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===== ‘We’re all on the same team’: Inside the Alaska model for US politics =====

[https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0105/We-re-all-on-the-same-team-Inside-the-Alaska-model-for-US-politics by Francine Kiefer 21/1/23 The Christian Science Monitor]

When Democrat Mary Sattler Peltola went looking to hire a chief of staff, she chose someone with hands-on experience and a deep knowledge of her home state, Alaska. He was also a Republican. Alex Ortiz’s last job was serving in the same role for her predecessor, Don Young, a giant in the state who died in 2022 after setting a record for longest-serving Republican congressman in United States history.

===== Dominicans in Puerto Rico =====

[https://minorityrights.org/communities/dominicans/ by Minority Rights Group]

Approximately 100,000 Dominicans now live in Puerto Rico, of whom about 30,000 are thought to be undocumented illegal immigrants. Some Dominicans are en route to the USA, using Puerto Rico as a take off point, but most remain, forming a distinct enclave minority on the island.

== = ==

Uncertain harvest: Agriculture’s season of gloom===== [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/21/2329160/-Uncertain-harvest-Agriculture-s-season-of-gloom?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web by Capital and Main 21/6/25 DAILY KOS]

“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking good, longtime workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” Trump wrote. “This is not good. We must protect our Farmers. … Changes are coming!”

===== Caribbean Matters: Racist ICE raids target Dominicans in Puerto Rico =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/21/2328220/-Caribbean-Matters-Racist-ICE-raids-target-Dominicans-in-Puerto-Rico?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_2&pm_medium=web by Denise Oliver Velez 21/6/25 DAILY KOS]

Many people who are not Puerto Rican or not familiar with the island’s demographics may not be aware that the largest foreign born, or ancestored group on the island, are Dominicans. Minority Rights Group has an excellent overview of their history and current status, including key factors that come into play in the recent upswing of targeting Dominicans on the island for deportation:

===== How to Search Multiple Websites at Once =====

[https://blog.expertrec.com/how-to-search-multiple-websites-at-once/ by Expertec Marketing 17/4/23 Expertec Blog]

Are you someone looking to search multiple sites on a regular basis? You could be a deal hunter looking to search multiple websites for the best price deals or a broker trying to find out the best house deals in your area.

===== Humans could face reproductive crisis as sperm count declines, study finds =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/15/humans-could-face-reproductive-crisis-as-sperm-count-declines-study-finds by Nicola Davis 15/11/22 The Guardian]

A study published in the journal Human Reproduction Update, based on 153 estimates from men who were probably unaware of their fertility, suggests that the average sperm concentration fell from an estimated 101.2m per ml to 49.0m per ml between 1973 and 2018 – a drop of 51.6%. Total sperm counts fell by 62.3% during the same period.

===== Agrivoltaics pairs solar panels with farming, solving multiple climate-caused problems =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/21/2111772/-Agrivoltaics-pairs-solar-panels-with-farming-solving-multiple-climate-caused-problems by April Siese 21/7/22 DAILY KOS]

Oregon State agriculture professor Chad Higgins explains how solar panels have already helped the university’s research farm crops amidst the current heat wave gripping more than 100 million Americans. “What they do is what we do when we’re out in the sun: we sweat,” Higgins told OPR.

===== What is a carbon footprint? =====

[https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/#:~:text=Globally%2C%20the%20average%20carbon%20footprint,tons%20doesn't%20happen%20overnight! by The Nature Conservancy 2025]

. Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons. To have the best chance of avoiding a 2℃ rise in global temperatures, the average global carbon footprint per year needs to drop to under 2 tons by 2050.

Lowering individual carbon footprints from 16 tons to 2 tons doesn’t happen overnight!

