Oh no! That bomb killing a family of four emitted CO2 when exploring and burnt down a totally healthy tree! Why does no one think about the environment??
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2024
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The Greenpeace statement was released the same day that the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) published a preliminary assessment of the "environmental impact of the conflict in Gaza,"
It's relevant.
For those reading, the comment I'm replying to is attempting to minimise the importance of the OP by pointing out that the war itself is more important.
We can address both things, they are not mutually exclusive. The comment actually says nothing and only adds to both problems by being divisive and trying to make people angry.
This is not the way.
That species of totally healthy tree was probably rarer than humans