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Green Mission News – February 2026

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‘I wasn’t going to be diverted,’ says King Charles about campaign on the environment

Monarch says he has remained focused despite early criticisms of his beliefs, in new film Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/28/i-wasnt-going-to-be-diverted-says-king-charles-about-campaign-on-the-environment

Ranchers Are Falling Into Debt and Selling Land. Carbon Credits Are a Way to Keep Farming.

By introducing regenerative agricultural techniques that lock carbon into grazing pastures, Grassroots Carbon is offering a new income source to farmers

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ranchers-are-falling-into-debt-and-selling-land-carbon-credits-are-a-way-to-keep-farming-14b79728

A City Cast in Concrete, Trapped Under Unbearable Heat

Unchecked development has turned Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo into an unlivable urban nightmare. But solutions exist to lift it out of climate catastrophe.

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-city-cast-in-concrete-trapped-under-unbearable-heat/

Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/enormous-freshwater-reservoir-discovered-off-the-east-coast-may-be-20-000-years-old-and-big-enough-to-supply-nyc-for-800-years

How US intervention could deepen Venezuela’s environmental crisis

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/how-us-intervention-could-deepen-venezuelas-environmental-crisis/

What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Greenland

While the president chases 19th-century dreams of land, Greenland’s true power is swimming underwater: a climate-driven fish boom that makes the nation impossible to buy.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25012026/what-trump-doesnt-understand-about-greenland/

Southern Idaho juniper removal project advances

https://capitalpress.com/2025/11/24/southern-idaho-juniper-removal-project-advances/

Growing native plants to heal land at Indigenous owned nursery in British Columbia

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/growing-native-plants-to-heal-land-at-indigenous-owned-nursery-in-british-columbia/

Microplastics are undermining the ocean’s power to absorb carbon

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260116035322.htm

One-Third of Pacific Island Fish Contaminated With Microplastics

Ahead of February’s Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, new data reveals the contamination rate of Fijian fish far exceeds worldwide averages.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28012026/one-third-of-pacific-island-fish-contaminated-with-microplastics/

Bird, butterfly and dragonfly numbers soar at flagship rewilding project

A 20-year ecological review at Knepp Estate in West Sussex shows the restoration of natural processes has paid dividends for wildlife.

https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/bird-butterfly-and-dragonfly-numbers-soar-at-flagship-rewilding-project-3TZYACMOJZN3LFU4RD6L5H5WKI/

Nearly $2M awarded to Central Pennsylvania conservation projects

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nearly-2m-awarded-central-pennsylvania-202446098.html

Contra Costa’s ecosystem being restored, one indigenous plant at a time 

Volunteers turn out for recent annual Giving Natives a Chance event near Concord (CA) park

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/01/23/contra-costas-ecosystem-being-restored-one-indigenous-plant-at-a-time/

Etiqa launches Project Firefly to protect mangroves

The project involves planting 130 Sonneratia cseolaris saplings and 200 seeds, restoring habitats, and engaging 50 Etiqa volunteers in a community-driven effort

https://www.traveldailymedia.com/etiqa-launches-project-firefly-to-protect-mangroves/

Scientists Pioneer Reverse Solar Panels to Create Energy at Night

https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/scientists-pioneer-reverse-solar-panels-220000854.html

Coal by decree is not an energy strategy 

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5701515-trump-administration-coal-policy/

China Is Quietly Building The World’s Largest Hydropower System

https://www.slashgear.com/2079929/china-himalayan-hydropower-megaproject/

Limitless Potential in Battery Energy Storage

https://www.cbsnews.com/brandstudio/eos/

Microsoft in record deal for soil carbon credits as data centres surge

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/microsoft-record-deal-soil-carbon-credits-data-centres-surge-2026-01-15/

The New Village: Canopy Venao Is Panama’s New Regenerative Farming Community

Canopy Development Company Unveils “Keystone Development” Model in Panama’s Endangered Tropical Dry Forest

https://www.usatoday.com/story/special/contributor-content/2025/12/18/the-new-village-canopy-venao-is-panamas-new-regenerative-farming-community/87832925007/

Lucerne Capital Management Introduces Regenerative Organic U.S. Farmland Platform and Announces Exclusive Partnership with Boosted.ai

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/lucerne-capital-management-introduces-regenerative-organic-u-s-farmland-platform-and-announces-exclusive-partnership-with-boosted-ai-1035727502?op=1

Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30122025/maine-oyster-clam-harvesting/

Should you eat invasive species? We asked an ecologist.