===== Teachers alarmed by state’s infusing religion, downplaying race in civics training =====

[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article262941378.html by Ana Ceballos and Sommer Brugal 30/6/22 Miami Herald]

Teachers who spoke to the Herald/Times said they don’t object to the state’s new standards for civics, but they do take issue with how the state wants them to be taught.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article262941378.html#storylink=cpy

== = ==

The Thwaites glacier is holding back global coastal devastation by only the skin of its teeth===== [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/6/2120349/-The-Thwaites-glacier-is-holding-back-global-coastal-devastation-only-by-the-skin-of-its-teeth by Pakalolo 6/9/22 DAILY KOS]

Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica is the size of the State of Florida. It has been under scrutiny for decades over fears of warming waters below the ice by tunneling through like a block of swiss cheese. A massive cavity has formed that funnels even more heat into the ice streams underbelly. Sea levels worldwide could rise by as much as 16 feet, submerging cities such as Lagos, Shanghai, London, New York City, and Miami.

===== Circassia: The land, people, and brutal Russian genocide you've never heard of =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/17/2129458/-Circassia-The-land-people-and-brutal-Russian-genocide-you-ve-never-heard-of by Spherical Aberration 17/9/22 DAILY KOS]

Well, until the Russian Empire got involved, anyway. In 1763, Russia essentially declared that it was annexing Circassia. The Circassians... strongly disagreed, sparking one of the longest, bloodiest, most brutal conflicts that you've never heard of. The Russo-Circassian War lasted from 1763 until the final Circassian army was defeated in 1864. Yep, that's 101 years of more or less constant warfare in the region, combined with relentless atrocity. The Russians declared the Circassians to be "subhuman", "mountain scum", and “untrustworthy swine” and that Circassia was a land of "bandits" and criminals. And I bet you can guess where this is going.

===== Regenerative agriculture =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/groups/regenerative%20agriculture by nailkeg 16/7/22 DAILY KOS]

Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.

===== A new pandemic is killing hundreds of millions of birds, and some species may be completely lost =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/9/2140953/-A-new-pandemic-is-killing-hundreds-of-millions-of-birds-and-some-species-may-be-completely-lost by Mark Sumner 9/12/22 DAILY KOS]

So far, the 2022 flu season among humans has been running well above the average. More than 25,000 patients have been hospitalized with what was thought to be the flu in just the last week, and seasonal influenza remains high across the entire nation. Part of the reason for this is that people are being hit with the H3N2 strain of Influenza A, a variant that hasn’t been around in some time, reducing the level of innate resistance. Another part is that rates of vaccination are down, following years of anti-vax propaganda and lies about the COVID-19 vaccine.

===== Some of America's biggest vegetable growers fought for water. Then the water ran out =====

[https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1139932893/some-of-americas-biggest-vegetable-growers-fought-for-water-then-the-water-ran-o by Dan Charles 15/12/22 npr]

For decades, Westlands has led the fight against environmental rules that restrict the flow of water from California's rivers to its farmers. It sued the government, lobbied friendly politicians, and took on critics wherever it found them, even in Congress. "Where's the outrage, that government decisions have created zero water supplies for communities in the San Joaquin Valley?" Westlands General Manager Tom Birmingham admonished a congressional committee in 2016.

===== This giant ‘water battery’ under the Alps could be a game-changer for renewable energy in Europe =====

[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/01/world/water-battery-switzerland-renewable-energy-climate-scn-hnk-spc-intl/index.html by Rebecca Cairns 1/8/22 CNN]

—

Switzerland has unveiled its latest renewable energy innovation: a giant water battery.

Beginning operations last month, the water battery, called Nant de Drance, is a pumped storage hydropower plant that provides the same energy storage capacity as 400,000 electric car batteries.

===== The ADU equation: Are relaxed ‘granny unit’ rules helping solve Santa Cruz County’s housing crisis? =====

[https://lookout.co/santa-cruz-county-housing-adu-tiny-homes-cost-construction/story by Maria Gaura 13/2/21 Lookout]

Advocates claim backyard dwellings reduce sprawl, and provide affordable housing without taxpayer subsidies. Opponents say they degrade single-family neighborhoods with density, renters and too many cars.

===== In the field, a 50-kW solar tower reactor is fed only CO2 and water, and produces jet fuel =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/24/2112238/-In-the-field-a-50-kW-solar-tower-reactor-is-fed-only-CO2-and-water-and-produces-jet-fuel by skralyx 24/7/22 DAILY KOS]

If I had a nickel for every time someone claimed “artificial photosynthesis” or “solar fuel production” in the lab and wrote a paper or grant proposal about it, I’d have … well, a couple cases of Ukrainian vodka, OK?

