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Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0608/vermont-local-organic-bipartisan-big-food

Recycling Food Waste Could Dramatically Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study

https://www.ecowatch.com/food-waste-recycling-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html

 

What is ‘precipitation whiplash’? The new accelerating, climate change weather danger

Rapid changes from wet to dry weather can create severe natural disasters. And these precipitation whiplash events are becoming more common.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91359142/what-is-precipitation-whiplash-the-new-accelerating-climate-change-weather-danger

 

Urban Forest Plan

This plan is a manual for how the Boston community can work together to prioritize, preserve, and grow our tree canopy.

https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/urban-forest-plan

A National Soil-Judging Contest Prepares College Students to Steward the Land

With soil knives, scorecards, and endless enthusiasm, college students from across the country compete for the Stanley Cup of soils—and learn how to protect an increasingly threatened resource.

https://civileats.com/2025/06/24/a-national-soil-judging-contest-prepares-college-students-to-steward-the-land/

ICE Raids on US Farms Leaves Crops Rotting

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-immigration-raids-farms-crops-rotting-2092749

 

Top tools to protect rainforests | Against All Odds

https://news.mongabay.com/video/2025/06/top-tools-to-protect-rainforests-against-all-odds/

Massive Fields Where Native American Farmers Grew Corn, Beans and Squash 1,000 Years Ago Discovered in Michigan

The ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin built earthen mounds to grow crops. The site could be the largest preserved archaeological field system in the eastern United States

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-field-where-native-american-farmers-grew-corn-beans-and-squash-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-michigan-180986758/

Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory 

The heat bearing down on central Alaska “could feel like 110” in a state where the sun can shine all day.

https://grist.org/extreme-heat/alaska-just-hit-a-climate-milestone-its-first-heat-advisory/

Americans continue to want solar energy. 

US solar manufacturers lag skyrocketing market demand 

https://theconversation.com/us-solar-manufacturers-lag-skyrocketing-market-demand-256944

‘The Science Is What Sets Us Apart’: How the Rodale Institute Has Spent 77 Years Innovating Regenerative Organic Agriculture

https://www.ecowatch.com/rodale-institute-organic-agriculture-ecowatch.html

 

Inside a plan to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants

Risk analyst Tony Cox’s work has been backed by the chemical lobby, and some health experts are alarmed

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/jun/27/tony-cox-epidemiology-risk-assessment-chatgpt-ai

 

Climate movement strikes back with first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit against EPA

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-movement-first-of-its-kind-class-action-lawsuit-against-epa/

 

How electric scooters are driving China’s salt battery push

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250530-how-electric-scooters-are-driving-chinas-salt-battery-push

 

The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250605-the-mystery-rise-of-lung-cancer-in-non-smokers

 

Where 3 key waste and recycling bills stand in California 

Bills managing marine flares, establishing a tax exemption for certain Chiquita Canyon compensation payments and expanding composting regulations for certain farmers are still in play.

https://www.wastedive.com/news/california-waste-and-recycling-bills-hhw-organics-sb-1383-marine-flares-chiquita-canyon/750159/

The Secrets Being Revealed by Ocean Garbage Patches

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an enormous agglomeration of plastic waste floating in the world’s largest ocean, but it’s not the only one. Scientists are trying to work out how to clean them up.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220930-the-ocean-gyres-creating-huge-new-plastic-patches

Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdeznkxyek0o

Oil lobbyist claims that New York anti-plastic bill would harm people of color called ‘misleading’

Bill that aims to reduce plastic packaging by 30% in 12 years faces staunch opposition by some business interests 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/new-york-plastic-bill-oil-chemical-lobby

Renewables Join Fossil Fuels in Supplying Record Energy Demand: Report

https://www.ecowatch.com/global-energy-demand-record-2024.html

Conservation Work on Farms and Ranches Could Take a Hit as USDA Cuts Staff

Close to 2,400 employees of the Natural Resources Conservation Service have accepted an offer to resign, leaving fewer hands to protect rural landscapes.

https://civileats.com/2025/06/23/conservation-work-on-farms-and-ranches-could-take-a-hit-as-usda-cuts-staff/

 

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shut-down-noaa

How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate

https://theconversation.com/how-the-big-beautiful-bill-positions-us-energy-to-be-more-costly-for-consumers-and-the-climate-257783

Trump’s pollution rollback rewards wealthy plant owners — at the expense of Americans’ health

Proposals this week to weaken EPA restrictions will help tiny group of owners while ‘the American people will breathe dirtier air’.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/trump-epa-pollution-rules

New Maps Show Best Places for Global Reforestation: Study

https://www.ecowatch.com/global-reforestation-best-places-maps.html

 

This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts. 

Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the traditional Alutiiq community swap costly, polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.

https://grist.org/indigenous/this-alaska-native-fishing-village-was-trying-to-power-their-town-then-came-trumps-funding-cuts

After controversy, Plant-for-the-Planet focuses on the trees

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/after-controversy-plant-for-the-planet-focuses-on-the-trees/

 

Race to mine metals for EV batteries threatens marine paradise

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k36v50zvro

Marine massacre in Australia’s Coorong’s ecosystem sparks rage

https://naturenews.africa/marine-massacre-in-australias-coorongs-ecosystem-sparks-rage/

Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats

https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-025-01187-2

 

California delays compostable packaging crackdown before USDA vote 

CalRecycle said in granting an extension that the “fluid status of stakeholders’ legal obligations would present a significant risk of market disruption and exacerbate consumers’ confusion.”

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/ab1201-extension-calrecycle-compostable-packaging-usda-bpi/750654/

How much do consumers really care about sustainable packaging? 

From the importance of recyclability to substrate perceptions, consulting firm McKinsey & Co. offers five takeaways about packaging sustainability, based on a recent consumer survey.

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/consumer-sentiment-survey-packaging-sustainability-mckinsey/750301/

‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study

https://www.ecowatch.com/ocean-acidification-planetary-boundary.html

Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdeznkxyek0o

 

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Trump’s pollution rollback rewards wealthy plant owners — at the expense of Americans’ health

Proposals this week to weaken EPA restrictions will help tiny group of owners while ‘the American people will breathe dirtier air’.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/trump-epa-pollution-rules

New Maps Show Best Places for Global Reforestation: Study

https://www.ecowatch.com/global-reforestation-best-places-maps.html

 

This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts. 

Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the traditional Alutiiq community swap costly, polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.

https://grist.org/indigenous/this-alaska-native-fishing-village-was-trying-to-power-their-town-then-came-trumps-funding-cuts

After controversy, Plant-for-the-Planet focuses on the trees

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/after-controversy-plant-for-the-planet-focuses-on-the-trees/

 

Race to mine metals for EV batteries threatens marine paradise

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k36v50zvro

Marine massacre in Australia’s Coorong’s ecosystem sparks rage

https://naturenews.africa/marine-massacre-in-australias-coorongs-ecosystem-sparks-rage/

Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats

https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-025-01187-2

 

California delays compostable packaging crackdown before USDA vote 

CalRecycle said in granting an extension that the “fluid status of stakeholders’ legal obligations would present a significant risk of market disruption and exacerbate consumers’ confusion.”

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/ab1201-extension-calrecycle-compostable-packaging-usda-bpi/750654/

How much do consumers really care about sustainable packaging? 

From the importance of recyclability to substrate perceptions, consulting firm McKinsey & Co. offers five takeaways about packaging sustainability, based on a recent consumer survey.

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/consumer-sentiment-survey-packaging-sustainability-mckinsey/750301/

‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study

https://www.ecowatch.com/ocean-acidification-planetary-boundary.html

Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdeznkxyek0o

 

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Green Mission News – July 2025

Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0608/vermont-local-organic-bipartisan-big-food Recycling Food Waste Could Dramatically Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study https://www.ecowatch.com/food-waste-recycling-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html   What is

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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

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Compost Happens – May 2025

Scientists make breakthrough discovery in farm compost that boosts crop performance: ‘The results show significant growth’ It also reduced the amount of antibiotic-resistant genes and

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Green Mission News – May 2025

For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids  Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations to bring reliable electricity

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2025

Hope for Children Through Climate Justice https://oikoumene.org/resources/publications/hope-for-children-through-climate-justice   What if your relationship with food could transform the world?  From the biology of consciousness to the

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Compost Happens – March 2025

Zero-Waste Pioneers Reshape Modern European Dining https://www.epicureasia.com/food/38733/zero-waste-pioneers-reshape-modern-european-dining/ How factory farms produce ‘ghost’ food waste that could feed billions of people In natural farming systems, cows

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Green Mission News – March 2025

Environmental win at Point Reyes a loss for all others https://eedition.sfchronicle.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx   Bringing the Outdoors Back to Childhood  https://bioneers.org/bringing-the-outdoors-back-to-childhoodzmaz2502/   Ellen MacArthur Foundation CEO: “Eliminating

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Compost Happens – January 2025

What is happening to the food waste collected under California’s recycling law? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-is-happening-to-the-food-waste-collected-under-california-s-recycling-law/ar-AA1wynaN   Thinking Inside and Outside the Box: Dual Strategies to Secure Food

