Drawing the line between air pollution and lowered cognitive performance and IQ, Dr. Byron states, "Air pollution is like lead, no level is a safe level."
"prevention is better than treatment, it's almost always substantially cheaper than treatment." Byron calls it the underpinning of public health.
Jun 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Oh good morning Tweeterverse! I'm in the Lewis & Clark District Courthouse for Day 3 of Held v. Montana, the constitutional climate change lawsuit. Follow for updates.
#heldvsmontana#mtclimatecase#mtnews#mtpol
Starting off with continued testimony from pediatrician Dr. Lori Byron. Attorney Phil Gregory is on direct, currently going through Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they affect individuals later in life. stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/82316
Jun 13, 2023 • 68 tweets • 19 min read
Day 2 of the Held v. Montama trial is about to begin in Helena. Today we will here from five witnesses from the plaintiffs: Dr. Cathy Whitlock, Dr. Lori Byron, and Dr. Dan Fagre, and youth plaintiffs Mica Kantor and Badge Busse. #mtclimatecase#mtpol#mtnews
I wrote profiles on Mica and Badge and why they ended up as plaintiffs in this lawsuit. Read them here: mtclimatecase.flatheadbeacon.com/running-toward…
Welp, I'm here in with a veritable media circus to cover Held v. Montana, the constitutional climate change trial. If you need to get up to speed, peruse mtclimatecase.flatheadbeacon.com I'll be tweeting throughout with a recap of today when things wrap up #mtclimatecase#mtnews#mtpol
Trial doesn't start for 40 minutes but we've got 25 members of the media gossiping, the plaintiffs are seated and maybe 25 members of the public.
Mar 10, 2022 • 47 tweets • 9 min read
Who's ready for an 8-hour library trustees retreat?🙋♂️Will I stay awake for it all? Will this be the longest Twitter thread ever? Will there be good coffee? Will the board overthrow all library policy to control over what can be read? Will I hey today's Wordle? Follow along!
This meeting will cover lengthy introductions for the new director, and a number of policy items will be discussed though no action items are on the agenda.
Jan 13, 2022 • 55 tweets • 9 min read
Alright Twitterverse, start your engines and get ready for today’s @imagineiflib board meeting to discuss the challenges for Lawn Boy and Gender Queer.
#mtnews@imagineiflib The meeting room at the library is past capacity (48) and people are overflowign upstairs where the meting will be streamed. Public comment is about to start, I think about 10ish people are signed up to speak.
