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[https://www.noemamag.com/the-powerful-potential-of-tiny-conservation-plots/?utm_source=noemalinkedin&utm_medium=noemasocial by JOANNA THOMPSON 27/8/24 NOEMA]

  For a few seconds, it’s like a scene from a movie: A gentle breeze rustles rows of garlic and carrot plants, tickling my shins. Early summer sun streams through the canopy overhead, leaves throw shade across the nearby squash.

=====DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/tulsa-race-massacre-report-doj by Adria R Walker 10/1/25 The Guardian]

  The Friday DoJ report, however, acknowledged that the attack by white citizens on Black residents “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”.

=====Native Plants are Flammable Too=====

[https://sfforest.org/2019/01/05/native-plants-are-flammable-too/ by SF Forest Alliance 5/1/19 San Francisco Forest Alliance]

  Three of the most flammable plants in California landscapes are bay laurels, coyote brush, and chamise – all native. An evenhanded presentation of fire hazard ratings for all plants that does not downplay the danger of native plants or exaggerate the danger of non-native plants would better serve people working to address fire hazards.

=====Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/los-angeles-fire-fossil-fuel-big-oil by Tzeporah Berman 11/1/25 The Guardian]

  Apocalyptic flames and smoke are raging through southern California in the worst fire in Los Angeles county’s history. At least seven people have died. Thousands of structures have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. The private forecaster AccuWeather estimates initial damage and economic loss at more than $50bn and has the potential to be the costliest wildfire disaster in American history.  

=====Wildfires and climate change=====

[https://www.sciline.org/climate/climate-change/ by REPORTING RESOURCES 19/1/23 SciLine]

  Human-caused climate change is a significant contributor to the increasing size, intensity, and damage of western U.S. wildfires, and to a lengthening of U.S. fire seasons.

=====What an unregulated school voucher program looks like=====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/12/2295831/-What-an-unregulated-school-voucher-program-looks-like?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_3&pm_medium=web by ProPublica 12/1/25 DAILY KOS]

  Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, academic performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.

=====“Tinderbox”: How Fossil Fuel Companies & Electric Utilities Intensified L.A. Wildfires, Climate Chaos=====

[https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/13/la_fires_climate_policy by Leah Strokes 13/1/25 DEMOCRACY NOW]

  We speak with Leah Stokes, a researcher on climate and energy policy, who says the scale of the Los Angeles wildfires is a result of burning fossil fuels and destabilizing the planet’s equilibrium. “The ultimate driver here is climate change,” says Stokes. She says that as people begin to consider rebuilding their communities, they should think about how to build more resilient homes or whether the risk is simply too great in some areas.  

=====Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/14/cost-clean-up-toxic-pfas-pollution-forever-chemicals by Leana Hosea 14/1/25 The Guardian]

  The cost of cleaning up toxic forever chemical pollution could reach more than £1.6tn across the UK and Europe over a 20-year period, an annual bill of £84bn, research has found.

=====Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/polluter-pay-bill-climate-disasters by Tom Perkins 15/1/25 The Guardian]

  Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session, and the polluter pay bill was among the most targeted pieces of legislation, a Guardian review of state lobby filings found.

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/15/2297158/-I-Was-There-I-Know-What-Caused-the-Los-Angeles-Firestorms?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Philvarn 15/1/25 DAILY KOS]

  Republicans and the lazy news media will gaslight us with stories of what went wrong and who’s to blame, in order to distract us from the real cause of this firestorm: climate change.

=====Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other by Sandra Laville 16/1/25 The Guardian]

  The global economy could face 50% loss in gross domestic product (GDP) between 2070 and 2090 from the catastrophic shocks of climate change unless immediate action by political leaders is taken to decarbonise and restore nature, according to a new report.

=====How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/17/how-climate-friendly-waterwheels-are-coming-around-again by Chris Baraniuk 17/1/25 The Guardian]

  In the foothills of the Himalayas, a group of villagers hauled a sturdy metal waterwheel into place. Its horizontal blades soon caught the rushing water of the stream directly below it. The machine began to spin, and electricity began to flow.

