Lay Of The Land: Climate Report, Immigration Raids, Iowa State Fair

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🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The UN’s latest climate change report says the way we are using land is seriously damaging the planet. We dive into the main findings, what problems we are causing, and what we really need to change. Then, ICE agents arrested some 680 workers at food plants in Mississippi, saying they were not allowed to work in the US. We’ll look at what this means for the workers, their families, and the plants. Also on the show, presidential hopefuls are set to descend on the Iowa State Fair, and scientists are creating ‘Atomik’ vodka from rye grown around Chernobyl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, August 8th.
0:02.9	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.4	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.4	why they matter.
0:10.2	Today we're diving into a new climate change report from the UN that says our food supply
0:14.3	might be in danger.
0:15.5	We'll connect the dots on why trees and agriculture are driving factors and why we need to do some
0:20.7	global damage control.
0:22.3	Then, nearly 700 people were arrested in a massive immigration raid in Mississippi.
0:27.5	We'll give you the details.
0:29.5	And finally, why presidential candidates from far and wide are heading to Iowa.
0:33.8	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:36.4	Let's Schim this.
0:39.1	The most complicated story today is about climate change.
0:42.4	And specifically, land.
0:44.9	A new UN climate change report dropped today.
0:47.6	A group of scientists have put out a few climate change reports now, but this one is different.
0:52.1	It's the first time UN scientists researched how the way we use land from cutting down
0:57.0	forests to raising animals for meat is changing the planet.
1:01.2	And with close to 8 billion people in counting, our impact on land is massive.
1:06.6	The report says humans have damaged around a quarter of the ice-free land on Earth.
1:11.5	Yikes.
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