Green Mission News – December 2025
PETITION TO THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TO CANCEL THE REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES THAT CAN PROMOTE
RESISTANCE TO MEDICALLY IMPORTANT ANTIBIOTICS AND ANTIFUNGALS
Systemic change. on the Mobilizing communities.
ENDORSE THE FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY.
The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative is a global effort to foster international cooperation to accelerate a transition to renewable energy for everyone, end the expansion of coal, oil and gas, and equitably phase out existing production in keeping with what science shows is needed to address the climate crisis. Join the global network calling for a fossil fuel treaty.
https://www.earthlyeducation.org/take-action
Big Oil’s Three-Decade Plot to Kill America’s Clean Energy Revolution
https://newrepublic.com/article/202079/china-america-clean-energy-revolution-big-oil
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leaving the world heading for a serious escalation of climate risks and damages.
https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2025
Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says
Al Gore’s Satellite and AI System Is Now Tracking Sources of Deadly Soot Pollution
Former Vice President Al Gore has announced an expansion of Climate TRACE to track soot pollution using satellite technology and artificial intelligence
Solar-lit fishing nets cut sea turtle bycatch by 63%, Mexico trials show
Continued government shutdown could threaten key waste, manufacturing projects
Industry groups say the situation has put critical EPA recycling, waste and manufacturing priorities in limbo, along with federal jobs. But the EPA says there’s “zero uncertainty” on such programs.
COP30 in Brazil: What is at stake for global collaboration on climate and nature?
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/11/what-is-cop30-what-is-at-stake-climate-nature-action/
COP30 stews over fossil fuels and final deal as Indigenous fight for forest
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-rollbacks-heat-deaths
The Meat Advertising Case That Should Be Talked About at COP30
JBS’s false advertising settlement comes as Big Ag prepares to spread propaganda at the U.N. climate conference.
https://newrepublic.com/article/202835/jbs-false-advertising-cop30-meat
Prince William hits out at big business for ‘falling short’ in tackling climate change
William blasted major companies for ‘not doing nearly enough’ after a tour of Brazil for the Earthshot Prize awards and Cop30 summit
Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop
https://apnews.com/article/climate-cop30-deteriorating-process-57457213dc5591dd0bb930f38f007152
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/pope-leo-xiv-united-nations-climate/
Aspen businesses and residents have to compost next year, building on a 3-year-old program
All plastic bags to be banned at California grocery stores
https://southtahoenow.com/11/04/2025/all-plastic-bags-to-be-banned-at-california-grocery-stores
NANOPLASTICS IN THE BIOSPHERE
FROM MOLECULAR IMPACT TO PLANETARY CRISIS
Deism and The Founders of the USA
During the Revolutionary and Founding eras many Americans increasingly abandoned traditional Christianity, embracing beliefs that could be described as either Unitarian or Deist.
https://csac.history.wisc.edu/2025/07/17/deism-and-the-founders/
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out
Trump puts US in unflattering company as lack of representative reveals disdain for climate progress
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/25/trump-cop30-lacks-us-climate-progress
Worse Than Predicted: Coastal Waters Are Acidifying at an Alarming Rate
https://scitechdaily.com/worse-than-predicted-coastal-waters-are-acidifying-at-an-alarming-rate/
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
A Trump Overhaul of the Energy Dept. Breaks Up Clean Energy Offices
The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/climate/clean-energy-department-offices.html
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-27462-3
As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste
Ecozone. Ecosystem. Ecosphere. An ecozone is a relatively large ecosystem.
https://www.hww.ca/wild-spaces/ecozones/
Climate change is in the news during COP30. We’ve got tips to tackle your climate anxiety
Christiana Figueres hits back at Bill Gates’ climate memo: ‘Let’s ask the Jamaicans’
Fight over fossil fuels drawdown looms at UN climate summit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fight-over-fossil-fuels-drawdown-231749438.html
Food Waste Breakthrough launches to help cities halve food waste, cut methane emissions and reduce hunger
Coin-sized nuclear 3V battery with 50-year lifespan enters mass production
The company plans to launch a more powerful single-watt version this year
https://www.techspot.com/news/107357-coin-sized-nuclear-3v-battery-50-year-lifespan.html
Familiar search, greener impact
Make the switch to the greenest search engine on the planet
Breath, Soil, and Human Potential: Zach Bush on Healing at Scale (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0qqkZfg2JM
From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of plastic revealed
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5eyjd2zz7o
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.