From burger wrappers to masks, bird nests tell story of throwaway culture https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/from-burger-wrappers-masks-bird-nests-story-throwaway-culture #Animalbehaviour #Environment #Netherlands #Pollution #Worldnews #Plastics #Wildlife #Animals #Biology #Science #Europe #Birds #Waste
https://www.europesays.com/1971381/ Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say. The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.” #Environment
Experts, wood exporters try to tally trees lost during Ontario ice storm
Researchers say Southern Ontario can't afford to lose more trees, but work can be done to mitigate the effects -- which include an increased risk of flooding - in urban areas.
#environment #weather #research #Ontario #SouthernOntario #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116863/experts-wood-exporters-trees-lost-ontario-ice-storm/
Lithium Triangle mining may strain water sources more than expected, study says
Experts, wood exporters try to tally trees lost during Ontario ice storm
Researchers say Southern Ontario can't afford to lose more trees, but work can be done to mitigate the effects -- which include an increased risk of flooding - in urban areas.
#environment #weather #research #Ontario #SouthernOntario #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116863/experts-wood-exporters-trees-lost-ontario-ice-storm/
History Department Teach-In Responds to Political Environment – The Hoya https://www.byteseu.com/895491/ #environment
Experts, wood exporters try to tally trees lost during Ontario ice storm
Researchers say Southern Ontario can't afford to lose more trees, but work can be done to mitigate the effects -- which include an increased risk of flooding - in urban areas.
#environment #weather #research #Ontario #SouthernOntario #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116863/experts-wood-exporters-trees-lost-ontario-ice-storm/
What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’? | Environmental activism
On the morning of Valentine’s Day 2022, Hannah Hunt stood at the gates of Downing Street to announce…
#Environment
https://www.europesays.com/1971232/
https://www.europesays.com/1971232/ What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’? | Environmental activism #Environment
Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say. The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.” https://www.bocvip.com/819116/leaked-memo-reveals-insane-ban-on-words-agriculture-department-can-say-the-department-of-agriculture-is-no-longer-allowed-to-use-the-phrase-safe-drinking-water/ #environment
Chicago Department Of Public Health Faces Capacity Hurdles With Environmental Inspections https://www.byteseu.com/895199/ #collaborations #environment
A faster, greener way to build homes
Automated modular construction can create better-sealed, more efficient apartment buildings
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/a-faster-greener-way-to-build-homes/
South Florida believes climate change is happening more than the rest of the state, U.S.: Yale survey
In every category, Americans and Floridians come in with pretty similar numbers, below what the rest of the world tends to think. But South Florida is an outlier
Last weekend’s ice storm points directly to climate change
‘Nature is slow to pardon our mistakes,’ expert says
https://www.queensjournal.ca/last-weekends-ice-storm-points-directly-to-climate-change/
Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US?
A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico could be making it worse
https://grist.org/climate/climate-change-supercharge-storm-atmosphere-gulf/
Focus BC: Energy dependence, carbon pricing and commitment to environment
The consumer carbon tax has been eliminated in both B.C. and Canada, sparking renewed discussions about Canada’s energy…
#Environment
https://www.europesays.com/1970792/
Saturday is the #PortMoody .#Coquitlam Town Hall on the Environment and Climate. The conservatives will have a hard time defending their anti-science record and the belittling of the very important reality of climate change. 
#protect #nature
#environment #nature #ndp #portmoody #coquitlam #anmore #belcarra #reelectbonita #teamcanada #elbowsup
https://www.europesays.com/1970792/ Focus BC: Energy dependence, carbon pricing and commitment to environment #CarbonPricing #CarbonTax #Energy #Environment
Today's book recommendation for April's environmental book theme is "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants" by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013).
This book has been widely read. But if you've heard of it and not read it, let me say it's well worth reading. The author is a scientist with a PhD in plant ecology. She is also a citizen of the Potawatomi nation and deeply versed in traditional indigenous ecological knowlege. In this book, she marries these two fields in a thoughtful eye-opening look at the relationship between humans and the natural world.
In essays exploring pecans, strawberries, asters and goldenrod, maple trees, witch hazel, pond algae, water lillies, beans, corn and squash, black ash, cattails and spruce roots, lichens, red cedar, and the sweetgrass of the title, she helps us open our eyes to plants as other living beings, whose lives are intertwined with ours.
She says, "The word ecology is derived from the Greek word oikos, meaning home." If we humans are to be at home in the world, we have to recognize that we share that home with a family of other life, all of which is a gift. A "gift" isn't a thing we receive free of charge, but a gesture of reciprocal relationship.
While studying the natural world with the training of a scientist, we must always remember that we are the students, and that nature is our teacher.
Link to book:
https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass?v=79
This Hawaiian island’s ‘freakosystems’ are a warning from the future: Ecosystems which have never been seen before are being accidentally created by humans. They offer a stark look into the nature of tomorrow. https://www.bocvip.com/818975/this-hawaiian-islands-freakosystems-are-a-warning-from-the-future-ecosystems-which-have-never-been-seen-before-are-being-accidentally-created-by-humans-they-offer-a-stark-look-into-the-nature-of/ #environment
