Can Regenerative Agriculture Reverse Climate Change? | One Small Step Some experts claim regenerative agriculture can reverse climate change by sequestering atmospheric CO2 in soil. Regenerative organic farming emphasizes the importance of soil health and includes practices like cover cropping, crop rotation, holistic animal grazing, and the use of compost. Proponents suggest it could increase... Continue Reading →
As temperatures surged past 100 degrees, Bree Oswill gathered all the blankets and towels she could find and taped them to every window that didn't have a shade. She doesn't have central air conditioning and wanted to prevent every bit of sunlight and heat from entering her home. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Oswill has... Continue Reading →
The Northwest heat wave is ‘unprecedented.’ Here’s what’s pushing it into uncharted territory.
Rough-and-Ready, California (CNN) (CNN)Tracy thought she'd built her forever home. She and her 5-year-old granddaughter live in an energy-efficient house in Northern California that Tracy designed — by a pond that's frequented by otters, ducks and herons (oh my!). Then came the fires, the smoke, the evacuations, the days when the sky turned red and... Continue Reading →
As people flee climate change on the coasts, this Midwest city is trying to become a safe haven
Why this retired farmer plants trees | Regenerative Agriculture in Spain
Farmer Manuel is over 60 years old and fully retired, yet he continues to plant trees. Not for himself, but for future generations. He remembers how rich the landscapes of his home region once were — now he feels it’s his turn to give back to nature and to those coming after him. Video Source
Democrats hope to include climate and clean energy in a second bill. It could be Biden’s last chance to pass major global warming legislation. WASHINGTON — A deal reached Thursday between President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators for $579 billion in new spending to repair the nation’s roads, rails and bridges does relatively... Continue Reading →
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Omits Big Climate Measures
Haunted by their failure to pass a climate bill in 2009, some Democrats are vowing “no climate, no deal.” Democrats tried to pass a big climate bill the last time they controlled the White House and Congress. It failed in a Senate with a bigger Democratic majority than the one they currently have. More than... Continue Reading →
Democrats think now is their last, best chance to pass a big climate bill
Experts says scientific advances are making it easier to attribute the damages of climate breakdown to companies’ activities Businesses could soon be facing a fresh wave of legal action holding them to account for their greenhouse gas emissions, owing to advances in climate science, experts have warned. More than 1,500 legal actions have already been brought... Continue Reading →
New climate science could cause wave of litigation against businesses – study
Renault Twizy: Is The CHEAPEST EV Still Relevant In 2021? 4K
In today's film, Rory gets behind the wheel of the Renault Twizy - the cheapest new electric car on sale in the UK, but is it still relevant In 2021? Video Here.
sixth extinction
“Were in the middle of the largest mass extinction of species in sixty-five million years.”3Dr. Will Tuttle told me during an interview. There have been five previous mass extinctions. Scientists believe that each of these five extinctions was caused by events such as large meteors and asteroids colliding with the earth, volcanic eruptions, or massive... Continue Reading →
WHAT DOES “PERMACULTURE” MEAN?
The term “permaculture” was originally coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in their book Permaculture One (1978) as a contraction of “permanent” and “agriculture.” Its etymology reflects the early concept of permaculture as primarily focused on agriculture. By the early 1980s, the definition had expanded in scope to broadly encompass the ways in which... Continue Reading →
Atlantic Ocean: Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers (w/ Dr. Michael Mann)
Michael Mann weighs in on the worrisome shifts in the great conveyor belt, and the dangerous heatwave threatening the Pacific Northwest. 115 degrees in the shade this weekend in Portland. 119 degrees ground temperature in the Arctic; 80 degrees air temperature. These are unpresented heatwaves which have the fingerprints of human activity all over it,... Continue Reading →
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