Bergmann identified a wide range of different plastics in the samples, from varnishes and paints used to coat structures, ships, automobiles, and oil rigs; rubber particles from car tires; fibers from synthetic clothing; and mass-produced synthetics, such as polyethylene, PVC, polystyrene, and polycarbonate.  Tyler Durden

Sustainable development, in sum, was captured early on by global financial forces the life blood of which is unending growth. As history confirms, it has proven to be a highly manipulable concept for a corporate/political/media network to normalize in the public mind. The suggestion of sustainability indicates things are going to be just fine, so it has been employed as a kind of mass tranquilizer. As the sustainability idea has advanced over the decades, discussions surrounding it have shifted easily, as required, between ‘development' and ‘growth.' Among the UN's many laudable Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as peace and the eradication of poverty, one also finds the advancement of "inclusive and sustained economic growth" in which "business and the private sector" are to play a key role, this expressed in its Agenda 2030. The admittedly "supremely ambitious" Agenda 2030 looks like 15,000 words of wishful thinking considering the profit-driven interests that have been - and that are intent on remaining - at the helm. The banking world certainly has lost no time in the creation of "green financial instruments" for the Green New Deal.  Bill Willers

While our focus is on CO2, not nearly enough attention and resources are going into re-planting our planet, cleaning up our fresh water lakes and oceans, and changing our manufacturing habits to cause less waste and less pollution. If anything, this should be our main focus, especially when it's not really clear that C02 is an issue.    Environmental and species protection should be our first priority, but it's not. I believe this green revolution is a distraction and, in many ways, further harms our environment by taking our focus off of what's really important and putting it on something that is not impacting our planet in a negative way.  Arjun Walia

I imagine the good people of Frederick, Maryland aren't too thrilled to be in the same neighborhood as a laboratory which is sloppily studying all these deadly bugs. This is reminiscent of the rumors about Plum Island and ticks weaponized with Lyme disease, which lawmakers have recently been investigating. And it's certainly no wonder the people of Manhattan, Kansas didn't want the research facility being built there. Daisy Luther

Recent data shows a 68 percent increase in deforestation in the past month alone, and that 1,000 sq km of the Amazon rainforest had been destroyed in the first 15 days of July. Bolsonaro claimed these figures are "lies" despite coming from his own administration's government agencies. Telesur

If you’re not scared yet, you really should be.

Do you not realise that if the Greenland ice sheet goes on melting at this extraordinary rate, then within 12,500 years HALF of it will be gone?

The ice sheet surface mass balance is running well above that of 2012:

And there is no mention of the fact that the ice sheet grew substantially last year, and also the year before:

The simple fact is that the Greenland ice sheet melts every summer, particularly when the sun shines. That’s what it does. And it grows back again in winter as the snow falls. Indeed, if it did not melt, it would carry on growing year after year. - James Delingpole

James Delingpole: Prince Harry confides that he is only going to have two children by his current wife - ex-Suits actress and Vogue editor Meghan Markle - because any more would apparently be bad for the planet. (This is the same Meghan Markle - aka the Duchess of Sussex - who flew home by private jet earlier this year after travelling to New York for a baby shower)

[Ron: YEAH RIGHT!!! Actually Meghan Markle is NOT going to "birth" any children because s/he is a tranny. see eg: SerialBrain2:Trump's Visit to the UK and the Explosive Truth about Meghan Markle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1X41UiF1gA

Along with the regular bulldozing and flattening of residential and farm land, aerial herbicide spraying is one part of a slow process of ‘desertification', that has transformed a once lush and agriculturally active border zone into parched ground, cleared of vegetation.  These practices have provided the Israeli military with visibility along the eastern border of Gaza-a visibility that has also left Palestinian civilians, including farmers, youth and families, further exposed to Israeli fire from hundreds of metres away. IMEMC

The military is the guinea pig testing ground for what will eventually trickle down to the rest of us.  Everything from drugs to erase traumatic memories, to transcranial ultrasonic helmets, to complete computer-brain interfacing.     "To me the brain is the one safe place for freedom of thought, of fantasies, and for dissent," Nita Farahany, a professor at Duke University who specializes in neuro-ethics, told MIT Technology Review. "We're getting close to crossing the final frontier of privacy in the absence of any protections whatsoever." Aaron Kessel

This 30' 33" video was published by And We Know on Jun 10, 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1X41UiF1gA

Ron: This video is well worth your attention. The more you know...

First of all, hemp is one of the healthiest and most versatile plants on the planet. Not only is it, pound for pound, 10 times stronger than steel but it can also bend much farther than metal. As a result, hemp is ideal for aviation technology.  Furthermore, hemp is less toxic than traditional aerospace materials, such as aluminum and fiberglass. The crop is also incredibly eco-friendly. It requires less water to grow than cotton and even puts nutrients back into the soil through a process called phytoremeditation - Amanda Froelich