10 Ways the War in Ukraine Threatens Our Environment

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Dandelion Salad
February 22, 2023

Codepink on Feb 16, 2023

The war in Ukraine is not only a human tragedy, but an environmental disaster with exploding chemical plants spewing toxins into the air, rockets increasing greenhouse gasses and warships killing marine life.

Much of the fighting is centered in Eastern Ukraine, home to 150 coal mines, more than a dozen nuclear reactors, and hundreds of chemical plants.

Here are 10 Ways the War in Ukraine Threatens Our Environment.

Produced by Michelle Ellner
Script by Marcy Winograd

From the archives:

Jodi Dean: A Proposal to Save the Climate: Decommodify, Decolonize and Decarbonize the Country

Seymour Hersh: How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline + Transcript

Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai and Danny Haiphong: The Economics of the Ukraine Proxy War

Roger Waters Calls for Peace in Ukraine at UN Security Council

Finian Cunningham and Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Bid by US to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World

Finian Cunningham and Scott Ritter: This is a Proxy War Between NATO and Russia

8 thoughts on “10 Ways the War in Ukraine Threatens Our Environment

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