African Forests Now Net Carbon Source; 3/3 Of World's Key Tropical Forest Areas Now Produce More CO2 Than They Absorb

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4. Iow they are no longer forests

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That headline confused me at first. Africa is another region of the world experiencing unsustainable population explosion. Our current economic models ensure that that goes in step with environmental degradation.

The tit-for-tat “poorer nations have a right to develop” argument sleazy proponents for the status quo (e.g.: Bill Gates or Cato) peddle is beyond broken. You can learn from the errors of this form of development instead of copying them.

You would be so pissed off by this hatrack (assuming you haven’t seen it yet):

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/bill-gates-gave-3-5m-to-climate-denier-bjorn-lomborgs-think-tank/

There is no way to justify giving Lomborg money. Gates has tried to repair his image with his work with vaccines etc. That’s all well and good, but this shows that he is still the same asshole.

Edit: Well okay looking at that more closely, they are investing in “family planning”. That’s actually exactly what is needed in most of the developing world and Trump and the GOP have been defunding all aid of that kind so it would be useful.

Huh…
I am surprised. Usually these Cato/AEI types team up with the religious fundies and other useful idiots to attack family planning as “eugenics” since they love cheap labor and economies based on cheap consumer goods.

Gates has some stopped clock syndrome eg: vaccines..And anyway the rest of it is completely in keeping with both these turds.

That aside .