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Green Mission News – January 2025

Losing the Birds, Finding the Words: Eve Ensler’s Extraordinary Letter of Apology to Mother Earth (includes 6 minute video) https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/10/28/eve-ensler-apology-mother-earth/   Seven quiet breakthroughs for

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Compost Happens – December 2024

Waste not, want not: Turning food waste into fertile soil for sustainable growth https://phys.org/news/2024-12-food-fertile-soil-sustainable-growth.html What Everyone Should Know About Food Waste Solutions https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariannekrasny/2024/12/03/what-everyone-should-know-about-food-waste-solutions/ From waste

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Compost Happens – November 2024

Community Composters Innovate, Adapt, and Connect at the 8th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum https://ilsr.org/articles/cultivating-community-composting-2024/ These East Denver neighborhoods will get compost service next Congratulations

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Green Mission News – November 2024

Flowers and the Birth of Ecology  Without flowers, there would be no us. https://nautil.us/flowers-and-the-birth-of-ecology-917041/ I have acreage to sell you in Antarctica: Antarctica is ‘greening’

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Compost Happens – October 2024

Lion Farms offers wide variety of organic Florida mushrooms https://communitynewspapers.com/south-dade/lion-farms-offers-wide-variety-of-organic-florida-mushrooms/ How State Organic Waste Ban Policies Can Drive Food Waste Reduction  Organic waste bans are

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Green Mission News – October 2024

Book review: The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo125517349.html and https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-03-21/the-nutmegs-curse-review/ Letter from the Farm | Wild Geese and

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Green Mission News – September 2024

5 big ways U.S. communities are working to minimize harm from climate change https://ensia.com/notable/5-big-ways-u-s-communities-are-working-to-minimize-harm-from-climate-change/   In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities

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Compost Happens – August 2024

US’ Outdated Composting Infrastructure Offers Golden Investment Opportunity  https://sustainablebrands.com/read/finance-investment/outdated-composting-infrastructure-investment-opportunity   Table2Farms: Innovating Composting to Combat Climate Change https://foodtank.com/news/2024/07/innovating-composting-to-combat-climate-change/   Ventura County organic recycler putting waste

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Green Mission News – August 2024

QUOTATIONS FROM ROGER REVELLE Compiled by Deborah Day, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives https://library.ucsd.edu/scilib/biogr/day_quotations-from-roger-revelle.pdf and In 1957, Climate Scientist Warned Congress That Fossil-Fueled Global Warming

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Green Mission News – June 2024

  What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?  Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers. https://grist.org/business/what-will-it-take-to-get-companies-to-embrace-reusable-packaging/   Green

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Compost Happens Now – May 2024

International Compost Awareness Week Slated May 5-11 This year’s theme is COMPOST … Nature’s Climate Champion https://www.morningagclips.com/international-compost-awareness-week-slated-may-5-11/ ‘Just Eat It’ explores food waste and surplus

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Green Mission News – May 2024

Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects,

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Compost Happens – Earth Month 2024

Earth Month UWS Explainer: How to ‘Compost’ Food Scraps and Why It Matters https://www.westsiderag.com/2024/04/11/earth-month-uws-explainer-how-to-compost-food-scraps-and-why-it-matters Navigating the Compostable Packaging Landscape: Insights from BPI Executive Director Rhodes

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2024

‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution https://www.ecowatch.com/aruba-nature-rights-constitution.html   In Libya, one person’s garbage is another person’s

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Compost Happens – March 2024

Opportunities for scaling compost strategies help farms’ soil health https://www.agdaily.com/features/opportunities-for-scaling-compost-strategies-help-farms-soil-health/   GrowNYC prepares layoffs as city shifts to curbside composting https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/grownyc-cut-54-workers-city-shifts-curbside-composting   Local farmers discuss

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Compost Happens – February, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Composting: Enhancing Soil Health and Boosting Crop Yields https://medriva.com/health/eco-health/unlocking-the-power-of-composting-enhancing-soil-health-and-boosting-crop-yields/   Chance Farm pursues ‘closed loop’ agriculture with composting group https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/agriculture/chance-farms-pursues-closed-loop-agriculture-with-composting-group/article_0011a7a0-c6c7-11ee-9c20-abf130d4d6b4.html  

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Green Mission News – February, 2024

    Five Ways to Develop “Ecoliteracy”.Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow explain how we can teach kids to care deeply about the environment.https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_develop_ecoliteracy

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Green Mission News – November, 2023

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html   The in-depth assessment presented

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