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Regenerative Agriculture Is Sold As A Climate Solution. Is It Really? [1]

"Will Tipton’s farm, not far from the Mississippi River, has been in his family since 1836. For the past eight generations, his family mostly planted one crop per field per year — and that was it. “Straight soybean, soybean, soybean,” Tipton says."

Source: NPR [2], 09/12/2024

Trillions Of Dollars Of Fossil Fuel Finance Routed Via Tax Havens: Study [3]

"Trillions of dollars of bank finance to fossil fuel companies is being routed via opaque financial centres in several countries, including the Netherlands, research published on Wednesday showed."

Source: Reuters [4], 09/12/2024

Levels Of Potent Warming Gas Methane Soar And People Are Mostly To Blame [5]

"The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds."

Source: AP [6], 09/12/2024

"Girls May Be Starting Puberty Earlier Due To Chemical Exposure: Study" [7]

"Girls exposed to certain chemicals that are common ingredients in household products may be starting puberty comparatively early, a new study has found."

Source: The Hill [8], 09/12/2024

What Happens To The Environment, Health Regs Biden Will Leave Unfinished?" [9]

"From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump administration likely would not."

Source: The Hill [10], 09/12/2024

"The California Towns Where Clean Drinking Water Is Out Of Reach" [11]

"Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years."

Source: CalMatters [12], 09/12/2024

"Facebook Is Blocking Emergency Warnings As Wildfires Roar Through West" [13]

"The Post has collected more than 40 examples of Facebook removing emergency-related posts during at least 20 wildfires since June. The explanation: “you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way.”"

Source: Washington Post [14], 09/12/2024

Extremists Keep Trying To Sabotage Electrical Grid. What If They Succeed? [15]

"Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict."

Source: The Hill [16], 09/12/2024

"Climate at the Debate: Trump Ignored the Question and Harris Hedged" [17]

"At the tail end of the hottest summer in recorded history, as wildfires tear through California and a hurricane heads toward Louisiana, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump failed to say how they would fight climate change during their debate Tuesday night."

Source: NYTimes [18], 09/12/2024

"Those Keurig Coffee Pods? They’re Not So Recyclable, the S.E.C. Says." [19]

"The agency said Keurig, in its financial filings, had claimed its pods could be “effectively recycled” but didn’t note that two big recycling companies wouldn’t accept them."

Source: NYTimes [20], 09/11/2024

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