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Green Mission News – May 2025

Africa Minigrids

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 to remote communities — setting a model for other African countries 

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2025/nigeria-bets-on-solar-minigrids-for-climate-livelihood

How alligators are breathing life into Florida’s Everglades

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250417-how-alligators-keep-floridas-everglades-healthy

Why Pope Francis had the most progressive stance on climate change than any other pontiff in history

He declared the issue was “intimately related to the dignity of human life.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/pope-francis-progressive-stance-climate-change-pontiff-history/story?id=121014780

How 50 years of climate change has changed the face of the ‘Blue Marble’ from space

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-how-50-years-of-climate-change-has-changed-the-face-of-the-blue-marble

From seaweed burgers to ‘upcycled’ potato chips, the high-end food industry is going ‘nature positive’

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/what-is-upcycled-food-leftovers-can-now-be-turned-into-ingredients.html

How beer sludge is being turned into vegan milk and leather

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250206-how-brewers-spent-grain-is-being-turned-into-vegan-barley-milk-leather-and-cakes

Greening Global Finance 

A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects. 

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/harvard-capital-investments-green-energy

‘This Business Just Wouldn’t Exist’ – Farmer Says Federal Program Was Critical to Success 

The confusion over a federal spending freeze is threatening large- and small-scale farmers who rely on USDA programs in areas that private investors won’t touch, according to a national farmers coalition. 

https://dailyyonder.com/this-business-just-wouldnt-exist-farmer-says-federal-program-was-critical-to-success/2025/02/21/

An Earth Day Milestone: 1,000,000 Meals Served on Non-Toxic Reusables in Schools

https://ceh.org/an-earth-day-milestone-1000000-meals-served-on-non-toxic-reusables-in-schools/

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways

https://theconversation.com/bees-fish-and-plants-show-how-climate-changes-accelerating-pace-is-disrupting-nature-in-2-key-ways-255384

Sikkim Becomes World’s First Fully Organic State, 

Introduces Bamboo Bottles To Cut Plastic Use.

India’s Sikkim achieved this milestone in 2020, setting a global example in eco-conscious living.

https://curlytales.com/sikkim-becomes-worlds-first-fully-organic-state-introduces-bamboo-bottles-to-cut-plastic-use/

Apprenticeships Bring a Fresh Generation to Small Dairy Farms

Pasture-based dairy farms struggle to compete with industrialized dairies. The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship aims to help them thrive.

https://civileats.com/2025/01/28/for-small-dairy-farms-an-apprentice-can-make-all-the-difference/

One-sixth of the planet’s cropland has toxic levels of one or more metals.

A review of tens of thousands of soil samples from Earth reveals high concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in the pedosphere

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-04-17/one-sixth-of-the-planets-cropland-has-toxic-levels-of-one-or-more-metals.html

Turning waste into building materials

https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/364426-turning-waste-into-building-materials.html

Regenerative Agriculture & Recycling

50 States of Sustainability: Regenerative Agriculture & Recycling

This Scientist Wants Us to Combat the Climate Crisis by Thinking Like a Woman

An interview with Friederike Otto, the attribution scientist who wrote “Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequity to Combat Climate Change”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/climate-science-friederike-otto-attribution-1235311110/

Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. coal industry, in part” to fuel artificial intelligence”

It’s the latest move by the Trump administration that clashes with global aims to reduce coal power and cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate change. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/trump-signs-executive-order-boost-us-coal-industry-part-fuel-artificia-rcna200269

Fossil fuel companies caused $28 trillion in climate damage, study finds. 

These 5 are tied to the most harm.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fossil-fuel-companies-emissions-climate-damage-study/

US halts construction of giant wind farm off New York coast

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7d8lz7wjo

10 charts prove that clean energy is winning — even in the Trump era

Climate progress is actually good business.

https://www.vox.com/climate/377072/data-energy-trends-renewables-transition-escape-velocity

84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown following the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/84-worlds-coral-reefs-hit-worst-bleaching-event-record-rcna202575

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion

“Climate science is only possible because of long-term datasets”

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration

Meet the seed collector restoring California’s landscapes – one tiny plant at a time

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/19/seed-collector-california-native-landscapes

California physicians: Fossil fuel companies must pay for climate damages

Physicians working in California’s medical community,  recognize that extreme weather events — a key component of human-driven climate change — cause significant harm to human health.

