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Green Mission News – June, 2023

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Time to pay the piper: Fossil fuel companies’ reparations for climate damages

https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00198-7

 

Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain known toxic chemicals, study finds

https://theconversation.com/body-lotions-mothballs-cleaning-fluids-and-other-widely-used-products-contain-known-toxic-chemicals-study-finds-204732

 

3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse

https://theconversation.com/3-little-known-reasons-why-plastic-recycling-could-actually-make-things-worse-206060

 

High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up the Planet

Private jets emit at least 10 times more pollutants than commercial planes per passenger.

https://ips-dc.org/report-high-flyers-2023/

 

Fossil Fuels Consumption Subsidies 2022

This report provides our first estimates for 2022, which show that global fossil fuel consumption subsidies doubled from the previous year to an all-time high of USD 1 trillion.

https://www.iea.org/reports/fossil-fuels-consumption-subsidies-2022

 

Will There Ever Be a Criminal Trial for the People Wilfully Destroying Life on Earth?

Fossil fuel executives have funded a massive, 50-year-long campaign to lie to the American people, cloud the science, and buy off Republican politicians. Untold millions will die and suffer as a result, but will their ever be one iota of accountability?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/criminal-liability-for-climate-damage

 

Colombian farmers turn deforested land into sustainable Amazonian farms

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/colombian-farmers-turn-deforested-land-into-sustainable-amazonian-farms/

 

Solar baking: How the sun is helping to reduce the cost of bread in Lebanon

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/04/23/solar-baking-how-the-sun-is-helping-to-reduce-the-cost-of-bread-in-lebanon

 

Environmentalists Seek End to Plastic Industry “Hoax”

“Chemical recycling” pollutes air and climate, they say—and isn’t even recycling.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/chemical-advanced-recycling-hoax-pollution-emissions-federal-trade-commission

 

‘End of the fossil age’: Wind and solar broke energy records last year, report reveals

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/04/12/end-of-the-fossil-age-wind-and-solar-broke-energy-records-last-year-report-reveals

 

A Philippine town and its leaders show how mangrove restoration can succeed

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/a-philippine-town-and-its-leaders-show-how-mangrove-restoration-can-succeed/

 

The Link Between Highly Processed Foods and Brain Health

Eating packaged foods like cereal and frozen meals has been associated with anxiety, depression and cognitive decline. Scientists are still piecing together why.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/well/eat/ultraprocessed-food-mental-health.html

 

Denial Doesn’t Change Our Climate Reality: Earth Is Becoming a Sacrifice Zone

Communities that have contributed little to the climate crisis are bearing its brunt — but nowhere on Earth is safe.

https://truthout.org/articles/denial-doesnt-change-our-climate-reality-earth-is-becoming-a-sacrifice-zone/

 

‘Very Bad News Indeed’: Study Sounds Alarm on Threat of Deep Ocean Current Collapse

“It’s something that is a concern because it touches on so many aspects of the Earth, including climate, sea level, and marine life,” said one oceanographer.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/deep-ocean-current

 

The Water Brokers

A small Nevada company spent decades buying water. As the West dries up, it’s cashing out.

Pipe dreams: Why far-fetched Western water projects won’t go away

https://grist.org/agriculture/drought-water-pipeline-cost-west-solution-infrastructure/

 

Can Farming with Trees Save the Food System?

Unprecedented funding is flowing into a broad range of agroforestry practices, which can pull carbon out of the atmosphere and build farm resilience as the climate changes.

https://civileats.com/2023/05/17/can-farming-with-trees-save-the-food-system/

 

Focus on Agriculture: Managing food waste at home and on the farm

https://www.agrinews-pubs.com/opinion/columnists/2023/05/21/focus-on-agriculture-managing-food-waste-at-home-and-on-the-farm/

 

Food prices are rising but farmers’ profits are still small – here’s why

https://theconversation.com/food-prices-are-rising-but-farmers-profits-are-still-small-heres-why-205870

 

Farmlink group aims to keep food out of the landfill and get it to people who need it

“What we realized we could provide was this missing link.”

https://abc7.com/farmlink-project-food-waste-supply-chain-farmers/13266817/

 

