Fri.Dec 02, 2022

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Cover Crops and the Soil Microbiome: How Plants Feed Their Friends

HumanNature

Building Soils for Better Crops: Ecological Management for Healthy Soils, Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education, College Park, 2021. 2021, [link]. A Systematic Review (1): <br≫Implications on Soil Characteristics and Biodiversity in Vineyard”. OENO One, vol. 295-12, doi:10.20870/oeno-one.2021.55.1.3599.

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More gas, more missing climate targets

Enviromental Defense

The world is moving towards clean sources of energy; In 2021, 86% of the new power capacity that was installed came from renewable energy. The industry-crafted societal reliance on fossil fuels, along with structural inefficiencies, like lack of quality public transit, are.

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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

Law Columbia

Noting the vulnerability of the municipality as a coastal community, the Council of State ordered the French government in 2021 to “take all the measures necessary” to bend the curve of GHG emissions to meet climate goals, including a 40% reduction by 2030. Building on corporate accountability cases worldwide.

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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Union of Concerned Scientists

Instead, the bank continued to fund nearly $15 billion in fossil fuel projects into 2021 according to a report last month endorsed by a global consortium of environmental groups. Five years ago, the World Bank said it would end investments in oil and gas extraction by 2019. These six banks alone were responsible for a third of the $1.3