2021-06-07 _F2A4896aaap
“8 Foods Going Extinct Due to Climate Change”
Quote: “coffee, chocolate, honey, avocados, wine, seafood, strawberries, and bananas. At the moment, these foods are at risk for extinction in the near future.”
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The murderous touch of America reaches out to Peru:
“House Democrats are pushing the Biden administration to immediately halt the flow of security funding to the Peruvian government over its crackdown on protests against unelected President Dina Boluarte.”
“House Democrats Condemn Peru’s Crackdown, Push Biden to Cut Off Security Aid
The letter came days after police killed a demonstrator in Lima, where protests have swelled in recent days.”
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The killed the Clear Air Act and didn’t even follow procedure when they did it:
“The EPA needs to be able to protect society's right to clean water – both in our taps and in the country's wetlands and waterways.”
“The Supreme Court Wants to Gut the Clean Water Act. Congress Must Protect It!”
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“Bobbi Wilson, 9, was hunting for spotted lanternflies, an invasive species, in New Jersey. A neighbor called the police, but her effort has since earned recognition “from far and wide,” her mother said.”
“Someone Called the Police on a Girl Catching Lanternflies. Then Yale Honored Her.”
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Listen to Ta-Nehisi Coates:
“An unsegregated America might see poverty spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color. Instead, the concentration of poverty has been paired with a concentration of melanin. The resulting conflagration has been devastating.”
“THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.”
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“Animals traded for pet industry, bushmeat, traditional medicine, ivory and lab use declined locally by up to 99.9 percent.”
How You Can Help to Save Wildlife https://www.animalmatters.org/what-you-can-do/
“Wildlife trafficking driving 'severe declines' in traded species, finds study”
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