Environmental pollution killing more people than war, study says

The Lancet medical journal published a new study that says environmental pollution contributed to the deaths of 9 million people in 2015 -- that's more than all forms of violence, including war. Anna Werner reports.

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[joseacostard]

Congratulations, a hug from the first Santiago of America, Dominican Republic.

[peace]

Did you know that NASA is looking for other planets? Did you know it's so bad? They must be stopped!
Mining operations have enough impact to affect the mass of the Moon in major ways Even if the Moon lost only 1 percent of its total mass, this would still greatly affect its orbit, or the gravitational force on Earth's oceans causing rising and falling tides and a lot of volcanic activity! Pollution would be a terrible problem if we mined the Moon the way we treat the Earth. The vacuum near the moon will be useful in all kinds of processing. If we throw gases at the Moon the way we do on Earth, we will destroy that perfection.
Worldwide, mining contributes to erosion, sewage, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, significant use of water resources, clogged rivers and pond waters, sewage disposal issues, acid mine drainage, and contamination of soil, ground and surface water, all of which can lead to Health problems in the local chaos and destruction here on Earth as well as the universe, the galaxy and the universe!
Seems exactly what was going on here on Earth, right?
Let's meet some of these agencies!
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
European Space Agency (ESA)
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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[mvoqycd]

Where Is Greta Thunberg?

It seems as though the world is on the fast lane toward cleaning the car industry from polluting emissions. Everyone is rushing to create clean cars, whether battery or hydrogen powered engines, and bask in their cleanness.
But the green alibi hides behind it a dirty truth: Zero emission does not mean zero pollution. Mining rare Earth materials required for zero-emissions engines, building charging stations, and the complex logistics surrounding the “clean” industries will take a heavy toll on Earth. In the end, the only ones who will gain from the “clean revolution” are the tycoons who are selling it to us, and the government officials who placate them for their own reasons.
Where is Greta Thunberg these days? Like the rest of the pawns in the battle for wealth and power, the “climate knights” have sent her back to oblivion once they finished using her. It is all power games among giant corporations, but the environment and the climate are no one’s concern.
Even if we switch to wind energy or ocean-wave energy, I don’t believe that we will gain much. We will have to pay for it elsewhere.
For this reason, I think that the crux of the problem is not emissions, but our behavior toward nature and toward our fellow human beings. Here is where we can produce positive and lasting results. If we could communicate with one another positively, we could stop the madness of excessive development that manufactures unnecessary and harmful products.
If we could slow down a bit, we wouldn’t need to burn so much fuel in order to defeat competitors in a race for wealth that makes no one happy. Only if we realize that our happiness depends on the quality of our relationships, and not on the padding of our bank accounts, we will be able to pause a little, think, and rebuild our civilization in a way that contributes to nature, to humanity, and to each of us.

[sarahhelmer]

I guess it will clean out the population. Too many people on the planet

[rogggggerful]

If we want to effectively tackle these problems, what we need is to focus only on measures that have a real impact

1) distance tax: a tax that increases the longer the goods are shipped or transported- this incentivizes a local economy and stops the mess of goods running around the world for no reason.

2) female education- the more educated the less children they will have, as overpopulation is a huge problem

3) tackle income inequality- tax the super wealthy and the multinationals, make them pay the right share, no more tax avoidance or producing in countries with lower regulations. Big companies need the most resources and make up the biggest polluters, so local and smaller is better.

4) universal basic income so people dont have "to make a living" at any cost and follow their passions- no damaging, stupid or unnecessary work

5) make hemp biodiesel (and other biodiesels) make up 30% of all fuel compulsory in the economy and make investments. Tackle food waste and make it maximal 5% of all produced. Go towards 0% fossil fuels with improved technology. Swap most plastics for hemp-derived materials. Scale down the flight industry to max 20% what it is today

6) sustainability index- make an index of the worst environmental offender-practices. Ban those that are not needed and bring within limits those that can be made sustainable. Use taxes to incentivize/disincentivize

7) go towards a bio-adapted infrastructure such as passages for the wild under highways and so forth. Go back to natural farming, drop all intensive farming, is healthier anyway. Decrease production of animal products. Abandon chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides, all not sustainable. 

8) we need a working UN back in some form, to protect areas such as the amazonas and other strategically important parts of the world for the ecology. Besides that we need first nation countries to invest in countries that are lagging behind, as the investment would yield much greater results. This is a global challenge. Besides that, governments need to take back their role as the enforcers of the general interest over counterproductive private interests.

9) drop all the measures that won't make any difference and accept that we can't control it 100% at this point. Maybe there are some benefits in a warmer climate too.

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[wolfbrooks]

The animals must combine with the pollution around them, creating hybrids.


The sharks combine with cars to create “shark cars” so they can see through the dark with their headlight eyes, the turtles combine with pots, drying machines and other transparent objects to create “transparent turtles” so that they can see their predators while hiding, the snakes combine with trains to create “snake trains” so that they can camouflage, the birds combine with scrap junk to create “scrap birds”, the giant squids combine with underwater plane wrecks to create “giant squid planes” so that they can camouflage as well, the grouper fish combine with metal barrels to create “grouper barrels” for defense, the crabs combine with soda capsules to create “crab capsules” for camouflage, the whales combine with shipwrecks to create “whale ships/submarines”, etc.