LA considers ban on new gas stations & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Friday, June 24, 2022 “When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” – Rainer Maria Rilke Appetite for Frogs’ Legs in Europe ‘Driving Species to Extinction’ [Frogs]( legs are most frequently associated with French cuisine, but records show that the culinary delicacy was commonly consumed in southern China from at least the first century AD. The earliest records of the [French]( consuming frogs’ legs date from around the 12th century, when French monks began eating them during Lent, as they were not considered meat, reported The Guardian. [Read More]( Related: [5 Virtual Vegan Cooking Classes Worth Taking]( Los Angeles Considers Ban on New Gas Stations Could Los Angeles become the largest city yet to ban the construction of new gas stations? The idea might seem improbable. The City of Angels is infamous for its reliance on cars. Its [public transit]( system is considered one of the worst in the world, according to Jalopnik, and the amount of [cars]( on the road meant that LA commuters wasted 46 hours each in traffic in 2020, according to the Urban Mobility Report. Despite this, the city announced on Wednesday that it was joining a growing movement of metropolises looking to stop adding gas stations. [Read More]( Related: [Biden Admin. Proposes Rules to Make EV Charging ‘as Easy as Filling Up at a Gas Station’]( Largest Ever Bleaching of Sea Sponges Recorded in New Zealand [Sea sponges]( are simple marine animals that have been around for about 600 million years. Their skeletons are dense and porous and they adapt well to their particular habitat, attaching themselves to different types of surfaces, from rocks and [corals]( to soft sediments, like mud and sand. They have even been known to fasten themselves to [floating debris]( according to the National Ocean Service. [Read More]( Related: [Why Coral Bleaching May Make Other Reef Species Less Colorful, Too]( Spiritual Leader Sadhguru Takes 100-Day Motorcycle Journey to Save Soil More than half of the world’s agricultural [soils]( are already degraded, and both scientists and UN agencies agree that the remaining soil will only take us another 40 to 50 years. [Read More]( Related: [Sadhguru Calls for a Montreal Protocol for Soil]( 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](