New report from the Union of Concerned Scientists includes
“While pesticide exposure and heat stress conditions each already represent a threat to farmworkers’ health, climate change promises to compound these threats.”
“A growing body of research shows that heat stress increases the human body’s susceptibility to pesticides and other toxicants, magnifying the potential for both acute and long-term health effects”
This TIME article was encouraging because it details so much action around the world – by students, cities, countries etc. Even though emissions are still rising, the movement against Climate Change is gathering more and more momentum and will make a HUGE DIFFERENCE.
New page with several links
Good news reported in Dec. 23 Peak Oil News:”Goldman Sachs said that it would no longer finance coal projects or oil and gas exploration in the Arctic. In a new environmental policy, the investment bank acknowledged the urgency of climate change. It noted that not acting would be “costly for our natural environment, humans, and to the economy.” It appears to be the first time one of the largest US banks has cut off financing for entire swathes of the fossil fuel sector.”
Washington Post article and this from oilprice.com
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network 