What will people eat in 2050? & more environmental headlines.

[View this email in your browser]( Friday, May 27, 2022 "A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." – Chinese Proverb Supreme Court Won’t Block Biden’s Social Cost of Carbon Metric While Legal Battle Continues The Biden administration can continue to use its social cost of carbon estimate in order to determine the cost of additional greenhouse gas emissions when making regulatory decisions, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The emergency ruling came in response to a lawsuit from Louisiana and other Republican-led states that wanted to block the administration from using its higher estimate when making decisions about [drilling permits]( and other matters, The Washington Post reported. [Read More]( Related: [Australian Election Reflects Broad Support for Climate Action]( Future Foods: What Will People Eat in 2050? What does your grocery cart typically look like? Maybe you load it up with avocados, nutritious quinoa and bananas each week. Perhaps coffee always makes its way onto your grocery list, as does a bottle of wine for the weekend. Unfortunately, with current unsustainable methods of farming and worsening climate change, many of the staples we rely on today will be even more expensive and less accessible by 2050 than they already are. [Read More]( Related: [Modern Farm Vehicles Heavier Than Dinosaurs Can Damage Soil for Decades, Study Finds]( Regeneration of Abandoned Farmland Can Mitigate Climate Change, Study Finds Increasingly, farmers around the world are moving into urban centers in an act called “rural outmigration,” leaving hundreds of millions of acres of land to be reclaimed by the Earth. The farmers abandon their croplands for various reasons having to do with finances, conflicts or [climate change]( but, whatever the catalyst, the abandonment of former farmland means an opportunity for ecological restoration and [carbon sequestration]( that could lead to a positive impact on the climate crisis — if the land is allowed to regenerate. [Read More]( Related: [Sadhguru Calls for a Montreal Protocol for Soil]( Amazon Shareholders Reject Environmental Resolutions on Plastic Packaging, Climate Crisis Amazon shareholders rejected a proposal that would have mandated that the company report on how much plastic it used, the plusses of reducing plastic use and the minuses of continuing its current habits. This was just one of 15 [environmental]( or social-justice proposals that shareholders voted down at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday, even as they accepted CEO Andy Jassy’s compensation package of more than $212 million, The Seattle Times reported. The plastics proposal followed on the heels of an [Oceana]( report finding that Amazon’s plastic packaging waste had risen by 29 percent between 2019 and 2020, from 465 to 599 million pounds. [Read More]( Related: [UN Group Wants to Make Sure Corporate Net-Zero Pledges Aren’t Just Greenwashing]( How to Grow Houseplants Sustainably There’s nothing like an army of [houseplants]( to brighten up a home. Interacting with indoor plants is [proven to help with stress]( help purify the air, and [bring beauty and nature into our daily lives](. But, a houseplant habit isn’t necessarily good for the environment. Here’s how to keep your plants healthy and happy without harming the planet. [Read More]( Related: [7 Fascinating Fungi Innovations]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](