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The 1937 and 1970 hemp bans were the biggest mistakes made in this arena. Hemp yields 2 crops per year, makes superior paper and building products, as well as a bio-plastic. But as always, big (lumber) business profits won out. Think of all the trees that could have been saved and the CO2 reduction.

Sea ice's cooling power is waning faster than its area of extent As sea ice disappears and grows less reflective, the Arctic has lost around a quarter of its cooling power since 1980, and the world has lost up to 15%, according to new research.

Arctic has lost around a quarter of its cooling power since 1980
Our natural air conditioning system is disappearing whilst we continue to heat up the planet
We are opening the gates of hell
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

What are the private flights of the 1% doing to the planet? The numbers are in | CBC News When it comes to aviation in general, it contributes roughly 2.5 per cent of all CO2 emissions and has thus far contributed to roughly four per cent of global warming. But just how much CO2 emissions ...

Rich 1% who use private jets producing roughly 500 times more CO2 in a year than the average person
50 of the richest people in the world release more carbon through private jets, yachts and investments in a year than average person does in their entire life.

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Remember 15 billion of these life given Trees are destroyed by humans every year
What happens when they are all gone?

Costa Rica gets back to nature after decades of deforestation Paying farmers to swap cattle for conservation has helped sway the balance in biodiversity’s favour

Where Ireland has failed, Costa Rica has succeeded ... and then some!

A worthwhile read from @thinkorswim.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

River Boyne to close for salmon fishing as stocks fall to crisis levels The River Boyne is to be closed for salmon fishing this year to preserve stocks.

This is a slow death for the River Boyne. There has never been any particular effort to alleviate the pressure on this river despite years (decades?) of warnings and reports

www.independent.ie/regionals/lo...

Pádraic Fogarty |The State of Ireland's Nature | POST WILD YouTube video by POST WILD

*Great* talk by @whittledaway.bsky.social on the terrible state of nature in Ireland.

As Pádraic argues so well, the solutions exist, and would massively benefit not just nature, but people, the economy, and the climate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSxS...

'One of the most successful wildlife comeback stories': The Alps lost its vultures - then it got them back Decades after its release into the wild, a super-ageing, bone-crunching vulture called Balthazar reveals a major conservation success.

"A very beautiful story."

How the Alps lost its bone-breaker vultures - then got them back.

Few things are as uplifting as the return of wild nature.
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Since 1990, I’ve been looking at Ireland’s water quality horrors and the EU’s casual acceptance of it. Until Ireland accepts that its ag practices are leading to its ecological death and that Sitka spruce farms are a failed experiment, nothing will change. I rarely see birds or mammals in Donegal.

Antibiotics may mess up a person's gut for years, study finds A study in Sweden found that some antibiotics affected microbial diversity in the gut more than others

A single course of antibiotics may reshape the gut microbiome for years
Previous research has linked lower gut diversity to obesity, type 2 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-si...

Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage Thawing ice, from the high peaks to the poles, is producing extraordinarily expensive floods, infrastructure damage and losses to tourism and fishing

Melting Glaciers Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage

Arctic, sea ice has shrunk 40% in past 40 years.

Thawing ice, from the high peaks to the poles, is producing extraordinarily expensive floods, infrastructure damage

www.scientificamerican.com/article/melt...

Pushing ahead, without concern for the consequences, which may be global. Inflicting long-term damage to a complex, not-well understood system.
I just have a bad sense about how impactful it will ultimately be as this industry develops. And it no doubt will; out of sight, largely out of mind.

Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend — a trait thought unique to humans Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.

Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend —with a capacity to imagine objects that aren't really there, a trait thought unique to humans
Kanzi is no longer with us but will never be forgotten
www.livescience.com/animals/land...

What are plasticizers, and are they bad for our health? Tests in Germany show children and teens are contaminated with banned plasticizers. You may never have heard of these potentially toxic chemicals, but they're everywhere, including clothes, cosmetics ...

Tests in Germany show children and teens are contaminated with banned plasticizers.

You may never have heard of these potentially toxic chemicals, but they're everywhere, including clothes, cosmetics and food packaging
www.dw.com/en/plasticiz...

Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend — a trait thought unique to humans Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.

Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend —with a capacity to imagine objects that aren't really there, a trait thought unique to humans
Kanzi is no longer with us but will never be forgotten
www.livescience.com/animals/land...

They probably do both

Humans who
- breed more humans
- eat animals
- keep meat-eating companion animals

..are 🐂 💩

#WarOnNature #War #Extinction

Collapse.
Collapse of everything.
Everything.

Prof. Kevin Anderson:

Video👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

#Klimakatastrophe

Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa - Inside Climate News Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of surrounding federal waters to help locate deep sea mineral deposits.

Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa off Hawaii
This would not only obliterate deep sea life but also
generate sediment plumes that travel long distances, smothering coral reef and fish life on ocean top

insideclimatenews.org/news/1103202...

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Massive Alaska Public Lands Giveaway Center for Biological Diversity: Interior Opens 2 Million Acres to Industrialization, Attempts to Fast-Track Ambler Road

Support law suit challenging Trump from opening 2.1 million acres of Alaska Dalton Corridor to mining
An area with Western Arctic Caribou Herd, salmon-bearing rivers, Dall sheep lambing grounds, habitat for grizzly bears, wolves, countless other species
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Trump administration moves to loosen rules around North Atlantic right whale speed limits The U.S. government is following up on its promise to take “deregulatory-focused action” on a vessel speed limit rule

💔Despite North Atlantic right whales being critically endangered, with only about 380 left in existence.

Trump moves to loosen rules around North Atlantic right whale ocean speeding boat limits which could be the last straw for these majestic creatures

www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

Trump is removing one of the last protections for Atlantic Right Whales that prevented them from going extinct

North Atlantic Right Whales have existed for millions of years and are now threatened with extinction with only around 380 left
Now Trump is ensuring they go extinct by allowing boats to increase their speed which will eliminate protection for these magnificent creatures

No they are not

North Atlantic Right Whales have existed for millions of years and are now threatened with extinction with only around 380 left
Now Trump is ensuring they go extinct by allowing boats to increase their speed which will eliminate protection for these magnificent creatures

Of course he does. Stop the timeline I want off!!

Or somebody bloody well do something!! He is a frail elderly addled toddler. Do you need a Nanny to deal with him USA?!!

Trump is removing one of the last protections for Atlantic Right Whales that prevented them from going extinct

Trump administration moves to loosen rules around North Atlantic right whale speed limits The U.S. government is following up on its promise to take “deregulatory-focused action” on a vessel speed limit rule

💔Despite North Atlantic right whales being critically endangered, with only about 380 left in existence.

Trump moves to loosen rules around North Atlantic right whale ocean speeding boat limits which could be the last straw for these majestic creatures

www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

You are right

Sea Shepherd Society removes illegal gillnets, rescues hundreds of animals from vaquita protected area Conservation NGO the Sea Shepherd Society conducted multiple operations to remove illegal fishing nets and activity around the habitat of the vaquita

Kudos to Sea Shepherd Society removes illegal gillnets, rescues hundreds of animals from vaquita protected area
Only 10 vaquita individuals, making it one of the most endangered species on the planet.
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...