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"Soil And Its Promise As A Climate Solution: A Primer"

"Soil acts as a carbon sink in the global carbon cycle because it locks away decomposed organic matter. But deforestation, various agricultural practices, and a changing climate are releasing it back into the atmosphere and oceans as carbon dioxide, resulting in an imbalance in global carbon budgets."

Source: Mongabay, 08/11/2021

"Senate Approves Bipartisan, $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill"

"The Senate on Tuesday approved a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections, advancing a historic burst in federal spending after years of failed attempts on Capitol Hill to invest anew in the country’s aging infrastructure."

Source: Washington Post, 08/11/2021

Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Funding Climate Programs

"The Senate took a major step early on Wednesday toward enacting a sweeping expansion of the nation’s social safety net, approving a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint along party lines that would allow Democrats to fund climate change, health care and education measures while increasing taxes on wealthy people and corporations."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2021

"Appeals Court Rejects Bayer’s Bid To Overturn Roundup Trial Loss"

"Monsanto owner Bayer AG has lost another appeals court decision in the sweeping U.S. Roundup litigation, continuing to struggle to find a way out from under the crush of tens of thousands of claims alleging that Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer."

Source: EHN, 08/10/2021

Worst Polluting Countries Must Make Drastic Carbon Cuts: COP26 Chief"

"The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output drastically, the president of vital UN climate talks has urged, after scientists warned there was only a small chance of escaping the worst ravages of climate breakdown."

Source: Guardian, 08/10/2021

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