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Stories about Biodiversity and Biodevastation.
Dangerously Awash in Chemicals
By:
Robert Hunziker
Man-made chemicals have exceeded the limits of safety for the planet. This statement comes from the first-ever major scientific warning based upon a study of the dangers posed by the flood of chemicals across the globe as three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) chemicals slosh throughout the planet.
Ocean Heat Killing Spree
The Oceans Are Overheating
By:
Robert Hunziker
The world’s oceans in 2021 witnessed the hottest temperatures in recorded history. (Source: Lijing Cheng, et al, Another Record: Ocean Warming Continues Through 2021 Despite La Niña Conditions, Advanced in Atmospheric Sciences, January 11, 2022)
According to the Ocean Conservancy: “From the beginning of industrialization until today, the ocean has absorbed more than 90 percent of the heat from human-caused global warming and about one-third of our carbon emissions. But we are now seeing the devastating effects of that heat and carbon dioxide.”
Warnings from the Far North
Japan's Upcoming Nuclear Waste Dump
Review of "Climate Justice and Community Renewal"
Burned-out Forests Are Not Regrowing
The Woody Biomass Blunder
Plans to Dig the Biggest Lithium Mine in the US Face Mounting Opposition
By:
Cayte Bosler
The opponents view lithium extraction as the latest gold rush, and fear that the desperation to abate the climate crisis is driving a race into avoidable environmental degradation. The flawed assumption behind the “clean energy transition,” they argue, is that it can maintain levels of consumption that are inherently unsustainable.
“We want people to understand that ‘clean energy’ is not clean,” Wilbert said. “We’re here because our allegiance is to the land. It’s not to cars. It’s not to high-energy, modern lifestyle. It’s to this place.”
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