Good Natured Products introduces compostable takeout containers

The company’s line of GoodToGo products is heat resistant and made with 97 percent plant-based materials.  Good Natured Products Inc., Vancouver, has launched its GoodToGo microwavable collection of Compost Manufacturing Alliance-certified compostable

https://recyclingtoday.com/news/good-natured-products-introduces-compostable-takeout-containers/

 

Conservation Comment: Composting a solution to the problem of food waste

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/conservation-comment-composting-a-solution-to-the-problem-of-food-waste/AS2NRPOGIRG7PKG7M7RCNHGEXE/

 

Schenectady Community Compost program to recycle Zoller Elementary food scraps

https://dailygazette.com/2023/05/21/schenectady-community-compost-program-to-recycle-zoller-elementary-food-scraps/

 

Cullinan local puts milk cartons to good use

Upcycling milk cartons as insulation.

https://ridgetimes.co.za/317309/milk-cartons-put-to-good-use/

 

Realizing the power of bokashi and microorganisms in farming

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/23/national/teruo-higa-bokashi-interview/

 

Overlooked and underfoot, mosses play a mighty role for climate and soil

It’s easy to miss the mosses, the ubiquitous green, silver and brown carpets that drape across nature’s surfaces, from forest to fen. It’s also easy to underestimate just how big a role these small but mighty organisms play in maintaining ecosystems and countering climate change.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/overlooked-and-underfoot-mosses-play-a-mighty-role-for-climate-and-soil/

 

World Plastic pollution and flood risk

218 million people are at high risk of plastic-aggravated
flooding worldwide*.
This represents 3% of the global population, equivalent to the
populations of the UK, France and Germany combined.
Of these, 41 million are infants, elderly people or people with
disabilities who are at particularly high risk of severe health
impacts.
https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2023/05/24/5797_Global_Impact_of_plastics_on_flooding_-_Summary_-_FINAL_-_Tearfund.pdf

 

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Focus on Agriculture: Managing food waste at home and on the farm

https://www.agrinews-pubs.com/opinion/columnists/2023/05/21/focus-on-agriculture-managing-food-waste-at-home-and-on-the-farm/

 

Food prices are rising but farmers’ profits are still small – here’s why

https://theconversation.com/food-prices-are-rising-but-farmers-profits-are-still-small-heres-why-205870

 

Farmlink group aims to keep food out of the landfill and get it to people who need it

“What we realized we could provide was this missing link.”

https://abc7.com/farmlink-project-food-waste-supply-chain-farmers/13266817/

 

Good Natured Products introduces compostable takeout containers

The company’s line of GoodToGo products is heat resistant and made with 97 percent plant-based materials.  Good Natured Products Inc., Vancouver, has launched its GoodToGo microwavable collection of Compost Manufacturing Alliance-certified compostable

https://recyclingtoday.com/news/good-natured-products-introduces-compostable-takeout-containers/

 

Conservation Comment: Composting a solution to the problem of food waste

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/conservation-comment-composting-a-solution-to-the-problem-of-food-waste/AS2NRPOGIRG7PKG7M7RCNHGEXE/

 

Schenectady Community Compost program to recycle Zoller Elementary food scraps

https://dailygazette.com/2023/05/21/schenectady-community-compost-program-to-recycle-zoller-elementary-food-scraps/

 

Cullinan local puts milk cartons to good use

Upcycling milk cartons as insulation.

https://ridgetimes.co.za/317309/milk-cartons-put-to-good-use/

 

Realizing the power of bokashi and microorganisms in farming

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/23/national/teruo-higa-bokashi-interview/

 

Overlooked and underfoot, mosses play a mighty role for climate and soil

It’s easy to miss the mosses, the ubiquitous green, silver and brown carpets that drape across nature’s surfaces, from forest to fen. It’s also easy to underestimate just how big a role these small but mighty organisms play in maintaining ecosystems and countering climate change.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/overlooked-and-underfoot-mosses-play-a-mighty-role-for-climate-and-soil/

 

World Plastic pollution and flood risk

218 million people are at high risk of plastic-aggravated
flooding worldwide*.
This represents 3% of the global population, equivalent to the
populations of the UK, France and Germany combined.
Of these, 41 million are infants, elderly people or people with
disabilities who are at particularly high risk of severe health
impacts.
https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2023/05/24/5797_Global_Impact_of_plastics_on_flooding_-_Summary_-_FINAL_-_Tearfund.pdf

