Emails Show USDA Staffers Discouraged From Using the Term Climate Change – Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine Emails Show USDA Staffers Discouraged From Using the Term Climate ChangeSlate MagazineShe writes that “we won’t change the modeling, just how we talk about it—there are a lot of benefits to putting carbon back in the [soil], climate mitigation is just one of them,” and that a colleague from USDA’s public affairs team…
How My Costa Rican Neighbors Jolted Me Out of Climate Activist Apathy – Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine How My Costa Rican Neighbors Jolted Me Out of Climate Activist ApathySlate MagazineThese people were concerned enough about climate change to actually act on it. Within weeks of our arrival at our new home in the cloud forest, I met an 80-something man who imperiled himself by pedaling his electric bike along atrociously…
BBC – Future – Climate change is disrupting the birds and the bees – BBC News
BBC News BBC – Future – Climate change is disrupting the birds and the beesBBC NewsWe all know that climate change will cause more extreme weather and rising seas. But it is also having an unexpected effect on sex. and more »
Forget ‘the environment’: we need new words to convey life’s wonders – The Guardian
The Guardian Forget ‘the environment‘: we need new words to convey life’s wondersThe Guardian“The environment” is just as bad: an empty word that creates no pictures in the mind. Wild animals and plants are described as “resources” or “stocks”, as if they belong to us and their role is to serve us: a notion disastrously…
Newton mayoral candidates focus on the environment – Wicked Local Newton
Wicked Local Newton Newton mayoral candidates focus on the environmentWicked Local NewtonHundreds of upside-down plants hung off the wooden beams of the barn at Newton Community Farm last Thursday evening, setting the scene for a mayoral forum on the environment. The forum featured all seven mayoral candidates. Questions ranged from …
Environment body voids permit of Palawan mine – Inquirer.net
Inquirer.net Environment body voids permit of Palawan mineInquirer.netPUERTO PRINCESA CITY — An environment regulatory agency revoked a special permit it issued to a nickel mining company operating in southern Palawan in the wake of controversies hounding the firm. Ipilan Nickel Corp. (INC), whose operation was …
Now, a Ganesha that gives back to the environment – The Hindu
The Hindu Now, a Ganesha that gives back to the environmentThe HinduDevotees of Ganesha who are also environmentally conscious face a dilemma: the idols are usually made of Plaster of Paris, and decorated with non-biodegradable paint. This year, worshippers in Bengaluru have an option that isn’t just environment … and more »
Can industry, environment grow simultaneously with Foxconn? – Greater Milwaukee Today
Fortune Can industry, environment grow simultaneously with Foxconn?Greater Milwaukee TodayRACINE – After leaving behind efforts to appeal and possibly litigate Waukesha’s plan to draw millions of gallons of Lake Michigan water each day, the group representing mayors in the Great Lakes region is instead setting its sights on the Foxconn deal …Jobs and the environmentAshland…
Summit on School Climate and Culture Begins – whotv.com
whotv.com Summit on School Climate and Culture Beginswhotv.comDES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines Public Schools begins its 2nd Annual Summit on School Climate and Culture Monday. The event is being held at the Iowa Events Center Monday and Tuesday. The summit’s goal is to teach educators ways to improve …
The real hero of Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ isn’t Al Gore – Grist
Grist The real hero of Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ isn’t Al GoreGristI’ll be honest, I greeted the prospect of a new Al Gore movie, more than 10 years after the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth, with a healthy dose of skepticism. Among those who have devoted their careers to the topic of climate change, I’m…