===== Climate crisis is ‘battering our economy’ and driving inflation, new book says =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/11/climate-crisis-inflation-economy-climatenomics-book by Edward Helmore 11/6/22 The Guardian]

Forget Ukraine, coronavirus, corporate greed and “supply chain issues”, when it comes to inflation the climate crisis is the real, lasting, worry, according to a new book, and one that’s only likely to get worse.

===== It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/06/power-wealthy-earth-politics-democracy-plutocracy by George Monbiot 6/7/22 The Guardian]

The day before, in the UK, the government’s climate change committee reported a “shocking” failure by Boris Johnson’s administration to meet its climate targets. So stupid and perverse are its policies on issues such as energy saving that it’s hard to see this as anything other than failure by design. On the day of the supreme court ruling, the UK government also announced that it intended to scrap the law protecting the UK’s most important wildlife sites.

===== Diet for a hotter climate: five plants that could help feed the world =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/20/ancient-crops-climate-crisis-amaranth-fonio-cowpeas-taro-kernza by Cecilia Nowell 20/8/22 The Guardian]

Over the course of human history, scientists believe that humans have cultivated more than 6,000 different plant species. But over time, farmers gravitated toward planting those with the largest yields. Today, just three crops – rice, wheat and corn – provide nearly half of the world’s calories.

===== Florida's insurance market collapses while DeSantis engages in culture wars =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/4/2130562/-Florida-s-insurance-market-collapses-while-DeSantis-engages-in-culture-wars by SemDem 4/11/22 DAILY KOS]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has managed to make his entire term about the conservative culture wars. He ignored COVID-19 protections, mocked children who wore masks, imposed severe restrictions on what teachers could say, spent millions on a fake election fraud task force, picked a fight with Disney over LGBTQ rights, and very recently, spent millions in taxpayer money for a cruel Texas border stunt that abducted asylum-seeking families. More recently, he sent local police to arrest Black voters on fraud charges who were (surprise, surprise) innocent. Meanwhile, as DeSantis played up to his far-right base, Florida’s real issues went disregarded.

===== How do we mourn an island? Where do we mark its grave? =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/how-do-we-mourn-an-island-where-do-we-mark-its-grave by Kathy Jetnil kijiner 1/11/22 The Guardian]

On a trip to the islet of Kalalen, eight years ago, a man named Yoster Harris ran out to meet me.

===== An Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth’s surface =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/03/south-dakota-reservation-food-desert-residents-transforming-crop-oasis by Hallie Golden 3/12/22 The Guardian]

Near the southern border of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, a curved translucent roof peeks out a few feet above the dusty plains. It’s a blustery November afternoon and the last remaining greens outside are fading fast. But below ground, at the bottom of a short flight of stairs, the inside of this 80ft-long sleek structure is bursting with life – pallets of vivid microgreens, potato plants growing from hay bales and planters full of thick heads of Swiss chard and pak choi. Two people bend over the pallets, using scissors to harvest delicate sprouts of microgreens.

===== First offshore wind power sites auctioned off California's coast. One day it could power 1.5M homes. =====

[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/12/07/first-ever-pacific-offshore-wind-auction-nets-757-million/10847186002/ by Elizabeth Weise 7/12/22 USA TODAY]

The first-ever federal auction of floating offshore wind power sites off the Pacific coast ended Wednesday with bids totaling $757 million. When fully developed, the sites could power 1.5 million homes.

===== Greenland ice sheet just suffered its worst melt event ever for September =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/13/2122559/-Greenland-ice-sheet-just-suffered-its-worse-melt-event-on-record-for-September?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=recommended by Pakalolo 13/9/22 DAILY KOS]

CLIMATEWIRE | Ominous clouds rippled overhead, and scientist Jason Box raced to reach shelter before the rain hit.

Box, a glaciologist with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, had been camping with colleagues on the Greenland ice sheet last Friday when the weather began to turn.

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+===== ‘We’re all on the same team’: Inside the Alaska model for US politics =====
+[https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0105/We-re-all-on-the-same-team-Inside-the-Alaska-model-for-US-politics by Francine Kiefer 21/1/23 The Christian Science Monitor]
+ When Democrat Mary Sattler Peltola went looking to hire a chief of staff, she chose someone with hands-on experience and a deep knowledge of her home state, Alaska. He was also a Republican. Alex Ortiz’s last job was serving in the same role for her predecessor, Don Young, a giant in the state who died in 2022 after setting a record for longest-serving Republican congressman in United States history.
+===== Dominicans in Puerto Rico =====
+[https://minorityrights.org/communities/dominicans/ by Minority Rights Group]
+ Approximately 100,000 Dominicans now live in Puerto Rico, of whom about 30,000 are thought to be undocumented illegal immigrants. Some Dominicans are en route to the USA, using Puerto Rico as a take off point, but most remain, forming a distinct enclave minority on the island.
+== = ==
+Uncertain harvest: Agriculture’s season of gloom===== [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/21/2329160/-Uncertain-harvest-Agriculture-s-season-of-gloom?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web by Capital and Main 21/6/25 DAILY KOS]
+ “Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking good, longtime workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” Trump wrote. “This is not good. We must protect our Farmers. … Changes are coming!”
+===== Caribbean Matters: Racist ICE raids target Dominicans in Puerto Rico =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/21/2328220/-Caribbean-Matters-Racist-ICE-raids-target-Dominicans-in-Puerto-Rico?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_2&pm_medium=web by Denise Oliver Velez 21/6/25 DAILY KOS]
+ Many people who are not Puerto Rican or not familiar with the island’s demographics may not be aware that the largest foreign born, or ancestored group on the island, are Dominicans. Minority Rights Group has an excellent overview of their history and current status, including key factors that come into play in the recent upswing of targeting Dominicans on the island for deportation:
+===== How to Search Multiple Websites at Once =====
+[https://blog.expertrec.com/how-to-search-multiple-websites-at-once/ by Expertec Marketing 17/4/23 Expertec Blog]
+ Are you someone looking to search multiple sites on a regular basis? You could be a deal hunter looking to search multiple websites for the best price deals or a broker trying to find out the best house deals in your area.
+===== Humans could face reproductive crisis as sperm count declines, study finds =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/15/humans-could-face-reproductive-crisis-as-sperm-count-declines-study-finds by Nicola Davis 15/11/22 The Guardian]
+ A study published in the journal Human Reproduction Update, based on 153 estimates from men who were probably unaware of their fertility, suggests that the average sperm concentration fell from an estimated 101.2m per ml to 49.0m per ml between 1973 and 2018 – a drop of 51.6%. Total sperm counts fell by 62.3% during the same period.
+===== Agrivoltaics pairs solar panels with farming, solving multiple climate-caused problems =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/21/2111772/-Agrivoltaics-pairs-solar-panels-with-farming-solving-multiple-climate-caused-problems by April Siese 21/7/22 DAILY KOS]
+ Oregon State agriculture professor Chad Higgins explains how solar panels have already helped the university’s research farm crops amidst the current heat wave gripping more than 100 million Americans. “What they do is what we do when we’re out in the sun: we sweat,” Higgins told OPR.
+===== What is a carbon footprint? =====
+[https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/#:~:text=Globally%2C%20the%20average%20carbon%20footprint,tons%20doesn't%20happen%20overnight! by The Nature Conservancy 2025]
+ . Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons. To have the best chance of avoiding a 2℃ rise in global temperatures, the average global carbon footprint per year needs to drop to under 2 tons by 2050.
+Lowering individual carbon footprints from 16 tons to 2 tons doesn’t happen overnight!
+===== Teachers alarmed by state’s infusing religion, downplaying race in civics training =====
+[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article262941378.html by Ana Ceballos and Sommer Brugal 30/6/22 Miami Herald]
+ Teachers who spoke to the Herald/Times said they don’t object to the state’s new standards for civics, but they do take issue with how the state wants them to be taught.
+Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article262941378.html#storylink=cpy
+== = ==
+The Thwaites glacier is holding back global coastal devastation by only the skin of its teeth===== [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/6/2120349/-The-Thwaites-glacier-is-holding-back-global-coastal-devastation-only-by-the-skin-of-its-teeth by Pakalolo 6/9/22 DAILY KOS]
+ Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica is the size of the State of Florida. It has been under scrutiny for decades over fears of warming waters below the ice by tunneling through like a block of swiss cheese. A massive cavity has formed that funnels even more heat into the ice streams underbelly. Sea levels worldwide could rise by as much as 16 feet, submerging cities such as Lagos, Shanghai, London, New York City, and Miami.
+===== Circassia: The land, people, and brutal Russian genocide you've never heard of =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/17/2129458/-Circassia-The-land-people-and-brutal-Russian-genocide-you-ve-never-heard-of by Spherical Aberration 17/9/22 DAILY KOS]
+ Well, until the Russian Empire got involved, anyway. In 1763, Russia essentially declared that it was annexing Circassia. The Circassians... strongly disagreed, sparking one of the longest, bloodiest, most brutal conflicts that you've never heard of. The Russo-Circassian War lasted from 1763 until the final Circassian army was defeated in 1864. Yep, that's 101 years of more or less constant warfare in the region, combined with relentless atrocity. The Russians declared the Circassians to be "subhuman", "mountain scum", and “untrustworthy swine” and that Circassia was a land of "bandits" and criminals. And I bet you can guess where this is going.
+===== Regenerative agriculture =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/groups/regenerative%20agriculture by nailkeg 16/7/22 DAILY KOS]
+ Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.
+===== A new pandemic is killing hundreds of millions of birds, and some species may be completely lost =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/9/2140953/-A-new-pandemic-is-killing-hundreds-of-millions-of-birds-and-some-species-may-be-completely-lost by Mark Sumner 9/12/22 DAILY KOS]
+ So far, the 2022 flu season among humans has been running well above the average. More than 25,000 patients have been hospitalized with what was thought to be the flu in just the last week, and seasonal influenza remains high across the entire nation. Part of the reason for this is that people are being hit with the H3N2 strain of Influenza A, a variant that hasn’t been around in some time, reducing the level of innate resistance. Another part is that rates of vaccination are down, following years of anti-vax propaganda and lies about the COVID-19 vaccine.
+===== Some of America's biggest vegetable growers fought for water. Then the water ran out =====
+[https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1139932893/some-of-americas-biggest-vegetable-growers-fought-for-water-then-the-water-ran-o by Dan Charles 15/12/22 npr]
+ For decades, Westlands has led the fight against environmental rules that restrict the flow of water from California's rivers to its farmers. It sued the government, lobbied friendly politicians, and took on critics wherever it found them, even in Congress. "Where's the outrage, that government decisions have created zero water supplies for communities in the San Joaquin Valley?" Westlands General Manager Tom Birmingham admonished a congressional committee in 2016.
+===== This giant ‘water battery’ under the Alps could be a game-changer for renewable energy in Europe =====
+[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/01/world/water-battery-switzerland-renewable-energy-climate-scn-hnk-spc-intl/index.html by Rebecca Cairns 1/8/22 CNN]
+ Prev
+Next CNN
+ —
+Switzerland has unveiled its latest renewable energy innovation: a giant water battery.
+Beginning operations last month, the water battery, called Nant de Drance, is a pumped storage hydropower plant that provides the same energy storage capacity as 400,000 electric car batteries.
+===== The ADU equation: Are relaxed ‘granny unit’ rules helping solve Santa Cruz County’s housing crisis? =====
+[https://lookout.co/santa-cruz-county-housing-adu-tiny-homes-cost-construction/story by Maria Gaura 13/2/21 Lookout]
+ Advocates claim backyard dwellings reduce sprawl, and provide affordable housing without taxpayer subsidies. Opponents say they degrade single-family neighborhoods with density, renters and too many cars.
+===== In the field, a 50-kW solar tower reactor is fed only CO2 and water, and produces jet fuel =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/24/2112238/-In-the-field-a-50-kW-solar-tower-reactor-is-fed-only-CO2-and-water-and-produces-jet-fuel by skralyx 24/7/22 DAILY KOS]
