tens of thousands still with no power. no phones, no air-conditioning in the summer heat. and the terrible blow to farmers. their crops completely wiped out. postal crisis. protests outside the home of the postmaster general after massive cutbacks that could threaten mail-in voting during the pandemic. 46 states and washington, d.c., warned their ballots may not be delivered in time, and president trump with a new attack on mail-in voting. hitting home. with millions of americans out of work, the looming crisis of foreclosure and eviction as many fall behind on rent or mortgage payments. who can those at risk turn to for help? tanker disaster. the grounded ship already spilling oil, now ripping into two. the desperate race to contain the leak and limit the damage to the environment. and rescue reunion. the family trapped in their car with the stormwaters rising, and the strangers who jumped in to save them, together again,
cannot be illegal. a home office source said ms patel is working night and day to end small boat crossings, and called the ice cream company overpriced junk food. an army major whose daughter suffers from a rare genetic disease will complete his barefoot walk sometimes run from lands end to edinburgh today. major chris brannigan set off on the 700 mile hike without wearing shoes and socks to raise funds for research into his daughter s rare illness. he says he s raised over £480,000. if you were watching yesterday, you ll have heard us talking about ethel the emu, who was on the run in doncaster. well, the six foot bird is now home safe and sound, according to a friend of her owner. after eluding police and the rspca for six days she was found near a primary school in doncaster. if you had spotted ethel, you really
it has been said that once in your life you may need a doctor or a lawyer, but every day you need a farmer. when they hurt, we hurt. and if you make a living with soil, seeds, and sun, few things hurt more than unpredictable weather. checking cattle with snow
ask who in their right mind would possibly want to get into this business and feed the world in the next generation. but here s the good news right now every corn plant in this field is pulling carbon out of the sky and putting it in the ground. and with the right financial incentives and the right innovation, they can keep it there and still feed the world. iowa, nebraska, could be giants carbon sinks, and unlike drillers and miners and frackers, these farmers won t have to change careers in order to help save life as we know it. it is called regenerative agriculture or carbon farming. it involves less tilling and chemicals, more cover crops and natural microbes, less mono crop factory farms, more trees and wild prairies and biodiversity. just listen to all the birds, too. something you don t hear when
i think that set him on his career to do something that would benefit society. he started his work in mexico in the 1960s, developing high yielding disease resistant wheat that boosted harvests in became known as the green revolution. he was trained as a plant pathologist, trying to protect plants from diseases, and specifically, to do something about the rust disease which was wiping out the crop in mexico. what is rust disease? it s a fungus, it s carried in the wind. it is the worst plant disease in the world, so he set about to develop rust resistant wheat varieties. i was in my 20s at the time, he was in his 50s, but i had trouble keeping up with him. there are those who now say that food is not the problem, i say it will be a continuing problem.