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      ​Farmers harvest rice in Indonesia

      Worsening Heatwaves Put Entire Global Food System in Jeopardy, Scientists Warn

      "There are growing risks of simultaneous major crop losses in different regions in the world," said one scientist. "This is not what we're seeing right now, but in the coming decades that's one of the things I'm really scared of."

      Kenny Stancil
      Jul 21, 2023

      Climate scientists warned Friday that worsening atmospheric and marine heatwaves threaten food security around the world.

      Large swaths of the Northern Hemisphere have been pummeled in recent weeks by serial heatwaves exacerbated by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis. Last month was the hottest June on record, and July—which saw the hottest day and week in modern history—is expected to surpass all previous monthly records. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made clear that heatwaves will increase in frequency, duration, and intensity with each additional degree of temperature rise.

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      A migrant worker works on a farm in Homestead, Florida on May 11, 2023.

      DeSantis Anti-Immigrant Law Sparks Mass Worker Exodus in Florida

      "How can one man pass one law and destroy all these businesses in Florida?" asked a lifelong Republican who owns a tomato packing company.

      Kenny Stancil
      Jun 20, 2023

      A new Florida law cracking down on undocumented immigrants, signed last month by far-right Gov. Ron DeSantis and set to take effect on July 1, has pushed thousands of workers to flee the state.

      Now even some capitalists who otherwise support DeSantis and the state's GOP-controlled House and Senate are beginning to speak out about how the law is likely to hurt their bottom lines.

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      John Kerry in the White House briefing room.

      Climate Envoy John Kerry’s Disturbing Sci-Fi Approach to the Climate Crisis

      When it comes to sustainable farming and the climate crisis, the former Secretary of State seems to be more interested in science fiction than science fact.

      Andrew Kimbrell
      Lisa Rayburn
      May 31, 2023

      John Kerry, the former Senator, Secretary of State and Presidential candidate, has been saying some odd and disturbing things about the climate crisis—and how to go about addressing it. When questioned in a recent BBC interview about his country’s slow pace away from fossil fuels, Kerry said not to worry because, “I’m told by scientists that 50% of the reductions we have to make (to get to near zero emissions) by 2050 or 2045 are going to come from technologies we don’t yet have.”

      One might think that suggesting the planet would be saved by technologies yet to be discovered would be ridiculous enough. But Kerry doubled down. Although he admitted that industrial agriculture, and especially factory farms, are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, he pushed back on the idea of reducing meat consumption as a step in the right direction. He assured the public that future technology might allow us all to keep on eating all the ‘meat’ we want because, “[t]here is a lot of research being done now that will change the way meat is produced….And we don't know some of the answers to these."

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