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Should we pay people to take care of nature? A possible solution to the mass extinction crisis

by | May 19, 2023 | Salon.com

Approximately one million species currently face extinction because of human activity. Even for humans who do not value nature for its own sake, the impending wave of extinctions is a serious crisis. One out of five people rely on wild species for their jobs or for food, and billions more use wood for cooking and other day-to-day activities....

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Fracking caused the biggest earthquake in Alberta’s history, seismologist says

by | Mar 27, 2023 | Salon.com

Last November the Canadian province of Alberta experienced the largest earthquake in its recorded history. Shortly thereafter a geologist from the University of Calgary claimed that the series of seismic events — which registered a 5.6 on the Richter scale as it rattled homes down to their bones and knocked residents to their knees — told a local publication that the earthquake was “probably natural....

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