Chef José Andrés warns of multi-year world famine from Iran war www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
"Andrés pointed to nitrogen fertilizer supply chains, which he says have tightened and are pushing up costs for farmers and raising concerns about global food production."
It's the opposite of his intention, but the Idiot Emperor is forcing the world off fossil fuels. This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is mandating an increase in the amount of corn and soy we burn in vehicles good for food security? No. Is it good for nature? No. But is it at least good for the climate? Also no. Read the latest from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social 👇🏻
An ICE agent who was part of the federal immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year was charged with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr is accused of pointing a gun at the heads of two civilians in a vehicle
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"We are mostly concerned about the consequences of the disruption on fertilizers," says Jorge Moreira da Silva. "If we miss the planting season, the farmers, particularly in Africa, won't have productivity. The prices will go up and hunger and starvation will be spread." https://to.pbs.org/4tKU0wq
#C4News last night reported on the wholesale targeting of ambulances & paramedics in Lebanon by Israel, including the recent 'triple hit', when Israel attacked an ambulance, then attacked paramedics who went to help, and then attacked further paramedics also trying to help.
A feature of the fertilizer market that may not be obvious is that it is extremely time sensitive for farmers.
You have a narrow window to plant & apply fertilizer. After that, the price doesn't matter until next season.
The longer the crisis drags, the more countries lock in lower yields.
Perhaps the professor of physics doesn't understand much biology.
Flat-earthers celebrate! Planet weeps!
Climate change deniers are experiencing a triumphant resurgence in Tr$mp’s Washington after years of feeling sidelined by the scientific and political establishments. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/c...
I made time today to drive home along the Avenue of the Giants and I’m so glad!
Remember: The Vatican has had to meet and negotiate with Nazis and Mussolini's reps, so they know from unpleasant and confrontational.
Nice to see comments from Helen Metcalfe on glysophate in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/...
🍞🎤🍞 Speaker Announcement 🍞🎤🍞
Nigel Halford - Rothamsted Research, UK
@rothamsted.bsky.social
🧬 Reducing the acrylamide-forming potential of wheat, from fertilisation rates and disease control to CRISPR
#plantscience #foodsafety @ilsieurope.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social
Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with Trump claiming victory, but the US-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an entrenched, radical government with control over the Strait of Hormuz and a powerful lever over global energy markets and Gulf rivals, analysts say reut.rs/4tVGoP9
FT reports that Trump had been privately pushing for a ceasefire for weeks to alleviate the economic strain caused by Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump had been asking for a ceasefire since as early as March 21.
This news contradicts virtually everything Trump has claimed about Iran.
Amidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲
“One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.”
www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...
Did you know that cement is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions?
Most of this is tied to cement chemistry, not to fossil fuels.
It emits ~5% of global GHGs...roughly 2-3x what aviation does.
Fortunately, there are solutions to this! Check them out here: drawdown.org/explorer/imp...
So apparently the ceasefire deal includes Iran continuing to charge tolls (split with Oman) on transit through the Strait, as reported by the NYT, AP and others.
If that's true, I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a capitulation by Trump. Just abject surrender.
Something I don't think the UK boasts about enough - and a great rebuttal to Reform and the Tories' anti-net zero propaganda:
The UK is home to 7 out of the top 10 biggest offshore wind farms in the world. 10 of the top 20. And 6 in 10 of the largest ones in the world currently under construction.
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Here are the stories of some of the human beings who died horrific deaths from preventable disease because Trump and Musk and their flunkies decided to murder them by gleefully destroying USAID and the entire global aid system:
This amazing photo was taken by Commander Reid Wiseman on Artemis II.
What a lot of folks don't realize is that this side of the Earth is illuminated by moonlight, not the sun. And you can see aurora on both poles.
Picture was rotated 180 degrees to provide more familiar orientation.
🧪Hello all! I'm here with a #sourcerequest for @nature.com. I'm writing up a piece on low-tech lab tools. We place a lot of importance on technological innovation, but what are the simple things (DIY maybe?) that you find yourself turning to again and again? Please RT and let me know!
This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for.
That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
Proud to be part of this global synthesis shedding light on POC and MAOC losses with climate change @csic.es
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rainforests face Tr$mp ax! Tr$mp Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests.The US doesn’t have enough bio-based diesel to meet the administration’s new mandate, so blenders will have to import yet more foreign crop-based oils. @georginagustin.bsky.social
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Macron speaking about Trump:
“You have to be serious. When you want to be serious, you don't say the opposite every day of what you said the day before. And perhaps you shouldn't talk every day.”
Macron said POTUS was undermining NATO by creating "daily doubt about his commitment" to the alliance.
