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Re:‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed by Keyframe on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @06:29AM (#35872230)
Makes me wonder if we should one day have, alongside the crime against humanity, the crime against nature itself.

It's not necessarily different.

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Re:‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed by sph on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @08:28AM (#35873353)
It is, because the latter is worse.

Being a major cause of climate change does not only affect humanity, but future generations and all life on Earth as well. It is an order of magnitude worse than genocide.

When a single entity is responsible for it, because of negligence or malice, the punishment should be more draconian than if it "only" caused harm to humanity.

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