EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - September 27, 2017
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1) France Set to Phase Out Glyphosate Herbicides over Next 5 Years
http://sustainablepulse.com/2017/09/25/france-set-to-phase-out-glyphosate-herbicides-over-next-5-years/#.WczfijHLdlR
2) The Agriculture of Hope: Climate
Farmers of North America
https://permaculturemag.org/2017/09/agriculture-of-hope/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=83e9d60842404a808b0b98c66293ee81&uid=1136192852&nid=244+293670920
3) The Guardian view on veganism: high in moral fibre "
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/05/the-guardian-view-on-veganism-high-in-moral-fibre?CMP=share_btn_fb
One
recent peer-reviewed study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine calculates that should the world go vegan, annual greenhouse gas
emissions would halve and the new land used every year for each person would
near-halve."
A plant-based diet 80-100% would make a big
difference for all of us. Even the "Paleo Diet" recommends 80%
vegetables.
4) Which Population Problem (1min 30sec
video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7YtQNj_lgM
Another
short video by Kamal Prasad.
5) Colorado landfills are illegally
burying low-level radioactive waste from oil and gas industry, Denver Post
learns
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/ci_31323727/colorado-landfills-are-illegally-burying-low-level-radioactive
6) Trouble in the fields: Why the superweeds are winning
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/09/26/iowa-agriculture-superweeds/703847001/
7) Syngenta agrees to settle U.S. farmer lawsuits over GMO corn
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syngenta-ag-settlement/syngenta-agrees-to-settle-u-s-farmer-lawsuits-over-gmo-corn-idUSKCN1C12K8
A federal jury ordered Syngenta to pay
$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers after Chinese officials began
refusing U.S. corn shipments in 2013.
8) Food Companies Urge USDA to Implement ‘Meaningful’ GMO Disclosure Standards
http://www.justlabelit.org/press-room/food-companies-urge-usda-to-implement-meaningful-gmo-disclosure-standards/
Some of these companies have been working
against labeling. Is consumer demand catching up to them?
9) How a Kansas Town Held off a Tyson Plant
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!myforums
10) Indigenous Groups Lead Movement to Call on Banks to Drop Enbridge’s
Controversial Line 3 Pipeline
https://mazaskatalks.org/blog/2017/9/23/indigenous-groups-lead-movement-to-call-on-banks-to-drop-enbridges-controversial-line-3-pipeline
11) World's largest carbon producers face landmark human rights case
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/27/worlds-largest-carbon-producers-face-landmark-human-rights-case?CMP=share_btn_fb
12) Santa Barbara Votes to Divest from Banks Funding Dakota Access Pipeline
http://lastrealindians.com/10505-2/
13) GM corn found in over 90% of tortillas in MX
http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gm-corn-found-in-over-90-of-tortillas-in-mx/
Mexican corn products are coming in from
the US!
14) Neurotoxins?
https://detoxproject.org/glyphosate/neurological-disease/
Glyphosate and Roundup are being studied
as possibly toxic to the nervous system causing Parkinson’s disease,
Alzheimer’s disease, depression, autism and ADHD.
15) How Monsanto Is Devastating Thousands of Farms Across 20 States
https://www.alternet.org/food/how-monsanto-devastating-thousands-farms-across-20-states#.WblhEymN2MY
Monsanto's GE cotton and soybeans were
made to be resistant to an herbicide that drifts to nearby crops.
16) A Native American Activist Speaks Candidly About What It’s Like
http://www.manrepeller.com/2017/09/faith-spotted-eagle-activist.html
17) A Zero Waste Food Diary (Part 1): Mealtimes
https://treadingmyownpath.com/2017/09/21/zero-waste-food-diary-mealtimes/?utm_source=Treading+My+Own+Path+updates&utm_campaign=472c49d0bc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_55699d32b3-472c49d0bc-101424101&mc_cid=472c49d0bc&mc_eid=4230fed9aa
Even if you hate to cook there are few
things easier to make for dinner than a big salad. Mash an avocado in the
bottom of the bowl with lemon juice, olive oil and a simple herb blend or just
salt and pepper and you've got a dressing to make the rest of your salad
scrumptious.
18) Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/business/monsanto-dicamba-weed-killer.html
Twenty-five million acres have been
planted with genetically modified seeds to encourage the spraying of the
chemical. Farmers worry about damage to crops.
19) Court of Appeal Rejects California's Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticides
http://www.panna.org/press-release/court-appeal-rejects-californias-approval-bee-killing-pesticides
Pesticide Action Network,
Center for Food Safety, and Beyond Pesticides, represented by Earthjustice,
filed a lawsuit to review the evidence linking agricultural use of
neonicotinoids to global honeybee die-off.
20) 135+ Organizations Demand A Just Harvey Relief Effort Without Subsidies for
Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Companies
http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/pft/2017/9/21/130-organizations-demand-a-juhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=15ec894a29e51ebest-harvey-relief-effort-without-subsidies-for-fossil-fuel-and-petrochemical-companies
21) ‘We Have to Fight’: Indigenous Activists Resist Louisiana's Bayou Bridge Pipeline
http://splinternews.com/we-have-to-fight-indigenous-activists-resist-louisia-1818511019
The same company behind the Dakota Access
Pipeline wants to build a crude oil pipeline through the Louisiana wetlands.
22) ‘GM seed choice shouldn’t be dictated’: Italian farmers question EU court
ruling on Monsanto corn
https://www.rt.com/news/403685-italy-farmers-gmo-maze/
23) British Columbia will increase its carbon tax
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/british-columbia-will-increase-carbon-tax/
24) 90 Companies Helped Cause the Climate Crisis—They Should Pay For It
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/09/14/90-companies-helped-cause-climate-crisis-they-should-pay-it
25) Birth defects and cancer in Argentina?
https://detoxproject.org/glyphosate/birth-defects-and-cancer-in-argentina/
A government report found that the rate of birth defects increased fourfold
and childhood cancers tripled in only a decade in areas where GM crops are
sprayed.
26) Desjardins considering withdrawal from Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/desjardins-mulls-withdrawal-from-kinder-morgan-pipeline-expansion/article36239550/
Desjardins Group is considering backing out of its $145-million commitment to Kinder Morgan Inc.'s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Desjardins senior executives told aboriginal leaders the lender will consider their request to pull its financing for the $7.4-billion project.
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Sonoma County Climate Change Activists
Monday, October 30, 7-9 PM, Peace & Justice Center
Climate change groups and individuals working together to corrdinate efforts and make action plans.
This meeting is a follow up to the July 31 summit to make plans and collaborate together.
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Don't miss Debora Hammond's interview on
Women's Spaces Radio about the Climate Change Activists Summit on July
31st.
Her interview runs from the 19 minutes and 20 seconds mark to the
34 minute mark (about 15 minutes).
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170807.html
Occupy Sonoma County made a fun video called Card Game at the Plastic Free
Saloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VEHgHwJiJM
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