=====Welcome to the American petrostate=====

[https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/welcome-to-the-american-petrostate/ by Michael E. Mann 7/11/24 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]

=====Antibiotics, antivirals and vaccines could help tackle dementia, study suggests=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/21/antibiotics-antivirals-and-vaccines-could-help-tackle-dementia-study-suggests by Andrew Gregory 21/1/25 The Guardian]

  Antibiotics, antivirals and vaccines could be used to tackle dementia, according to experts, who say repurposing drugs approved for other conditions could dramatically speed up the hunt for a cure.

=====Salad chain Sweetgreen is caving to conspiracy theories about seed oils. Why?=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jan/21/sweetgreen-seed-oils by Aimee Levitt 21/1/25 The Guardian]

  It’s January, season of resolutions and virtue, when Americans collectively decide to throw out the butter and sugar and booze and embrace grain bowls and bone broth. Most of these resolutions – 80%, according to some studies – will fade by February, Super Bowl Sunday at the latest, so advertisers pushing dietary health trends have to strike fast.

=====Explained: how Trump’s day one orders reveal a White House for big oil=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/22/trump-big-oil-energy-priorities-explained by Oliver Milman 22/1/25 The Guardian]

  Trump has promised to cut Americans’ energy costs in half within a year and he claimed removing all restraints on drilling for “liquid gold” will achieve this, even though the US is already producing more oil and gas than any other country in history.

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/22/2298597/-Meanwhile-Thwaites-is-not-waiting-around?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Jamess 22/1/25 DAILY KOS]

  Yesterday’s Thwaites Crack Opened Up Today, and More Cracks Appear: Update

=====A view from north of the border=====

[https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-view-from-north-of-the-border?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true by ROBERT REICH 24/1/25 Robert Reich]

  From time to time I bring you views about what’s happening in the United States from writers and journalists in other countries. The following is by Andrew Coyne, a highly respected Canadian columnist with The Globe and Mail, Canada’s most widely read newspaper.

=====The year the rainforest dried up: how the climate crisis beached Brazil’s floating communities=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2025/jan/22/amazon-rainforest-dried-up-how-climate-crisis-beached-brazil-floating-communities by OPEN Society foundations 22/1/25 The Guardian]

  Some areas of the Amazon experienced their worst drought in 120 years in 2024. Brazilian rivers such as the Negro fell to their lowest levels on record, affecting more than 140,000 families for months.

=====Surprising Link Between Menthol And Alzheimer's Discovered in Mice=====

[https://www.sciencealert.com/surprising-link-between-menthol-and-alzheimers-discovered-in-mice by DAVID NIELD 30/1/25 Science alert]

  It seems the chemical compound can stop some of the damage done to the brain that's usually associated with the disease.

=====Meet the woman who lives without money: ‘I feel more secure than when I was earning’=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/01/meet-the-woman-who-lives-without-money-i-feel-more-secure-than-when-i-was-earning by Louise Southerden 31/1/25 The Guardian]

  Sharon Brodie clearly remembers her first Christmas with her good friend Jo Nemeth. It was 2016 and also her first Christmas without her husband, Monty, who had died suddenly a month earlier

=====The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will=====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/31/2300412/-The-GOP-s-60-Year-Conspiracy-to-Kill-Our-Democracy-None-Dare-Call-It-Treason-But-I-Will?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by thomhartmann 31/1/25 DAILY KOS]

  In Wednesday’s Daily Take  here on Hartmann Report, I mentioned Russell Kirk and the origins of today’s hard right GOP. A few people replied with, “Who’s that?” and similar questions; others were incredulous that Republicans actually believed the middle class created by FDR’s New Deal was a bad thing. So, here’s the backstory to what I mentioned.

=====Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/climate-change-target-of-2c-is-dead-says-renowned-climate-scientist by Damian Carrington 4/2/25 The Guardian]