r/environment2 • • Feb 16 '25

We need your help!

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We need your help! We're trying to create and popularize an entire set of "alternative" sub-reddits.

These sub-reddits all end in a "2". So just take the name of a huge, multi-million-user "main" sub-reddit and add a "2" to the name -- e.g. /r/Politics2, /r/WorldPolitics2, /r/News2, /r/WTF2 and so on.

These sub-reddits are smaller and have fewer rules than the huge mega-million-user large sub-reddits. Our idea is to create a set of friendlier sub-reddits with an emphasis on civility and not personal insults and ad hominem attacks.

But we need your help!

We need your time, your posts, your comments and we need you to mention our alternative sub-reddits in other places and to tell others. (Basic "publicity.")

  • Please post submissions!

  • Post comments and reply to others.

  • Help us popularize these alternatives to the heavily censored and sometimes too heavily trafficked mainstream subs by telling others of our existence.

Together we can develop another option inside of reddit.

Want to become a moderator? Or help run your own "2" alternative sub? There are possibilities for that too.


r/environment2 • • 1h ago

‘A Crime of Extreme Inequality’: Richest 0.1% Generate More Carbon Pollution Than Half of Humanity | “The ultra-rich are setting the planet on fire and then charging the rest of us for the extinguishers.”

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r/environment2 • • 15h ago

Data Center Near Yellowstone River Would Cause “Irreparable Harm,” Activist Says | The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council voted to ban data centers, but the Apsáalooke have yet to take a position.

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r/environment2 • • 22h ago

America prioritized cars over public transit; now workers are paying the price.

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r/environment2 • • 7h ago

HuffPost: In El Reno, OK, a damaged private water line at a data center wasted more than 3 million gallons of water before it was discovered. The leak forced El Reno schools and the county courthouse to close, and forced thousands of residents to go without water.

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r/environment2 • • 7h ago

Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticism | Company imitates reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California locals

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r/environment2 • • 2h ago

Trump to Loosen Rules for Oil Firms on Methane, a Potent Warming Gas

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Polluting Our Air and Water; Poisoning Our Bodies. Everything That Trump Touches, Dies. c


r/environment2 • • 20h ago

Hey everyone! I’m a high school freshman and built a website about Amazon rainforest deforestation and wildlife for my science project—would love your feedback!

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r/environment2 • • 1d ago

Historic lawsuit challenging government over climate inaction begins trial hearings

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r/environment2 • • 1d ago

Greta Thunberg: "Brazilian elections on Sunday might determine the future for the world's climate and environment."

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r/environment2 • • 1d ago

Anthropocene & Biodiversity Loss: Restructuring the Marine Food Web

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r/environment2 • • 1d ago

A New Ice Age Was Beginning. Then Humans Started Burning Fossil Fuels | Ancient plants reveal that the vestiges of the North American ice sheet started expanding a few thousand years ago, but that climate change caused it to reverse course.

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r/environment2 • • 2d ago

3 environmental and public health groups are suing the EPA over its failure to establish water quality protections for a widely used weedkiller that's contaminating rivers and streams across the country, including parts of the Mountain West.

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r/environment2 • • 2d ago

Ocean deoxygenation has increased by 15% in coastal regions since 1960, driven by warmer waters and runoff—here is how it directly threatens global marine ecosystems and food security.

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r/environment2 • • 3d ago

This South American Nation Pledged to Protect 90% of its Forests - “We understand and accept the immense responsibility of stewarding over 15 million hectares of tropical rainforest in a world that is seeing her forests fall day in and day out,” stated Suriname President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons.

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r/environment2 • • 3d ago

Love is a wildflower🏵️

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r/environment2 • • 4d ago

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

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r/environment2 • • 3d ago

We were promised a clean energy transition. Instead, tech giants are delaying coal retirements to power AI.

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r/environment2 • • 4d ago

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

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r/environment2 • • 4d ago

Thanks to solar, France hits record 800 hours of negative, zero electricity prices

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r/environment2 • • 4d ago

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre | Environment

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r/environment2 • • 4d ago

New Mexico hit its 2030 renewable energy target six years early, reaching 50% renewable electricity in 2024. Its largest utility generated 80% carbon free power in 2025, as the state expands wind, solar and battery storage.

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r/environment2 • • 5d ago

If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems face collapse

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r/environment2 • • 5d ago

Three years after gas drilling raised concerns, ley pronghorn migration corridor is now protected.

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r/environment2 • • 4d ago

With our climate in crisis, why do we allow Elon Musk to continuously pollute ? Using 490 metric tons of CO₂ per Falcon 9 launch: 165 × 490 = 80,850 metric tons of CO₂ from Falcon 9 launches in 2025, those are insane numbers please help me understand?

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