This Farm Bill Really Matters. We Explain Why.
As communities struggle with food insecurity and farmers face a range of climate-fueled disasters, lawmakers have a chance to build a farm bill that tackles both in 2023. Will they?
The Side Eye: A climate change reality check
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-02-2023/the-side-eye-a-climate-change-reality-check
Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report
A Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC’s Latest Climate Report Is a Final Alarm for Food Systems, Too
In this week’s Field Report, food and agriculture in the IPCC’s summary report, new drinking water limits for PFAS, and policy debates over food insecurity.
Windows filled with see-through wood layer help hold in heat
A transparent material made from cellulose nanofibres and pockets of gas could replace air in double-glazed windows to improve thermal insulation
Composting expansion would benefit the environment — and Maryland’s small farmers
Sea level rise looms, even for the best-prepared country on Earth
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/sea-level-rise-looms-even-for-the-best-prepared-country-on-earth/
Rethinking Quality of Life in the Era of Climate Crisis
https://emagazine.com/rethinking-quality-of-life-in-the-era-of-climate-crisis/
The climate crisis is a water crisis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-climate-crisis-is-a-water-crisis/ar-AA1949rc
Indigenous funding model is a win-win for ecosystems and local economies in Canada
Reducing food waste and feeding the community
https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/reducing-food-waste-on-farm/
Pushing the boundaries of the circular revolution
https://esgclarity.com/pushing-the-boundaries-of-the-circular-revolution/
‘A living pantry’: how an urban food forest in Arizona became a model for climate action
A decades-old neighborhood project in Tucson provides food to residents as well as shade to cool streets in the third-fastest warming city in the US
Regenerative agriculture for food security and ecological resilience:
illustrating global biophysical and social spreading potentials
https://www.clubofrome.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Earth4All_Deep_Dive_SchwarzBreier.pdf
Worm farming might be a sustainable agribusiness for the whole family
https://mb.com.ph/2023/03/04/worm-farming-might-be-a-sustainable-agribusiness-for-the-whole-family/
Turning the Tide
A Call to Collective Action
March 2023
www.watercommission.org
The Global Commission on the Economics of Water has published the following two
documents in March 2023. The Commission will be issuing its final report in 2024.
‘Turning the Tide: A Call to Collective Action’ was formulated by the Co-chairs of
the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, drawing on the combined
experience, insights and views of the Commission.
turningthetide.watercommission.org
The What, Why and How of the World Water Crisis: Global Commission on
the Economics of Water Phase 1 Review and Findings, a research document
that reviews and updates data and knowledge relating to the global water crisis, was
formulated by the Lead Experts of the Global Commission on the Economics of
Water, and draws likewise on the contributions of the Commissioners and Advisors.
watercommission.org/publication/phase-1-review-and-findings
https://watercommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turning-the-Tide-Report-Web.pdf
Farmers’ Calls for Relief From Toxic Train Derailment
“The farmer shouldn’t be penalized for this unfortunate and unique situation,” said John Stock of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association. “It’s going to have an impact on these farms, and it’s a reality that impacts all of us.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-democrats-ohio-train-farmers
David Attenborough says nature is in crisis but ‘we have the solutions’
Broadcaster speaks as Save Our Wild Isles campaign launches to halt destruction of nature in UK
Hemp: the green crop tied down by red tape in the US
Stalky plant is not approved as a livestock feed, holding back a sustainable industry that could invigorate agriculture
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/24/hemp-green-crop-red-tape-agriculture-livestock
This Farm Bill Really Matters. We Explain Why.
As communities struggle with food insecurity and farmers face a range of climate-fueled disasters, lawmakers have a chance to build a farm bill that tackles both in 2023. Will they?
Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding
Insiders aren’t surprised as ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends research
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/17/big-oil-algae-biofuel-funding-cut-exxonmobil
‘Climate homicide’: Could Big Oil be sued for disaster deaths? ‘Prosecuting Big Oil for Climate Death’ urges new paper in the Harvard Environmental Law Review
The paper, “Climate Homicide: Prosecuting Big Oil for Climate Death” — written by Arkush and Donald Braman, an associate professor at George Washington University Law School — will be published next spring in the Harvard Environmental Law Review
AND
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4335779
On wildlife and the Metaverse, some ethical considerations
The Metaverse may facilitate even more physical events and activities to take place online, thus cutting down on carbon emissions resulting from travel.
But it’s also known that AI language processing models this relies on will push Metaverse carbon emissions through the roof, since they require large amounts of electricity.
A community-driven blockchain provider and cryptocurrency option called Wild Metaverse, for example, will donate a percentage of profits to wildlife conservation. But will that be worth its overall cost to wildlife, a new op-ed wonders?
Preaching the gospel of microgrids and battery storage from a pulpit on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
A “Net Zero World” Starts With Regenerative Agriculture
Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought
Current estimates only cover “the tip of the plastic waste iceberg.”
East Palestine Toxic Train Crash Shows Plastics Industry Toll on Planet. Will U.S. Ban Vinyl Chloride?
(PVC is #3 plastic)
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/3/13/east_palestine_plastics
A Growing Call for Climate Reparations, Explained
The U.S. has reluctantly joined the global movement to assist poorer countries, but what about aiding marginalized communities at home?
https://capitalbnews.org/domestic-climate-reparations/
Greta Thunberg, climate activists get court nod to sue Swedish state
‘A living pantry’: how an urban food forest in Arizona became a model for climate action
A decades-old neighborhood project in Tucson provides food to residents as well as shade to cool streets in the third-fastest warming city in the US
Scientists uncover startling concentrations of pure DDT along seafloor off L.A. coast
https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-uncover-startling-concentrations-pure-222417576.html
Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial
Amid lawsuits filed by thousands of farmers linking the herbicide to Parkinson’s disease, the EPA is reconsidering its analysis of paraquat’s risks.
https://civileats.com/2023/03/22/paraquat-the-deadliest-chemical-in-us-agriculture-goes-on-trial/
Rewilding animals could be key for climate: Report
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/rewilding-animals-could-be-key-for-climate-report/