(2021-04-05). Humans Were Apex Predators For Two Million Years. eurasiareview.com 
Researchers at Tel Aviv University were able to reconstruct the nutrition of stone age humans. In a paper published in the Yearbook of the American Physical Anthropology Association, Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai of the Jacob M. Alkov Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, together with Raphael Sirtoli of Portugal, show that humans were an apex predator for about two million years. Only the extinction of larger animals (megafauna) in various parts of the world, and the decline of animal food sources toward the end of the stone age, led humans to gradually increase the vegetable element in th…
(2021-04-05). Can the Decline in Letter-Writing be Reversed? counterpunch.org 
When Cornell University Press sent me an early copy of my sister, Laura Nader's book: Letters To and From an Anthropologist, a collection of correspondences compiled over fifty-five years, I wondered whether such print letter-writing exchanges assembled in books were nearing extinction. My impression preceded young parents relating remarks from their little children asking, "What's a letter?" or "Where do you
(2021-04-05). How the Cleanup of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Got So Expensive. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-04-05). Europe: A Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage. popularresistance.org For decades, Europe has poured millions of tons of its trash into incinerators each year, often under the green-sounding label "waste to energy." Now, concerns about incineration's outsized carbon footprint and fears it may undermine recycling are prompting European Union officials to ease their long-standing embrace of a technology that once seemed like an appealing way to make waste disappear. | The EU is in the process of cutting off funding for new incinerators, but there's little sign most existing ones —currently consuming 27 percent of the bloc's municipal waste — will close any time soon. And,…
(2021-04-05). US-NATO Provocation in Ukraine to Stop Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline. globalresearch.ca
(2021-04-05). NLRB Says Amazon Firing of Workers Who Demanded Better Climate, Labor Policies Was Illegal Retaliation. commondreams.org "It's clear that Amazon has been violating the law when it tries to silence workers who speak out," said Christy Hofmann, general secretary of UNI Global Union. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amazon-bezos-employees-threatened-climate_0.png …
(2021-04-05). Tampa Bay Wastewater Crisis Demands Federal Action. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-05). First Nations land defenders take direct action against Trans Mountain pipeline. peoplesworld.org 
A pair of Indigenous land defenders locked themselves to equipment at a fossil fuel pumping station in British Columbia on Saturday, vowing to continue resisting a government-owned oil pipeline that is harming the climate, the environment, and First Nations peoples whose unceded lands it traverses. The pipeline protesters — self-described on social media as "accomplices" …
(2021-04-05). Florida Workers Race to Prevent Massive Spill of Radioactive Waste. truthout.org 
Florida workers over the weekend rushed to prevent the collapse of a reservoir wall containing hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater from a defunct phosphate mine, a looming environmental catastrophe that prompted mandatory evacuation orders and a declaration of emergency by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. | A leak in the Piney Point reservoir was first reported late last month, sparking fears of a complete breach and possible upending of stacks of phosphogypsum, a radioactive waste product of fe…
(2021-04-04). Developed A Safe And Cheap Technology Of Disinfection Of Packed Eggs. eurasiareview.com 
Russian researchers have developed an inexpensive, safe, and reliable packed eggs surface disinfection technology. This technology helps to kill bacteria, including salmonella, on eggshells. Also, it allows growing broiler chickens with strong immunity to viral diseases. Packed eggs are disinfected with 50 nanoseconds (one billionth of a second) electron beam. Disinfection takes place in plastic containers. The description of the technology was published in Food and Bioproducts Processing. | "Disinfection of the packed eggs protects eggs from subsequent contamination during storage", said Sergey Sokovnin, a pr…
(2021-04-04). Sunday 4/11: Climate Justice & Planetary Health: Stopping the Next Pandemic. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2021-04-04). Thursday 4/8: Climate Action Crash Course. indybay.org Online, via zoom…
(2021-04-04). Killing the Black Snake: Native Youths Incredible Stand Against Pipelines in Washington. indybay.org Native youths ran to the White House, locked down on tripods outside, and delivered more than 400,000 petitions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers demanding the shut down of Dakota Access Pipeline, and Enbridge Line 3. They marched through the streets of Washington DC with a 200-foot black snake representing the pipelines, and "killed" the snake outside the White House.
(2021-04-04). Study Sounds Latest Warning of Rainforest Turning Into Savanna as Climate Warms. commondreams.org "What is happening at the Amazon-Cerrado boundary may be a precursor for feverish tropical forests across the world. Unlike humans, these forests won't have air conditioners or sunscreens to protect them." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cerrado.jpg …
(2021-04-04). Six Ways Chevron Imperils Climate, Human Rights, and Racial Justice. commondreams.org "These six examples illustrate a stunning array of corporate abuse, deception, and misconduct by one of the world's largest and most powerful corporations." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/chevron.jpg …
(2021-04-04). A Green New Deal Is Actually More Affordable in the Long Term Than Fossil Fuels. truthout.org 
With global warming representing humanity's greatest existential crisis, reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, as recommended by the 2018 report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), should be one of the U.S.'s most urgent priorities. We need a Green New Deal now. | In examining the urgency of this necessity, we must recognize the current state of climate response in this country and around the world. Five years ago, the Paris Agreement…