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One recent study found that solar panels can generate as much energy as corn ethanol on roughly 3% of the land.

“It’s just a terrible use of land,” Searchinger, said of ethanol. “You can’t solve climate change if you’re going to make such terrible use of land.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
American-style intensive livestock farms are spreading across Europe, with new data revealing more than 24,000 megafarms across the continent.
These factory farms spread disease and cause immense suffering where animals never see a blade of grass
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe
Intensive livestock farms such as those found across the US are spreading across the continent, according to new data
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Pacific Ocean changes may 'lock in' US megadrought for decades
A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US

www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
Pacific Ocean changes may 'lock in' US megadrought for decades
A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US
www.newscientist.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just under two months from the start of #COP30 in Brazil, #SEJournalBackgrounder laments the vanishingly small chance that nations will agree on managing rising greenhouse gas emissions. The obstacles, plus reporting challenges, from hotel expenses to diplomatic spin. www.sej.org/publications...
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Problem is that after a few years, most people normalize extreme climate as normal
They also normalize disappearance of world Bees insects birds wildlife, marine life, forests wetlands and their replacement with a sterile barren lifeless landscape as normal
September 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM