By Leah Hartung For environmentalism to be successful and complete, it must include social justice. Environmental degradation and climate change do not affect the population equally: The brunt of the burden falls on marginalized communities. With the Black Lives Matter movement sweeping the nation, sparked by the murder of George Floyd, it is necessary for […]
Black Lives Matter: Let’s Talk About Environmental Justice — Clean Power Lake County
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A recently released UN report, GLOBAL TRENDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT 2020, berates the world for not doing enough to transition to renewables. GLOBAL TRENDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT 2020 It is nothing new to say that clean energy is better for the planet, and humanity, than energy derived from […]
UN: $3.1 Trillion Required by 2030 to Limit Global Warming to 2C — Iowa Climate Science Education
German online site Stromreport writes that since the year 2000 the average electricity price for private households has risen from 13.94 to 30.43 euro cents per kilowatt hour (2019). German electricity prices for households are among the highest worldwide. Image: Statista.com The price increase has little to do with demand or markets, but almost everything to do with…
German Power Prices Climb 116% Since Year 2000 …Government Levies, Taxes Tripled! — Iowa Climate Science Education — Climate- Science.press
Big NO to DEFORESTATION.
Deforestation leading to diseases including COVID-19, says Manipur HC – The Hindu
Deforestation leading to diseases including COVID-19, says Manipur HC
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Any cause of alarm?
Farmers Fear the European Green Deal
This article from AGWEB blasts the European Commission and their European Green Deal.
To put it bluntly:
The European Commission has a plan to eliminate modern farming in Europe.
The details emerged last month, as part of a “European Green Deal” announced late last year that calls for the continent to become “climate neutral” by 2050.
The commission speaks of “turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities.” It also talks about “making the transition just and inclusive for all.”
It should have added three words: “except for farmers.”
That’s because the EU Commission just released its “Farm to Fork” strategy, which is the agricultural portion of the European Green Deal. It announces a series of unrealistic goals: In the next decade, farmers like me are supposed to slash our use of crop-protection products by half, cut our application of…
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Is your sushi sustainably produced? The Aquaculture Stewardship Council uses globally applicable standards to recognize seafood farms that care for the environment, their workers, and the communities in which they operate.
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On her blog Kids of the Wild Lucy normally likes to talk about how to get your kids outside more. However, there are also ideas for lockdown activities — including ways for children to connect with nature while staying inside.
Go Wild Inside – 17 Ways to Connect with Nature at Home
Climate change and habitat loss are the main cause of dwindling red Panda populations! In-depth study of these animals has been carried out by Yibo Hu at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and suggest that the Red Pandas in China and Himalayans are of different species. Hu said that the variation in genetic makeup of these species happened around 200000 years ago and he suggested that avoidance of inbreeding while in captivity would help in conserving their genetic uniqueness. However, these results have been disputed by Jon Slate at the University of Sheffield in the UK who argued that the study did not consider all other pandas in Bhutan and India, More at https://www.newscientist.com/article/2235500-red-panda-genes-suggest-there-are-actually-two-different-species/
This Week’s Disasters, Climate Change and the Pandemic https://ift.tt/2ztU0v4 Guest News Brief by Kip Hansen — 24 May 2020 The New York Times has an amusing feature called the Climate Section. It has a neat newsletter (called ClimateFwd: ) that it will send you by email headlining its latest efforts to push the Climate […]
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Conservation of Flagship species such as pandas helps in protecting other species that are threatened within the same area. These are results from a study by Jennifer McGowan at Macquarie University in Sydney alongside her colleagues. The findings can help conservationists in deciding which flagship species to promote in order to spearhead conservation measures. However, these findings best advice conservation of the animal species rather than the invertebrates and plants. These results are currently significant especially for the ahead International biodiversity targets meeting that will be held in China on October.Read more at https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234833-keep-raising-money-to-save-the-pandas-it-helps-other-animals-too/
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