The 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge serves as a cornerstone for change in the apparel and textile industry by encouraging brands and retailers to commit to source 100 percent of their cotton from the most sustainable sources by the year 2025. This second annual Sustainable Cotton Challenge report includes information and statistics on the achievements and impacts that the initiatives in this program are having on water, communities, soil quality, biodiversity, and social considerations and regulations. The rebirth of urban agriculture is one unexpected outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic. A journalist and urban farmer argue the explosive growth in backyard food production as one of the pandemic’s unexpected harvests. A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday overturned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of the use of dicamba, a weed killer used on millions of acres of soybean and cotton crops. The Department of Agriculture wants EPA to allow the use of already purchased dicamba. USDA chief Sonny Perdue issued a statement encouraging the EPA to use any available flexibilities so producers can continue using already-purchased dicamba products, calling them a critical tool for American farmers to combat weeds resistant to many other herbicides, in fields that are already planted. What does junk food have to do with COVID-19 deaths? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites high levels of obesity and diabetes in victims.
SF Court Overturns EPA Approval of Dicamba Herbicide Made by Monsanto, 2 Other Firms
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday overturned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of the use of dicamba, a weed killer used on millions of acres of soybean and cotton crops. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/sf-court-overturns-epa-approval-of-dicamba-herbicide-made-by-monsanto-2-other-firms/2303280/
Textile Exchange report highlights concerns with recent increase in adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton in Africa
The 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge (2025 Challenge) serves as a cornerstone for change in the apparel and textile industry by encouraging brands and retailers to commit to source 100 percent of their cotton from the most sustainable sources by the year 2025. This second annual 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge report includes information and statistics on the achievements and impacts that the initiatives in this program are having on water, communities, soil quality, biodiversity, and social considerations and regulations.
https://textileexchange.org/press/
The Rebirth of Urban Ag is a Coronavirus Silver Lining
A journalist and urban farmer sees the explosive growth in backyard food production as one of the pandemic’s unexpected harvests.
https://civileats.com/2020/04/15/the-rebirth-of-urban-ag-is-a-coronavirus-silver-lining/?fbclid=IwAR3yXxPu0UqzPcIuA404stLrUjtGlxwXsllYLI3fLkU9MB9ZiKKNjRwCaw4
The Trump Administration Is Reversing 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.
After three years in office, the Trump administration has dismantled most of the major climate and environmental policies the president promised to undo.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html?fbclid=IwAR0rlyhuRL5YPSNg4_hljUhzgYChjSBWScDv-pmMDGOhG7nVVvvcjPfuJ6A
USDA Wants EPA to Allow the Use Of Already Purchased Dicamba
Sonny Perdue issued a statement encouraging the EPA to use any available flexibilities so producers can continue using already-purchased dicamba products, calling them a critical tool for American farmers to combat weeds resistant to many other herbicides, in fields that are already planted. https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-wants-epa-to-allow-the-use-of-already-purchased-dicamba/?fbclid=IwAR3ds0fyOGRf_a38U0-WIVm3EA_PH4BgGicUAKgnvrG2uH8HDI7Dj_n-8ak
What does junk food have to do with COVID-19 deaths?
CDC cites high levels of obesity and diabetes in victims.
https://www.ehn.org/obesity-coronavirus-2645861896.html
