Before genetically modified mosquitoes are released, we
need a better EPA: If risks are being assessed, it is largely happening behind
closed doors between technology developers and EPA employees.
Trump's Fireworks Show at Mt. Rushmore Is a Dangerous
Idea, Fire and Public Health Experts Say
Not So Different After All: Frans de Waal On Animal
Intelligence And Emotions
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/535/not-so-different-after-all
Digging Up The Roots
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/535/digging-up-the-roots
EPA’s New Meaning Under Trump
https://www.populist.com/26.12.lingo.html
S. David Freeman: Seven Decades
of Participating in Power for All of Us
https://nader.org/2020/05/28/s-david-freeman-seven-decades-of-participating-in-power-for-all-of-us/
Rwanda: Government to Ban Charcoal Use in Kigali
https://allafrica.com/stories/202005290188.html
Hawaii Aims for 100 Percent Renewable Power by 2045: To
reduce oil imports, Hawaii may become the first state to attempt to eliminate
fossil fuels
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hawaii-aims-for-100-percent-renewable-power-by-2045/
Cultivating a taste for traditional crops in Hawaii
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064192
Temperatures Hit a Sweltering 100.4 Degrees Fahrenheit in
Arctic Town: The likely record-setting day is the latest development in a
blistering heat wave that’s been warming the region and exacerbating wildfires
'We live in a cage': residents hide as macaque 'gangs'
take over Thai city. Officials in
Lopburi plan to sterilise the animals that have turned nasty after tourists’
bananas were replaced with junk food
Dispute Over Nile Dam Keeps Tensions Between Egypt and
Ethiopia High: Cairo fears dam on the Blue Nile will reduce the water on which
the entire country depends, while Addis Ababa decries U.S. intervention on
behalf of Egypt
Egypt calls on UN to intervene after impasse in Nile dam
talks: Egypt appeals for UN Security Council help on Ethiopia's Nile dam after
latest round of talks ended without a deal.
Where's Airborne Plastic? Everywhere, Scientists Find
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/climate/airborne-plastic-pollution.html
Scientists say most likely number of contactable alien
civilisations is 36: New calculations come up with estimate for worlds capable
of communicating with others
Great Science Books to Read Right Now: Now's the time to
pick up a book about the science of breath, the physics of destruction, or how
one major U.S. city is responding to climate change.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/great-science-books-to-read-right-now
“Yes, changing how you breathe will help you live longer
.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/21/arts/living-breathing/
REVIEW: 'The Next Great Migration,' by Sonia Shah. NONFICTION: In a thought-provoking and
lyrical book, Sonia Shah makes a case that "invasive species"' are
not a bad thing, but a natural and necessary thing.
https://www.startribune.com/review-the-next-great-migration-by-sonia-shah/571218752/
Bayer to Pay Up to $10.9 Billion to Settle Lawsuits Over
Roundup Weedkiller: Agreement, however, leaves open the potential of more
lawsuits being filed against the company in the future
Court orders temporary shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline
America Has Failed the Existential-Crisis Test: What the
country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic means for the global fight
against climate change
https://newrepublic.com/article/158266/america-coronavirus-pandemic-response-climate-change
A Tesla EV-charging rival just completed its first
cross-country recharge station network, setting up non-Tesla electric-car
owners to drive across the US
Humans Don’t Have a Monopoly on Culture: A new book
explains how species pass skills and knowledge down generations—and what it
means for conservation goals.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2020/humans-dont-have-a-monopoly-on-culture/
The Legal Fight For Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears
Environmental law supports social justice—Trump’s attacks
undermine it
Why we must teach the ugly side of public lands history +
a tool to help
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/why-we-must-teach-ugly-side-public-lands-history-tool-help
National Monuments Drive Economic Growth in American
West: Land protection boosts local business and job creation, study finds
If Life Feels Bleak, It’s
Because Our Civilization is Beginning to Collapse: 2030 Will Be Even Worse than
2020. And 2040 Will Be Even Worse than That. Unless.
Camp Ozark sends campers home due to coronavirus outbreak
https://katv.com/news/local/camp-ozark-sends-campers-home-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak
Farmers and animal rights
activists are coming together to fight big factory farms: Cory Booker and
Elizabeth Warren have a new bill, and a new coalition, with far-reaching consequences.
Innovation: Africa - Inspired By Israel 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_qtHbcg9Vg
Canadian Grocery Store Grows Its Own Organic Veggies on
Rooftop
Climate crisis: 150 years of industrialisation has undone
6,000 years of global cooling, study shows.
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions from industrialised economies have
contributed to global average temperatures 1C above the mid-19th century
Some new climate models are projecting extreme warming.
Are they correct?Recent climate models are 'running hot,' projecting
catastrophic global warming. Puzzled scientists are weighing whether the models
need correcting or whether severe warming is a real threat.
Death Valley sets record for planet's hottest temperature
in years — and the heat wave is forecast to spread
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/death-valley-hottest-temperature-record-heat-wave/
Cancer Alley Now Coronavirus Alley: The pollution-induced
illnesses these Louisianans have suffered for decades put them at greater risk
from COVID-19
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