~ Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement
Monday, June 10, 2019
GRAIN took a look at the current status of biofortification in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the emerging critiques from feminist perspectives and food sovereignty movements. What we found is a worrisome push for a top-down and anti-diversity approach to food and health that may ultimately undermine people’s capacities to strengthen their local food systems.
THAT DID NOT TAKE LONG LESS THAN 24 HOURS
Joe Biden says he still supports ban on federal funding of abortions, after apparent reversal
Joe Biden says he still supports ban on federal funding of abortions, after apparent reversal
POLAND PRIDE
Meanwhile, in Poland, central and eastern Europe’s biggest pride parade went ahead without major incident, despite rising tensions in the country over the rights of LGBT+ people.
Tens of thousands of people, accompanied by diplomats from the US, Canada and other western countries, took to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday at a time when the Polish government is depicting the LGBT+ community as a threat.
Participants take part at the 'Equality Parade' rally in support of the
LGBT+ community in Warsaw (REUTERS)
In a first, the Polish capital's mayor also participated. Opening the parade, Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski noted it is now common for cities across Europe to support pride marches.
Meanwhile, in Poland, central and eastern Europe’s biggest pride parade went ahead without major incident, despite rising tensions in the country over the rights of LGBT+ people.
Tens of thousands of people, accompanied by diplomats from the US, Canada and other western countries, took to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday at a time when the Polish government is depicting the LGBT+ community as a threat.
Participants take part at the 'Equality Parade' rally in support of the
LGBT+ community in Warsaw (REUTERS)
In a first, the Polish capital's mayor also participated. Opening the parade, Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski noted it is now common for cities across Europe to support pride marches.
"Not everyone has to go to the Equality Parade but everyone should respect minority rights," Mr Trzaskowski told the crowd from a parade float. "It's really important for me that Warsaw be open, that Warsaw be tolerant."
City Hall said some 47,000 people took part.
TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE DOES NOT MAKE YOU PRO-ALBERTA OR ANTI-ALBERTA
Some commentators to the piece below are saying that the scientists are "anti-Alberta" while others seem to be bashing Alberta/Albertans for having become wealthier than others through exploitation of fossil fuels. Neither position is helpful. The scientists are not saying that Alberta's fossil fuel industry as such has put the province's forests at greater risk. They are talking about global climate change. But there is no doubt that fossil fuel industries, wherever they are, contribute excessively to greenhouse gas emissions as does cattle raising. In both cases, the current Alberta economy is going to have to give way to such realities though its current government in particular denies any responsibility to act. So, both Canadian and other governments worldwide need to respond in terms of replacing fossil fuels with other energy sources and making it less easy for greenhouse gas emitting industries to survive. As an Albertan, I don't regard that fact as "anti-Alberta" or "anti-Canada" but simply pro-planet
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