas residents put forward in the workshops led by ⁦⁦@JamesRojas⁩ https://t.co/BIqd5iWjtE

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Black infant deaths are up 40 percent in South Carolina | “In South Carolina, 14 counties do not have an OB/GYN provider and many have a higher Black population.” https://t.co/1piBljQnwO

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It’s a beautiful, life-filled place - and no place for a mine | ‘Why mine so close?’: the fight to protect the pristine Okefenokee swamp https://t.co/9dF6wJn6Cf

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Barcelona green space plan could improve health of 30,000, study finds https://t.co/sTgulfKMkI

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Big oil on campus: how US universities are ‘colonized’ by the fossil fuel industry https://t.co/kjDhGuazGb

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@cassius_a https://t.co/9blTBSH3ch

[Kathryn Casteel @kathryncasteel]

Want to flag an important story by @evawen_WQH on limitations of mental health resources for Spartanburg's Hispanic community that won a third place SCPA award for enterprise reporting today for @GoUpstate since she's moved on to Columbia's J-School in NY.
https://t.co/TNV9klwgw1