+ If I had a nickel for every time someone claimed “artificial photosynthesis” or “solar fuel production” in the lab and wrote a paper or grant proposal about it, I’d have … well, a couple cases of Ukrainian vodka, OK?
+===== Climate crisis is ‘battering our economy’ and driving inflation, new book says =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/11/climate-crisis-inflation-economy-climatenomics-book by Edward Helmore 11/6/22 The Guardian]
+ Forget Ukraine, coronavirus, corporate greed and “supply chain issues”, when it comes to inflation the climate crisis is the real, lasting, worry, according to a new book, and one that’s only likely to get worse.
+===== It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/06/power-wealthy-earth-politics-democracy-plutocracy by George Monbiot 6/7/22 The Guardian]
+ The day before, in the UK, the government’s climate change committee reported a “shocking” failure by Boris Johnson’s administration to meet its climate targets. So stupid and perverse are its policies on issues such as energy saving that it’s hard to see this as anything other than failure by design. On the day of the supreme court ruling, the UK government also announced that it intended to scrap the law protecting the UK’s most important wildlife sites.
+===== Diet for a hotter climate: five plants that could help feed the world =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/20/ancient-crops-climate-crisis-amaranth-fonio-cowpeas-taro-kernza by Cecilia Nowell 20/8/22 The Guardian]
+ Over the course of human history, scientists believe that humans have cultivated more than 6,000 different plant species. But over time, farmers gravitated toward planting those with the largest yields. Today, just three crops – rice, wheat and corn – provide nearly half of the world’s calories.
+===== Florida's insurance market collapses while DeSantis engages in culture wars =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/4/2130562/-Florida-s-insurance-market-collapses-while-DeSantis-engages-in-culture-wars by SemDem 4/11/22 DAILY KOS]
+ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has managed to make his entire term about the conservative culture wars. He ignored COVID-19 protections, mocked children who wore masks, imposed severe restrictions on what teachers could say, spent millions on a fake election fraud task force, picked a fight with Disney over LGBTQ rights, and very recently, spent millions in taxpayer money for a cruel Texas border stunt that abducted asylum-seeking families. More recently, he sent local police to arrest Black voters on fraud charges who were (surprise, surprise) innocent. Meanwhile, as DeSantis played up to his far-right base, Florida’s real issues went disregarded.
+===== How do we mourn an island? Where do we mark its grave? =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/how-do-we-mourn-an-island-where-do-we-mark-its-grave by Kathy Jetnil kijiner 1/11/22 The Guardian]
+ On a trip to the islet of Kalalen, eight years ago, a man named Yoster Harris ran out to meet me.
+===== An Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth’s surface =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/03/south-dakota-reservation-food-desert-residents-transforming-crop-oasis by Hallie Golden 3/12/22 The Guardian]
+ Near the southern border of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, a curved translucent roof peeks out a few feet above the dusty plains. It’s a blustery November afternoon and the last remaining greens outside are fading fast. But below ground, at the bottom of a short flight of stairs, the inside of this 80ft-long sleek structure is bursting with life – pallets of vivid microgreens, potato plants growing from hay bales and planters full of thick heads of Swiss chard and pak choi. Two people bend over the pallets, using scissors to harvest delicate sprouts of microgreens.
+===== First offshore wind power sites auctioned off California's coast. One day it could power 1.5M homes. =====
+[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/12/07/first-ever-pacific-offshore-wind-auction-nets-757-million/10847186002/ by Elizabeth Weise 7/12/22 USA TODAY]
+ The first-ever federal auction of floating offshore wind power sites off the Pacific coast ended Wednesday with bids totaling $757 million. When fully developed, the sites could power 1.5 million homes.
+===== Greenland ice sheet just suffered its worst melt event ever for September =====
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+ CLIMATEWIRE | Ominous clouds rippled overhead, and scientist Jason Box raced to reach shelter before the rain hit.
+Box, a glaciologist with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, had been camping with colleagues on the Greenland ice sheet last Friday when the weather began to turn.