Vegan

This is a group chat for the private message app Signal. I want to foster a community of privacy conscious vegans and just engage in casual and serious discussions. All fun! (Also to plot war) Usernames are now a thing on signal, and hiding your personal phone number is the default setting on Signal as well.

Come and join and say hi!

https://signal.group/#CjQKIO7dYi6nILZIookBisOLRj4Aer3kYLrOk490Nw1810Q_EhBouUBD6COdD56uw__dZoSo

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The report said five sectors “intimately connected to the climate crisis” have been linked to the highest number of attacks. A total of 1,681 attacks were attributed to the mining sector, followed by 1,154 from agribusiness, 792 from fossil fuels, 454 from renewable energy, and 359 from logging.

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• Mongabay article
• report cited

• A new analysis of more than 70,000 wild animal species reveals that climate change is now the third-greatest threat to the planet’s wildlife, following overexploitation and habitat degradation.
• The study found that nearly 5% of the assessed species are threatened by climate change, with ocean invertebrates being particularly vulnerable to climate change-related threats, such as extreme temperatures, floods, droughts, storms and ocean acidification.
• The study warns that some animal populations, both on land and at sea, have already begun to collapse due to climate change-related events, and it’s now necessary to monitor mass die-offs to understand the impacts of climate change and predict future impacts.

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Important Correction

“Fossil fuels are the main driver of the climate crisis,” Wolf said. “Rapidly phasing out fossil fuels is essential if we’re going to prevent mass extinctions of animals and plants and maintain healthy wildlife populations and ecosystems with all the benefits they provide.”

This is dangerously incorrect. To "rapidly" phase out fossil fuels and not address the other factors contributing to the climate crisis would be suicidal for life on Earth.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64680921

Dr. Hansen sold his house and will move to the city in order to be more available for work and advocacy. He handed over care of the animals he raised to a local facility.

Donations can be made to Last Chance Ranch by visiting this link:

https://www.lastchanceranch.org/capital-campaign/

The aquifer under Fish Lake Valley feeding the groundwater-dependent ecosystem is heavily over-appropriated, meaning more water is taken out of it than goes into it each year. One acre foot of water is the equivalent to 325,850 gallons, or enough to supply two to three homes for a year, and the basin has a perennial yield of just 30,000 acre feet, according to state documents. But more than that is pumped out each year, and even more water is allocated on paper than what is currently taken.

The basin’s over-appropriation is somewhere between 150 to 250 percent. The aquifer’s water level has dropped two feet a year, the overuse drawing it down 75 feet since the 1960s.

Nearly all of that groundwater has gone to agriculture in the region, most of which is used to grow alfalfa, the water-intensive crop that primarily feeds cattle in the beef and dairy industries.

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Ibama approves Petrobras plan for Foz do Amazonas that allows oil exploration

The next step in the oil extraction project in the Foz do Amazonas region is to carry out practical tests with animals

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Please excuse the promotion here; I suspect that some people in this community would be interested in this.

In addressing the current climate crisis, it's important to understand and share the latest science on the issue and its causes, or at least what action steps are needed. The official narrative from respected organisations like the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is influenced by political interests and vastly understates the contribution of the animal exploitation industry. The "father of global warming" points out that people are not well-informed.

The mod of the most popular climate community seems to enforce the official narrative, posting mostly about fossil fuels and renewable energy technologies while removing comments and banning people for pointing out the cow in the room.

For this reason, I recommend that people post/comment in the other climate change community, where such crucial information is not suppressed. Obvious spam, uncivil posts, and misinformation are not immune to intervention, but on-topic civil posts are certain to not be subject to censorship.

/c/climate_lm@slrpnk.net

!climate_lm@slrpnk.net

https://slrpnk.net/c/climate_lm

(I did not create this community, and I am not a moderator of this community, but I'm usually the only one posting anything. Can we change that?)

• A new report by Brazilian nonprofit Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) states that Casino Group’s beef supply chain could be linked to up to 526,459 hectares (about 1.3 million acres) of deforestation in Brazil between 2018 and 2023.
• The data are being used in a $64.1 million lawsuit filed in 2021 by environmental and Indigenous groups that accuse the French retailer of contributing to illegal deforestation.
• Among the plaintiffs are Indigenous communities from the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau territory in the Brazilian Amazon that have faced decades of land invasions by illegal cattle ranchers.

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• Mongabay article
• report cited

A wide body of research shows that traditionally charismatic species receive more attention and conservation funding, which could be a problem for the most endangered animals.

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• Mongabay article
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In case anyone needs some direct action ideas.

You’re helping nature — but nature also has ways to help you, make you more resilient, and relieve the stress caused by environmental destruction.

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