Stuff From Other Environmental Groups (February)

Canadian Doctors Prescribe Fines for Natural Gas “Greenwashers”: Healthcare professionals call for an end to the misleading marketing promoting gas as clean, safe energy. For the full story, go here!
Nature Canada’s Two Billion Tree Program: Here’s the link to the Zoom webinar!

Extinction Rebellion Quits! This radical climate change advocacy group in the U.K. leaves behind their previous methods of protest and announces their resolution to “prioritize attendance over arrest and relationships over roadblocks, as we stand together and become impossible to ignore.” For full story, go here!
187 Ways the World got Better in 2022: For instance, every large parking lot in France will soon be covered in solar panels, generating green energy equivalent to running 10 nuclear reactors, and Norway is developing a heat pump that could allow one fifth of all European industry to cut its energy use by 70%. Read all 183 ways here!
Food vs. Environmental Destruction: The European Union has agreed on a landmark law to prevent companies from selling beef, coffee and a handful of other commodities in the E.U. if they’re grown on land where forests were recently cleared. For the full article, go here!
Rooftop Turbines Aim to Capture Power in Windy Cities: “So far, tests of urban wind turbines have failed to generate much power, thus discouraging investment. Relatively little has been done to optimize urban locations to generate wind power. But there is a lot of potential for development there." For the full article, go here! Another design is by Oy Windside a company based in Finland. Their small wind towers with solar panels are used to power LED streetlights – avoids much expensive and unattractive street wiring!

U.S. Approves World’s First Vaccine for Honeybees: The USDA has granted a conditional license for a vaccine to protect the honeybees which are important for food pollination. For the full story, go here!
U.S. Case for Rights to a Healthy Clean Environment: A group of young people and children take on the state of Montana regarding their right to a healthy clean environment. This case could change the tides in the fight against climate change... For the full story, go here!