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Green Mission News – June, 2023

Time to pay the piper: Fossil fuel companies’ reparations for climate damages https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00198-7   Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain

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Green Mission News – May, 2023

Discussing systems changes and the circular economy with Dr Anna Birney (5:39 minutes video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU-1Jnlg5V4   What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Vaccines? Should

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Green Mission News – January, 2023

  New Report Reveals Pesticide Industry’s Disinformation and Science Denial Playbook Monsanto’s Tactics to Defend Toxic Weedkiller Glyphosate Exposed https://foe.org/news/merchants-of-poison/   2022 Sustainability ReportTetra Pak

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Green Mission News – November, 2022

John D Liu  Ecological Restoration (10 min, video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hEEFXABFwrY How could positive “tipping points” accelerate climate action? As catastrophic climate change tipping points loom, could

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Green Mission News – October, 2022

Keep it green and lean. Chevron Ad Adam McKay (video 1 min, 40 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2XTGteritE   The Campaign to Criminalize Ecocide https://theglobalobservatory.org/2022/03/the-benefits-challenges-and-limitations-of-criminalizing-ecocide/ and www.stopecocide.earth/leading-states Beyond

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Green Mission News – June, 2022

Following Record Growth in 2021, Renewables on Track for New High in 2022 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/following-record-growth-in-2021-renewables-on-track-for-new-high-in-2022   The Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy https://boogiegreen.com/2022/05/12/the-insanity-of-expanding-nuclear-energy/   Greenpeace’s Russel Norman

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Green Mission News – March, 2022

  Is Earth Smart?We came up with a way to measure the intelligence of entire planets. Things aren’t looking great for ours.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/biosphere-planetary-intelligence-evolution/622867/ Can a planet

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Green Mission News – February, 2022

Just What Is a ‘Resilient’ Forest, Anyway? https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/just-what-resilient-forest-anyway California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/california-redwood-forest-returned-to-indigenous-guardianship-conservation/ Trees are important for cleaner air in cities

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Green Mission News – November, 2021

Agrovoltaics = Agriculture + Solar Photovoltaics = Win For Everyone https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/11/2057534/-Agrovoltaics-Agriculture-Solar-Photovoltaics-Win-For-Everyone Stella Vita: The newest solar-powered vehicle.Our Self-sustaining House On Wheels.https://solarteameindhoven.nl/ Cooking with the sun:

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Green Mission News – October, 2021

Welcome to the Pyrocene.Our society’s appetite for one kind of burning—fossil fuel combustion—has thrust us into a new Fire Age that is reshaping the Earth.https://inthesetimes.com/article/wildfire-history-steve-pyne-fossil-fuels-climate-fire-age-pyrocene

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Green Mission News – July, 2021

Climate, biodiversity & farmers benefit from rubber agroforestry: report https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/climate-and-biodiversity-benefit-from-rubber-agroforestry-report/ Extreme events: ecosystems offer cost effective protection https://www.cmcc.it/article/extreme-events-protect-with-ecosystems-is-cost-effective New research lifts the clouds on land

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Green Mission News – May, 2021

Class ConsciousnessCan’t Combine View: We must understand relationship between economy and ecology https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-evoke/view-we-must-understand-relationship-between-economy-and-ecology/articleshow/81876857.cms Changing our ways? Behaviour change and the climate crisisThe report of the Cambridge

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2021

What a 40-year experiment can tell us about organic food. Takeaways from Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial. https://peeled.substack.com/p/what-a-40-year-experiment-can-tell Transform school meals to nourish kids and

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Green Mission News – December, 2020

For sustainable business, ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/for-sustainable-business-planetary-boundaries-define-the-new-rules/ What could a good green recovery plan actually look like? What do governments across the

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Green Mission News – July 2020

A greener economy: how we make sustainability central to business  https://theconversation.com/a-greener-economy-how-we-make-sustainability-central-to-business-139086   The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape:  Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share Message for

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Green Mission News – May 2020

From Emergency to Emergence.   The pandemic has also exposed extreme vulnerabilities in the global market economy, including its long and highly specialized linear supply chains,

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