#If your coffee’s going downhill, blame climate change

#If your coffee’s going downhill, blame climate change

“#If your coffee’s going downhill, blame climate change” LONDON/NEW YORK/SAO PAULO, Aug 16 – Coffee leader Brazil is turning to stronger and more bitter robusta beans, which are hardier in the heat than the delicate arabica, in a sign of how climate change is affecting global markets – and shaping our favorite flavors. Brazil is the world’s biggest…

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#Oregon adopts most protective heat rules for workers in US

#Oregon adopts most protective heat rules for workers in US

“#Oregon adopts most protective heat rules for workers in US” SALEM, Ore. — Oregon adopted an emergency rule Thursday that strengthens requirements for employers to safeguard workers from extreme heat, including expanding access to shade and cool water in what advocates called the nation’s most protective heat rules following deadly record-high temperatures in the Pacific…

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#Biden’s overtly anti-white COVID rescue plan won’t survive in court

#Biden’s overtly anti-white COVID rescue plan won’t survive in court

“#Biden’s overtly anti-white COVID rescue plan won’t survive in court” Team Biden is poised to hand out billions of dollars to what it misleadingly labels “socially disadvantaged” farmers, restaurateurs and other business owners hurt by the lockdowns. The money will start flowing to them in early June — provided they don’t have white skin. Biden’s American Rescue…

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#Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers

#Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers

“#Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers” ORIENT, Ohio — The rye and rapeseed that Rick Clifton cultivated in central Ohio were coming along nicely — until his tractor rumbled over the flat, fertile landscape, spraying it with herbicides. These crops weren’t meant to be eaten, but to occupy the ground between Clifton’s…

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#Farmer coaxes forest from the desert in Burkina Faso

#Farmer coaxes forest from the desert in Burkina Faso

“#Farmer coaxes forest from the desert in Burkina Faso” OUAHIGOUYA, Burkina Faso – Yacouba Sawadogo murmurs advice to his sons as they press a sapling into the red earth using a centuries-old technique that he has adapted to conjure a forest from Burkina Faso’s rain-starved soil.advancing tide of desertification. The farmer who is well into…

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