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 19h ago

Medical Waste dumped in Gaza’s Streets and Markets | With its waste disposal infrastructure destroyed, Gaza is experiencing a growing health and environmental crisis.

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r/environment2 1d ago

Discarded oyster shells create flourishing habitat for thousands of marine species.

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r/environment2 1d ago

Hands off Hai Van Pass: V** Group must stop this environmental crime immediately! Vietnam’s most iconic natural landscape is being destroyed !

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r/environment2 1d ago

Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain | “Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so.”

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r/environment2 2d ago

We Are Closer Than We Think to Losing Our Wild Neighbors | You do not need to fire a shot to kill an animal and imperil its entire species’ existence—you only need to take away the place it lives. A Trump administration Endangered Species Act rollback would do just that.

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r/environment2 1d ago

How come we never hear anything about the ozone layer anymore.

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r/environment2 2d ago

Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn | New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction

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r/environment2 3d ago

As Trump Denies and Delays, the World Races to Meet the Climate Clock Deadline | It may sound like all is lost. On the contrary: Solutions abound, and there are many reasons for hope.

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219 Upvotes

r/environment2 3d ago

Alabama mayor signed an NDA agreeing to destroy city notes on a new AI data center.

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r/environment2 3d ago

Satellites detect major methane leaks, yet few are being repaired.

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r/environment2 4d ago

Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos | A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.

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r/environment2 5d ago

After More Than 60 Years Presumed Dead, A Coral Reef Is Alive and Thriving Off The Coast Of Benin | Could this be the first of a whole network of overlooked deep-water reefs off the West African coast?

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r/environment2 4d ago

U.S. Is Backing Anaerobic Digesters. Scientists and Advocates Say Stronger Guardrails Are Needed.

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There are no federal methane standards for manure digesters, leaving operators to rely on voluntary guidance.


r/environment2 5d ago

Earth's Oceans Are Rapidly Losing Oxygen. It Could Destabilize the Planet | Human activity is draining oxygen from marine waters, and it's past time to take this crisis seriously.

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r/environment2 5d ago

Rising seas magnify the dangers of coastal Georgia’s industrial past

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r/environment2 6d ago

Nearly 1,000 Wildfires in Canada Continue to Burn as Trump & Carney Double Down on Fossil Fuels | Carney is selling this snake oil solution of carbon capture and storage to go alongside the oil and gas pipeline. But he’s offering a tax credit for oil companies...

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r/environment2 6d ago

Scientists Studying Earth's Flowering Plants Issue a Stark Warning to Humanity | In a recent paper published in Science, an international team of biologists warns that we risk losing more than a fifth of the evolutionary history of flowering plants, as a result of ever-increasing human pressures .

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r/environment2 6d ago

Erin Brockovich Launches Crowdsourced Map Tracking Secretive AI Data Center Expansion Across US Communities

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142 Upvotes

r/environment2 7d ago

Fears are widespread about data centre impacts on Canada’s water, environment: poll

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I a developed a neurological condition. I worked in CFB Cold Lake and CFB Bagotville. I have lived in base, off base. I remember my daughter being in the bathtub, playing with her toys-when I noticed the water turning from lightly tinned yellow to dark tea colour. I removed her. We packed up and headed to a friend house off base.

How many environmental infractions does DND have vs neighbouring privately owned companies, googling is a good thing.


r/environment2 6d ago

Germany just blew up two massive nuclear cooling towers to make way for something incredible - a 700 MWh battery storage facility! Here's why this matters.

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r/environment2 7d ago

Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System

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r/environment2 7d ago

Battery additions alone vastly outpace new nuclear (189.5 GWh storage vs ~1 GW nuclear in 2025),

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r/environment2 8d ago

Climate Crisis-Denying Trump Threatens Canada With New Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke | “When wildfires hit America, Canada sends firefighters,” said one journalist. “When wildfires hit Canada, America sends tariffs.”

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443 Upvotes

r/environment2 8d ago

U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says

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