Record number of environmental activists killed in 2019

CNN ^ | July 29, 2020 | Jack Guy

[PROCON]

(CNN)A record 212 land and environmental defenders were killed last year, equivalent to an average of more than four per week, according to a new report from NGO Global Witness.

The figure makes 2019 the deadliest year on record for activists defending land and water resources from mining, agribusiness and fossil fuel interests, said Global Witness in a report published Wednesday.

This represents a significant spike from 164 killings in 2018, and the true number is likely far higher, said the NGO, adding that cases often go undocumented.

[a fool in paradise]

>> about some eco-nazi rich kids trying to stop logging in the Amazon. Their plane crashes close to a village of cannibals and it all goes bad.

And thus the cycle of life continues.

Did the cannibals engage in composting afterwards?

[kiryandil]

Hopefully there were free helicopter rides involved...

[dfwgator]

There’s a movie from 2013 called “The Green Inferno” about some eco-nazi rich kids trying to stop logging in the Amazon. Their plane crashes close to a village of cannibals and it all goes bad.

Should have listened to "Getting Gay With Kids"



Doo-doo-doo, da-da-do-do-wow!
There's a place called the rainforest that truly sucks ass
Let's knock it all down and get rid of it fast
You say 'save the rainforest', but what do you know?
You've never been to the rainforest before!


Getting Gay with Kids is here
To tell you things you might not like to hear
You only fight these causes 'cos caring sells
All you activists can go f... yourselves.


Someday if we work hard boys and girls..
There'll be no more rainforests left in the entire world..


Getting Gay with Kids is here
To spread the word, and bring you cheer
Getting Gay with Kids is here
Lets knock down the rainforest, whaddaya say?
It's totally gay, It's totally gay!

"Each year, the Rainforest is responsible for over three thousand deaths from accidents, attacks or illnesses. There are over seven hundred things in the Rainforest that cause cancer. Join the fight now and help stop the Rainforest before it's too late."

[lurk]

The article doesn’t mention how they died. We might suppose that they attempted to disregard the design of nature. Sudden learning syndrome.

[cranked]

CNN’s real headline:
#LandandEnvironmentalDefendersLivesMatter

[waterhill]

How cool! I need to look it up on the Roku!

[dainbramaged]

Did the cannibals engage in composting afterwards?
No, but they cooked the fat guy first.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Bad case of Diarrhea. Must have been something they ate.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Something—someone they ate.

[NFHale]

Must have been all the soy...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Bummer.

[eyeamok]

Winning!!

[KosmicKitty]

How’s 2020 shaping up? We really should try to break the 2019 record.

[Impala64ssa]

How many of them were White? Sure there’s a little bit of eco agitprop from Burn Loot Murder otherwise the Sierra Club, WWF, Friends of the Earth and other tree hugging organizations may as well be WHITES ONLY clubs. When was the last time a Brother saved a whale? Or a Sister saved a polar bear from the supposedly melting ice caps? 0bama? Only because he owed the dirt worshippers big time.

[Impala64ssa]

Reminds me of Jungle Jitters one of the old "banned" Merrie Melodies cartoons. Forcing a BLM/anQUEEFa type to watch it would be cruel and unusual punishment 🙂😛