Tuck into some kudzu dip or feral hog sausage—they’re delicious and good for the planet.

https://www.popsci.com/environment/eat-invasive-species/

Let’s save the human species! 

There’s probably a policy solution out there to fertility decline but it will take scientific research to find it 

https://asiatimes.com/2026/01/lets-save-the-human-species/

Food was one-fifth of waste Wisconsinites sent to landfills, report finds 

The state is exploring options to improve market conditions for composters and anaerobic digesters, including raising landfill tipping fees and reviving a market development board.

https://www.wastedive.com/news/food-was-one-fifth-of-waste-wisconsinites-sent-to-landfills-report-finds/810604/

What progress was made on conservation in 2025?

https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/stories/conservation-highlights-of-2025/

Restoring Our Future: Lessons and Innovations to Achieve Global Restoration Goals

https://iucn.org/story/202510/restoring-our-future-lessons-and-innovations-achieve-global-restoration-goals

Ecological Restoration: 7 Powerful Success Stories in 2025

https://bostonlandscapeco.com/ecological-restoration/

Assessing and improving global grassland restoration: Drivers, current effectiveness and future design –

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70221

A ‘new baseline‘: Study captures accelerating sea-level rise in Africa

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/a-new-baseline-study-captures-accelerating-sea-level-rise-in-africa/

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Microsoft in record deal for soil carbon credits as data centres surge

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/microsoft-record-deal-soil-carbon-credits-data-centres-surge-2026-01-15/

The New Village: Canopy Venao Is Panama’s New Regenerative Farming Community

Canopy Development Company Unveils “Keystone Development” Model in Panama’s Endangered Tropical Dry Forest

https://www.usatoday.com/story/special/contributor-content/2025/12/18/the-new-village-canopy-venao-is-panamas-new-regenerative-farming-community/87832925007/

Lucerne Capital Management Introduces Regenerative Organic U.S. Farmland Platform and Announces Exclusive Partnership with Boosted.ai

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/lucerne-capital-management-introduces-regenerative-organic-u-s-farmland-platform-and-announces-exclusive-partnership-with-boosted-ai-1035727502?op=1

Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30122025/maine-oyster-clam-harvesting/

Should you eat invasive species? We asked an ecologist.

Tuck into some kudzu dip or feral hog sausage—they’re delicious and good for the planet.

https://www.popsci.com/environment/eat-invasive-species/

Let’s save the human species! 

There’s probably a policy solution out there to fertility decline but it will take scientific research to find it 

https://asiatimes.com/2026/01/lets-save-the-human-species/

Food was one-fifth of waste Wisconsinites sent to landfills, report finds 

The state is exploring options to improve market conditions for composters and anaerobic digesters, including raising landfill tipping fees and reviving a market development board.

https://www.wastedive.com/news/food-was-one-fifth-of-waste-wisconsinites-sent-to-landfills-report-finds/810604/

What progress was made on conservation in 2025?

https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/stories/conservation-highlights-of-2025/

Restoring Our Future: Lessons and Innovations to Achieve Global Restoration Goals

https://iucn.org/story/202510/restoring-our-future-lessons-and-innovations-achieve-global-restoration-goals

Ecological Restoration: 7 Powerful Success Stories in 2025

https://bostonlandscapeco.com/ecological-restoration/

Assessing and improving global grassland restoration: Drivers, current effectiveness and future design –

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70221

A ‘new baseline‘: Study captures accelerating sea-level rise in Africa

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/a-new-baseline-study-captures-accelerating-sea-level-rise-in-africa/

https://www.facebook.com/reel/4226041544274319

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