Green Mission News – June 2025
Attenborough at 99 delivers ‘greatest message he’s ever told’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0wjxg0ex1o
Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit – and the fourth most important food crop globally. But now the communities who grow them are facing a growing threat from the climate crisis.
https://www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/our-work/going-bananas-report
Urban farm wants to add housing, short-term rentals to create ‘agrihood’
The Great Green Wall and Large-Scale Permaculture in Action with Andrew Millison
It’s no secret that massive change is needed to restore our planet’s vital ecosystems. Permaculture offers practices to restore local environments by focusing on creating sustainable agricultural systems that mimic patterns found in nature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LgaTfmazLo
They Paved Fields of Rice and Put Up a Solar Panel Lot
Along the Gulf Coast, solar farms are displacing a water-hungry and increasingly untenable crop. Some residents don’t have a sunny attitude about it.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-rice-farms-solar-farms/
Solar panels’ shade helps boost Colorado grassland productivity in dry years
Scientists Say Hidden Hydrogen Could Power the World for 170,000 Years
If we can extract it.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a64773403/finding-hydrogen/
First-of-its-kind Hawaii bill raises tourist taxes to fund climate relief
Governor is expected to sign the ‘green fee’, which adds 0.75% levy to state’s existing tax on short-term lodging
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/hawaii-bill-tax-hotel-tourist-green-fee
This ancient practice is rebuilding Maui’s future: Here’s how Lāhainā’s reclaiming its forests
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-practice-rebuilding-maui-future-211500184.html
Regeneration Rooted In Tradition: How Organic India Is Redefining Herbal Wellness
This LA school is planting trees to ‘supercharge’ childhood development
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/la-schools-green-spaces
Rancher opportunities in grazing land carbon markets in the United States
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052825000021
Grazing Livestock: It’s not the cow but the how.
GreenTrees Reforestation Program
We partner with GreenTrees® to restore degraded agricultural lands back to their original and highly beneficial forest ecosystem in the lower Mississippi River Valley and Virginia.
https://www.arborday.org/carbon/projects/greentrees
Africa Forest Carbon Catalyst
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/africa/forest-carbon-catalyst/
Warming of +1.5 °C is too high for polar ice sheets
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02299-w
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lnngl6713o
Did “Big Oil” Sell Us on a Recycling Scam?
Our focus on recycling to save the planet may be missing the mark.
https://daily.jstor.org/did-big-oil-sell-us-on-a-recycling-scam/
PepsiCo Pooh-Poohs Plastic Waste Problem
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/24/pepsico-pooh-poohs-plastic-waste-problem/
The Fraud of “Advanced Recycling”
How fossil fuel companies and the plastics industry are promoting
a false solution to the plastic waste crisis.
https://climateintegrity.org/uploads/media/Fraud-of-Advanced-Recycling-2025.pdf
Why Our Markets Rely on the Complexity of Nature with Thomas Crowther
There is only one known planet in the universe capable of meeting humanity’s needs – Earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmIzU18Wh5k
What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law?
Classing grievous acts of environmental harm as crimes against peace may hold states and corporations to account
Woman Files First Climate-Related Wrongful Death Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies
“These fossil fuel actors should be held accountable to the victims of their lethal conduct, and this wrongful death suit provides a compelling new approach for climate victims moving forward.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/suing-oil-companies
US green energy firms brace for federal funding cuts
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynkqw236po
Air quality alerts have been issued in several US states, warning millions of Americans to close all windows due to wildfire smoke blowing in from Canada.
Hurricane season is here, but FEMA’s policy change could leave low-income areas less protected
5 Innovative Ways Sports Organizations Are Tackling Waste
Trump Tries to Make Sure States Don’t Fight Climate Change Either
The Trump administration wants to block states from trying to limit the “astounding” costs and impacts of climate change
GM wants to be all-electric by 2035. Why did it lobby to kill California’s EV rule?
GM celebrated the Senate’s vote to block California’s EV mandate—which was also supposed to go fully into effect by 2035.
Louisiana CPRA highlights 106 active coastal projects at May board meeting
https://www.aol.com/news/louisiana-cpra-highlights-106-active-172100030.html
Regenerative Agriculture Market: Cultivating a Sustainable Future
The Rise of Sustainable Farming Practices in a Changing Climate, the global regenerative agriculture market size is projected to reach USD 16.8 billion by 2027
Way to grow: the rise of London’s city farms
Connect with the land and hang out with animals at these urban oases focused on community, sustainability and experimental agriculture
https://www.ft.com/content/5b600226-43b1-4549-819b-8dc3fbbb64e9
Bird Populations Are Declining Across North America
They are “like the canary in the coal mine,” one researcher cautions.
How does the EPA know a pesticide is safe to use in my yard?
https://theconversation.com/how-does-the-epa-know-a-pesticide-is-safe-to-use-in-my-yard-256027
Santander backed major South American deforester Cresud despite net zero pledge
It’s Possible to End Global Poverty Without Compromising Climate Goals, New Research Shows
https://www.ecowatch.com/global-poverty-solutions-climate-change-goals.html
Restoring species such as beavers, elk and bison ‘crucial’ for nature – charity
Rewilding Britain is supporting 13 initiatives, including ones restoring lost species to help nature, people and climate.
The effects of climate policies on emissions
Evidence from a comprehensive and systematic review
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-effects-of-climate-policies-on-emissions_ec1f7f0d-en.html
Global circularity rate fell to 6.9%—despite growing recycling
https://www.circle-economy.com/news/global-circularity-rate-fell-to-6-9—despite-growing-recycling
And So I Roar by Abi Daré: Book Review
https://readbakecreate.com/and-so-i-roar-by-abi-dare-book-review/