Daily Archives: June 9, 2020

2020-06-09: News Headlines

Staff (2020-06-09). Pandemic 2.0: Amazon Deforestation Could Unleash A Wave Of Pandemics Sooner Than We Think. therealnews.com Brazil's government simultaneously risks triggering the next pandemic, endangers its indigenous people, and accelerates the climate crisis by scaling up deforestation of the Amazon.

news.un (2020-06-09). FROM THE FIELD: The UN's mission to transform agriculture, for people and planet. news.un.org How can agriculture become better able to resist major international shocks such as climate change, and health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic?>

Amanda Mills (2020-06-09). New Jersey becomes the first state to add the climate crisis to their curriculum. nationofchange.org "This generation of students will feel the effects of climate change more than any other, and it is critical that every student is provided an opportunity to study and understand the climate crisis."

T.J. Coles (2020-06-09). Nukes in Space: the Extinction Rebellion Yet to Be. counterpunch.org In January 2017, President Trump ordered the Department of Defense to conduct a Nuclear Posture Review. The document published a year later makes clear that the US possesses nuclear weapons, in part, so that "our diplomats continue to speak from a position of strength on matters of war and peace." The Nuclear Posture Review cites Russia as the evil menace against which the US must defend by renewing its nuclear stockpiles.

news.un (2020-06-09). New UN report highlights link between gender, climate and security. news.un.org Even as countries buckle under the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must consider the links between gender inequality and crisis, particularly in communities affected by climate change and conflict.

Center For Food Safety (2020-06-09). The Use of of Damaging Dicamba Pesticides on Farmers in America. globalresearch.ca On June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

_____ (2020-06-09). German Pesticide and Chemical Co's gets £1bn UK bailout despite mammoth dividend plan. truepublica.org.uk By Zach Boren: Chemicals manufacturers BASF and Bayer have been given enormous payouts of Covid-19 support cash from the British government just weeks after announcing plans to distribute billions to shareholders in dividends. The world's largest chemicals company BASF, which makes agricultural, industrial and automotive products at its eight UK plants, has received £1 billion …

Martin Empson (2020-06-08). Marx, ecology and industrial agriculture. mronline.org British climate activist and socialist Martin Empson writes on why the fight against climate change must be a fight for system change and for socialism.

news.un (2020-06-08). FROM THE FIELD: Pacific islanders confront twin threats of climate change and coronavirus. news.un.org People living on an isolated island community in the Pacific Ocean are finding ways to reduce their dependence on expensive imported food while promoting climate resilient farming techniques, thanks to a programme supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

Felix Imonti (2020-06-08). America's Fracking Industry: Donald Trump's Lost Dream for World Energy Domination. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump has no solution to the crisis in the domestic hydraulic fracturing industry that won't have dire consequences for the economy. The survival of the industry lies in Saudi Arabia. | It was not until 2013 that the real potential …

news.un (2020-06-07). Bringing the coral reefs back to life. news.un.org Coral reefs are being killed by the climate crisis, which is leading to rising sea temperatures. "Cryopreservation", a pioneering scientific technique, could be one way to help save them.

Staff (2020-06-06). Climate Crisis: Black Lives Matter, Looting Puerto Rico, And California's Environmental Racism. therealnews.com This week the climate justice movement says Black Lives Matter, disaster capitalists are still looting Puerto Rico, and California is neglecting to fix the environmental racism of its oil infrastructure.

news.un (2020-06-06). First Person: Collecting the 'Book of Life' for coral reefs. news.un.org With the climate crisis threatening coral reefs around the world, a researcher in Hawaii is part of a team pioneering new techniques to preserve living coral sperm and larvae, and ultimately save the biodiversity and genetic diversity of coral reefs not just in Hawaii but across the world.

Vandana Shiva (2020-06-05). The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape: Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share. commondreams.org The game billionaires play is not worthy of being called economy, either as care for the home, or as the art of living. It is exractive, naked money making, at war with life and creativity. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stop_1.jpg

Staff (2020-06-06). As CO2 Levels Hit New High, Earth Experiences Its Hottest May on Record. truthout.org The Earth just experienced its hottest May on record, scientists said Friday — just a day after it was announced that atmospheric CO2 levels hit a new high. | Scientists at Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)

The Canary (2020-06-09). Nature-friendly farming delivers for wildlife, climate and profits, charity says. thecanary.co Nature-friendly farming can deliver for wildlife, carbon storage and profits, the National Trust has said after an audit of a farm run by the conservation charity.Wimpole Home Farm is a 1,419-acre mixed arable and livestock farm near Cambridge, which has been run using organic, wildlife friendly and sustainable farming methods for the past 12 years, the Trust said.A full "health check" of Wimpole's wildlife and how it is storing carbon has revealed benefits for the environment, as well as public access through a network of footpaths and financial returns from growing food, the charity said.The findings are publis…

imperial.ac.uk (2020-06-08). Countries must work together on CO2 removal to avoid dangerous climate change. imperial.ac.uk The Paris Agreement lays out national quotas on CO2 emissions but not removal, and that must be urgently addressed, say the authors of a new study.

en.mehrnews (2020-06-09). World Oceans Day: get united to protect precious waterbodies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Oceans are valuable water bodies in terms of food supply and climate issues, covering 71 percent of the planet's surface equaling 361 million square kilometers, but they, like other biological components on the planet, have been affected severely due to oxygen depleting factors.

yenisafak (2020-06-08). Turkey's first lady marks World Oceans Day. yenisafak.com Turkey's first lady on Monday marked the occasion of June 8, World Oceans Day."Water is life. Oceans are the home of countless species. Let's remember once again on June 8 #WorldOceans Day that the cleanliness of the oceans, seas and coasts is vital for our world," Emine Erdogan said on Twitter.She underlined that seas and oceans are the "common frontier" of all countries in the world, and called to act with a "common conscience" on this matter."If we can make #ZeroWaste philosophy a lifestyle that includes seas as well, we can carry the vast blues to the future," Erdogan said."Our children do not deserve a futur…