(2020-05-26). Make a Resilient, Localized Food System Part of the Next Stimulus. zcomm.org From wasted food to the exploitation of farmworkers, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that this country's food system must be changed…
(2020-05-25). The Mismanagement of Wildlife in Utah Continues to be Irrational and a National Embarrassment. counterpunch.org The greater sage-grouse, now threatened with extinction, once occurred in the tens of millions. It has declined in over 93% of it range in the Sagebrush sea in seven western states. This largest of our grouse may be on its way to oblivion if not protected by the Endangered Species Act, first proposed in 2003
(2020-05-25). Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees and Humanity. globalresearch.ca "If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live." ‚Äï Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee[1] | In the last 50 years agrotoxins have spread and are pushing bees …
(2020-05-25). Arms Control & Disarmament: A Failed Marriage. zcomm.org The linkages between contagious disease and climate change is too evident to ignore…
(2020-05-24). Climate Crisis: EU Green Stimulus, Meat Apocalypse, Public Lands, Climate Music. therealnews.com 
In this week's Climate Crisis News Roundup, COVID-19 has meat production in crisis, but what's its climate impact? And a new report says President Trump has the worst public lands protection record in history, while the EU and Spain will soon release a green economic stimulus plan.
(2020-05-25). Praising Emissions Reductions Due to Coronavirus Plays Into Right-Wing Strategy. truthout.org A study published in Nature Climate Change recently found that, in early April, daily global carbon dioxide emissions decreased by 17 percent compared to the 2019 mean levels. Because of shelter-in-place rules and businesses being closed, people have been driving and flying less, leading to lower emissions. | Shortly after emissions started dropping in March, the climate community was careful to apply nuance to the emissions reduction discussion: Less carbon dioxide emissions, while good,…
(2020-05-26). Greatest Good is to Preserve Forest Carbon. counterpunch.org Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service often said: "Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time." It has become the agency's motto. Yet in the age of climate change, the Forest Service has failed
(2020-05-25). Grizzlies, Lynx, Bull Trout and Elk on the Chopping Block for Trump's Idaho Clearcuts. counterpunch.org What would you do if you caught Trump's Forest Service trying to slip through huge clearcuts and bulldozing roads into an already over-cut area? How about if the Forest Service then denied the potential presence of endangered species the agency is supposed to be keeping from extinction, lied about the existence of a wild and