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Scientists urge the U.N. to make environmental destruction a war crime

Grist

And just as certain acts of violence against people are considered intolerable, a group of researchers has asked that a set of harms against the environment be designated as “war crimes.”. Violating the treaties is tantamount to a war crime. “[T]he Crimes against the environment become crimes against humanity.

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PlanetScape Ai and Planet’s Professional Services Team Scale the Fight for Human Rights

Planet Pulse

Born of founder and chief scientist Andrew Marx Ph.D.’s Born of founder and chief scientist Andrew Marx Ph.D.’s The chaos that breeds the conditions leading to war crimes and genocide can also make reporting difficult, if not impossible. We’re talking about areas where we have no other information coming out.

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COVID Is Changing The Climate Conversation

Michael Grossman

“The public is the only critic whose opinion means anything at all.”--Mark Mark Twain. Reality Bites…Hard. One of life's ultimate paradoxes is the nearly impossible task of changing a person’s mind while at the same time public opinion is never static. Events, on the other hand, encourage people to see the world through a new lens.

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Climate Migration Will Worsen the Brutality and Confusion on the Mediterranean

DeSmogBlog

In July of 2018, an Italian-flagged oil supply ship called the Asso 28 that was crossing the Mediterranean Sea encountered a stalled rubber raft carrying a hundred desperate migrants. The Libyan Coast Guard is highly effective in this mission thanks to aerial intelligence provided by the EU border agency, Frontex.

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See Some of the Solar System’s Spookiest Sites (from Space)

Planet Pulse

Born into a noble family that ruled Transylvania in 1560, Báthory had many female servants and hosted quite a few noblewomen during her 54 years of life—many of which she murdered. Regardless of the exact number of murders, her crimes were monstrous enough to earn her such titles as “Bloody Lady” and “Countess Dracula.” .

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Global Briefing: COP27 host Egypt updates national climate plan

Business Green

The new strategy includes targets to cut emissions 33 per cent against a business as usual scenario by 2030, backed by a plan to source 42 per cent of the country's power from renewables by 2035 while curbing coal power capacity. Amazon deforestation figures set distressing new record.

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France announces end of male chick culling

AGreenLiving

It sounds like a horror movie, but in fact, it’s the true crime genre. Approximately 50 million of these unfortunates are born in France. For these crimes, they are electrocuted, ground up alive, gassed, or even asphyxiated with plastic bags. Getting gassed. But no more, say the French. Why this fowl sexism?