Senate Bill 684, would require fossil fuel companies to pay for “the damage caused by greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere” between 1990 and 2024. The California Environmental Protection Agency would be tasked with calculating and assessing the damages among the responsible parties.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-physicians-fossil-fuel-companies-must-pay-for-climate-damages-opinion/ar-AA1DbfuQ

Trump targets state climate laws, escalates deregulatory agenda 

The White House released new orders last week targeting state laws related to climate change and environmental justice, which could ensnare waste laws covering organics or landfills.

https://www.wastedive.com/news/trump-executive-orders-repeal-regulations-target-state-climate-laws/745246/

Kennedy set to announce US ban on artificial food dyes in cereals, snacks and beverages

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdzyjyp8x1o

What the Science Says About Food Additives

RFK Jr. has said the U.S. should rid its food supply of synthetic ingredients. How would that affect public health?

https://undark.org/2025/04/21/rfk-science-food-additives/

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise 

As trees choked by saltwater die along low-lying coasts, marshes may move in — for better or worse, scientists are learning 

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/ghost-forests-are-growing-sea-levels-rise-climate-change

 

Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows

Global research reveals most of 400m tonnes produced using fossil fuels, predominantly coal or oil

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02169-5

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t just a floating trash pile

There are roughly 171 trillion pieces of plastic lurking in the world’s oceans.

https://www.popsci.com/environment/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

The climate crisis will be won or lost in Asia

https://mailchi.mp/climateandcapitalmedia/asias-clean-energy-century-17769802

Renewable energy now handles 40% of our global electricity needs

https://newatlas.com/energy/renewables-40-percent-global-electricity-ember/

Old wind turbine blades recycled into stronger plastics 

https://newatlas.com/environment/wind-turbine-blades-recycled-stronger-plastics-wsu/

10 ways the Trump administration is “making America toxic again”

https://prheucsf.blog/2025/03/10/10-ways-the-trump-administration-is-making-america-toxic-again/

What Are Microplastics Doing to Our Bodies? This Lab Is Racing to Find Out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/well/microplastics-health.html

Microplastics Are Everywhere—Here’s How to Limit Them in Your Food

Follow these steps to reduce your exposure.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/microplastics-everywhere-heres-limit-them-100000947.html

Weedkiller maker moves to settle suit over Parkinson’s disease claims

Syngenta has been besieged by lawsuits from people claiming its product caused the neurological condition

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/15/syngenta-weedkiller-parkinsons

Climate Change Threatens Earth’s Major Crops, Study Finds

https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-crops-food-security.html

Impact of Three Decades of Conservation Management Systems on Carbon Management Index and Aggregate Stability

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390676673_Impact_of_Three_Decades_of_Conservation_Management_Systems_on_Carbon_Management_Index_and_Aggregate_Stability

Solving renewable energy’s sticky storage problem 

When the Sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, humanity still needs power. Researchers are designing new technologies, from reinvented batteries to compressed air and spinning wheels, to keep energy in reserve for the lean times. 

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/developing-renewable-energy-storage-methods

They didn’t know their backyard creek carried nuclear waste. Now, they’re dying of cancer.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coldwater-creek-st-louis-missouri-nuclear-waste-manhattan-project/

As Chemical Industry Seeks Exemption From Pollution Limits, Residents See Assault on Their Lives

The Biden administration placed landmark limits on toxic pollutants from petrochemicals and other industries. Now, the Trump administration is offering to waive the requirements.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07042025/chemical-industry-seeks-exemption-from-pollution-limits-epa/

Green groups sue Trump administration over climate webpage removals

The White House has pulled federal webpages tracking climate and environmental justice data

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/trump-climate-webpage-removal-lawsuit

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration

Book review: Planet Aqua, by Jeremy Rifkin

https://earthbound.report/2024/11/14/book-review-planet-aqua-by-jeremy-rifkin/

Book Review: Abundance

https://brettmilam.com/2025/03/29/book-review-abundance/

Book Review: Climate Change Is Racist: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice

https://greenchristian.org.uk/climate-change-is-racist-review/

Plastic Waste Management | Plastics and the Environment Series

https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/updates/plastic-waste-management/

“Plastics addiction” is killing us, experts say, but hope remains

https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/plastics-addiction-killing-us-but-hope-remains/

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/

The Baloney Detection Kit: A 10-Point Checklist for Science Literacy

https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/03/16/baloney-detection-kit/

The EPA’s Rejection of Climate Science Threatens Everyone

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/epa-reconsiders-endangerment-finding-major-attack-on-climate-science-by-gary-yohe-2025-04

Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction – now the movement has gone deeper underground

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6denxzweeo

 

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Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration



Book review: Planet Aqua, by Jeremy Rifkin

https://earthbound.report/2024/11/14/book-review-planet-aqua-by-jeremy-rifkin/

Book Review: Abundance

https://brettmilam.com/2025/03/29/book-review-abundance/

 

Book Review: Climate Change Is Racist: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice

https://greenchristian.org.uk/climate-change-is-racist-review/

Plastic Waste Management | Plastics and the Environment Series

https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/updates/plastic-waste-management/

“Plastics addiction” is killing us, experts say, but hope remains

https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/plastics-addiction-killing-us-but-hope-remains/

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/

 

The Baloney Detection Kit: A 10-Point Checklist for Science Literacy

https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/03/16/baloney-detection-kit/

The EPA’s Rejection of Climate Science Threatens Everyone

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/epa-reconsiders-endangerment-finding-major-attack-on-climate-science-by-gary-yohe-2025-04

Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction – now the movement has gone deeper underground

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6denxzweeo

Archives

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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