(2021-12-11). Insect and Hydroponic Farming Could Boost Food Security and the Circular Economy. moderndiplomacy.eu Insect and hydroponic crop farming, for both human food and animal feed, have the potential to increase access to nutritious food, while creating millions of jobs, improving the climate and the environment, and strengthening national economies, according to a new World Bank report 'Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa: The New Circular Food Economy'. "The …
(2021-12-11). [Perspectives] Something in the water. thelancet.com Rare Earth Mettle at London's Royal Court Theatre concerns rival missions to extract lithium from the Bolivian salt flats. Henry Finn (Arthur Darvill), billionaire founder of Edison Motors, needs copious quantities for the batteries of the electric vehicles he's developing. They'll help save the climate and sales will enrich him—not inconsiderably—in the process. But lithium has other uses too. In the play, Anna Carter (Genevieve O'Reilly), a British doctor, argues that communities who drink naturally lithium-rich water have improved mental health.
(2021-12-11). The Oil Companies Tell Us About Climate Change and Big Pharma Tells Us About Variants. dissidentvoice.org 
They never call that Conflic$ of $ntere$t Doctors are urging everyone to get vaccinated and boosted as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant are popping up in more states, but the vaccine may also need to change to keep up with the mutations of the virus. "It is, probably, one of our worst-case scenarios in …
(2021-12-11). The Future of Fossil Fuels Hinges on Two Huge Midwestern Pipeline Fights. zcomm.org CCS is the fossil-fuel industry's last-gasp attempt to prevent the U.S. and the world from abandoning fossil energy in favor of cheaper, cleaner solar power…
(2021-12-10). Ugandan environmental activist Vanessa Nakate: 'We cannot adapt to extinction'. peoplesworld.org 
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP)—The capital of Uganda coughs itself awake on weekdays under a soft blanket of smog. Kampala's hills come into sharper focus as the morning rush of minibuses and motorbikes fades. It is this East African city that one of the world's most well-known climate activists, Vanessa Nakate, calls home. The 25-year-old's rise in profile has been …