Environmental News Articles and Issues: 25 September 2019

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

Leading scientists condemn Trump as the greatest impediment to climate change
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/24/leading-scientists-condemn-trump-as-the-greatest-impediment-to-climate-action-in-the-world-right/

5 Reasons that fast-food giants must speak up about the Amazon fires
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/24341/reasons-mcdonalds-burger-king-kfc-must-speak-up-amazon-fires/

The African Congo is being quietly deforested as the Amazon burns
https://www.greenandgrowing.org/african-congo-quietly-deforested-amazon-rainforest-burns/

Here’s how scarily accurate NASA’s long-term climate predictions have been
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-long-term-climate-predictions-are-accurate-to-within-1-20th-of-a-degree

Is it really worth the convenience? Plastic
https://www.haultail.com/news/is-it-really-worth-the-convenience-6-ways-plastic-is-harming-animals-the-planet-and-us/