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May 26, 2021 A miner at work at a mineral extraction site in Murmansk, Russia. — courtesy ILO/Marcel Crozet Black smoke rises from a chimney at a brick kiln, which uses coal fire to bake bricks, in eastern Bangladesh. NEW YORK — Extracting minerals, metals and other valuable raw materials from the earth, represents a “crucial juncture” between resources, ecosystems and people, all of which have an essential role to play in advancing sustainability and equity, the UN ...

Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 6:24 am Extracting minerals, metals and other valuable raw materials from the earth, represents a “crucial juncture” between resources, ecosystems and people, all of which have an essential role to play in advancing sustainability and equity, the UN chief said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development, Secretary-General António Guterressaid: “Our shared responsibility is to ensure that the bene...

McDonalds blockade: Animal and climate activists target distribution centers across England CNN 22 mins ago By Eoin McSweeney, CNN © Courtesy Animal Rebellion Protesters blockaded four McDonalds sites across England Saturday demanding the fast-food chain switches to plant-based products by 2025. Over 50 protesters have blockaded four McDonalds UK distribution centers and are calling for the worlds largest fast-food chain to become entirely plant-based by 2025. Animal Rebel...

The Country - AgriFood Week edition 4 May, 2021 01:30 AM 2 minutes to read The Country Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to executive director on the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Ruaraidh Petre, who is speaking at New Zealand AgriFood Week. On with the show: Steve Maharey: Is a former Labour Cabinet Minister and VC of Massey University who comments on New Zealand AgriFood Week and why the government should spend its $1 billion unspent Covid spend on investing in the agri-food ...

Covid convention does not disappoint boasting powerhouse lineup displaying unfaltering and fervent loyalty in attendance -R-CALF USA DEADWOOD, S.D. — R-CALF USA hosted its 21st Annual Convention in Deadwood, S.D., on Aug. 19-21, 2020. The convention proclaims success boasting approximately 400 attendees from over 24 states and remaining powerfully steady in the light of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Several hundred additional guests viewed the convention through online streaming, sending its ...

Opinion: Four futures for the food system at AgriFood Week 2021 29 Apr, 2021 03:00 AM 6 minutes to read The Country Opinion: New Zealand AgriFood Week kicks off in Manawatū from 3-9 May. Here Daniel Eb takes a look at four speakers with four different ideas about the future of our food system. One way or another, the way we feed people is going to change. We are staring down the barrel of fundamental transformation in our food system. Environmental crises are colliding with cultural mega-trend...

Macquarie University/The Lighthouse Massive scientific efforts to tackle the impact of cattle burps on climate change has only tinkered around the edges of this major environmental problem, say Macquarie University researchers. Greenhouse gas emissions from cattle are still on the rise despite sustained efforts over decades to reduce them, new Macquarie University research shows. ‘Burping machines’: Methane emissions from beef and dairy cattle have risen by 10 per cent since 1990 to 72.4 mi...

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What the Great Reset will really do to you By March 17, 2021 The lines used to be so clear. On the one side were free markets, free societies, and openly-elected representative governments. On the other, was the force of totalitarianism choking off individual initiative, private ownership of property, and providing a ballot box with but one choice, normally defined as communism. The ideological lines were drawn as a titanic battle ensued across an iron curtain. The Western world united in a mi...