Reuters Saturday 27 August 2016 But farmers are concerned they will not be able to protect crops from insects if they cannot use neonicotinoids Minnesota governor Mark Dayton issues order requiring farmers to verify they face ‘imminent threat of significant crop loss’ before using neonicotinoids. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Minnesota’s governor on Friday ordered the broadest restrictions yet in a US state on…

Jessica Shankleman Jess_Shankleman November 3, 2016   Warming of 3.4 Celsius expected under current climate plans Countries must find at least 12 gigatonnes of carbon savings   This week’s early entry into force of the Paris Agreement on climate change won’t save the planet from rising seas, super storms and deadly drought, according to the United Nations. Without further pledges to curb emissions, temperatures…

Dana Nuccitelli Monday 31 October 2016 Climate denial often centers around myths about the importance of coal in alleviating poverty The coal-fired Castle Gate Power Plant is pictured outside Helper, Utah. Photograph: George Frey/Reuters A dozen international poverty and development organizations published a reportlast week on the impact of building new coal power plants in countries where a large percentage of the population…

Thomas L. Friedman SEPT. 7, 2016 Credit Tyler Hicks/The New York Times HONOLULU — Robert Macfarlane, in his book “Landmarks,” about the connection between words and landscapes, tells a revealing but stunning story about how recent editions of the Oxford Junior Dictionary (aimed at 7-year-olds) dropped certain “nature words” that its editors deemed less relevant to the lives of modern children. These…