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Will Egypt Drain the World’s Second Largest Wetlands?

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 22:34:35 +0000

Sudd is Africa’s largest freshwater wetland at roughly 3,500 square miles in an otherwise dry region of South Sudan. It’s under threat by a megaproject named Jonglei Canal that has the potential to devastate this ecological gem.

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Book Review: ‘Bright Green Lies’ Torpedoes Greens

Robert Hunziker — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 02:58:00 +0000

The authors of 'Bright Green Lies' write: “Today’s environmental movement stands upon the shoulders of giants, but something has gone terribly wrong… Mainstream environmentalists now overwhelmingly prioritize saving industrial civilization over saving life on the planet.”

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16 Essential Books About Environmental Justice, Racism and Activism [The Revelator]

The CNCL Team — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 06:20:17 +0000

These books provide insight into the problems that plague people and the planet, while also offering solutions for a more just future.

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We Risk Living in an ‘Empty World’ If Assault on Nature Not Stopped, Warns UN Biodiversity Chief

The CNCL Team — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:31:49 +0000

"If our support systems are gone, there will be no humans."

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‘Apocalypse Cow’ Is the Documentary Meat-Eating Environmentalists Need to See

The CNCL Team — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:37:57 +0000

Channel 4 documentary “Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet” could change the way some environmentalists see meat.

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Could Abandoned Agricultural Lands Help Save the Planet?

The CNCL Team — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:32:37 +0000

Agriculture’s global footprint is decreasing — more land globally is now being abandoned by farming than converted to it. This, some researchers contend, presents an opportunity for ecological restoration that could help fight climate change and stem the loss of biodiversity.

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The Amazon at a Tipping Point

Robert Hunziker — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 05:39:27 +0000

The Amazon rainforest is a crucial life-support ecosystem--without it, civilization would cease to exist beyond scattered tribes, here and there. But recent research concludes that the life of this beacon of biodiversity and resilience may soon come to an end: "The tipping point is here, it is now.”

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Biosphere Collapse?

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:47:00 +0000

The world is on a colossal fossil fuel growth phase in the face of stark warnings from scientists that emissions must decline to net zero. Otherwise, the planet is destined to turn into a hothouse. As things stand today, it appears “Hothouse” is baking into the cake.

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2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis

The CNCL Team — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:31:25 +0000

The climate news was not good this year—all the more reason to fight with renewed vigor in the next.

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Reconciling Ecological Imperatives and the Right to Food at a Time of Bio-Ethical Crisis

The CNCL Team — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:39:25 +0000

Richard Falk discusses an extremely disturbing evolving situation by labeling it ‘the first bio-ethical crisis to confront humanity.’ It is bio-ethical in the primary sense that the challenges posed are fundamentally directed at the wellbeing and even survival of the species as a whole, and this crisis has an ethical character because knowledge and resources exist to overcome these challenges, and yet action is not being taken.

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Scientists Warn World Will Reach “Peak Meat” by 2030

The CNCL Team — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:22:01 +0000

A demand letter signed by more than 50 leading environmental experts calls upon world governments to replace animal agriculture with plant-based food production to keep the Earth from warming to dangerous levels.

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How Much Would Giving Up Meat Help the Environment?

The CNCL Team — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 23:17:05 +0000

It is no secret that steaks and chops are delicious. But guzzling them incurs high costs for both carnivorous humans and the planet.

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