Environmental disaster

An environmental disaster is a disaster to the natural environment due to human activity, which distinguishes it from the concept of a natural disaster. It is also distinct from intentional acts of war such as nuclear bombings.

In this case, the impact of humans' alteration of the ecosystem has led to widespread and/or long-lasting consequences. It can include the deaths of animals (including humans) and plants, or severe disruption of human life, possibly requiring migration.

Environmental disasters

Environmental disasters can have an effect on agriculture, biodiversity, the economy and human health. The causes include pollution, depletion of natural resources, industrial activity or agriculture.

List of environmental disasters caused by humans

Seveso disaster, 1976 - Release of dioxin.

Amoco Cadiz oil spill, 1978 - the vessel broke in two, releasing its entire cargo of 1.6 million barrels (250,000 m³) of oil.

Ok Tedi environmental disaster, 1984. As of 2006, mine operators have discharged about two billion tons of tailings, overburden and mine-induced erosion into the Ok Tedi river system. About 1,588 square kilometres (613 sq mi) of forest has died or is under stress.

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The Black Communities That Have Fought for Their Right to Exist in the Carolinas

CityLab 21 Sep 2018

Why it’s controversial that they should desire to live with clean air and water; why it’s too much to ask that governments invest in infrastructure that can protect them from disasters; why their post-disaster recoveries have to be so arduous compared to others; and, why government officials won’t acknowledge the racism found in environmental policies....

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Letter — How to reduce environmental migration

Petoskey News-Review 21 Sep 2018

How to reduce environmental migration ... A prelude to what is coming —environmental migration. In 2017, a string of climate disasters – six big hurricanes in the Atlantic, wildfires in the West, horrific mudslides, record breaking high temperatures all over the country. After Hurricane Maria, 300,000 Puerto Ricans fled to Florida, and disaster experts ......

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Florence-weary SC could get more record flooding

Index-Journal 21 Sep 2018

— As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina ... Potential environmental problems remained ... in a letter that says the flooding will be the worst disaster in the state’s modern history....

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Carolinas assessing ruin from flooding

Arkansas Online 21 Sep 2018

-- As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina ... Potential environmental problems remained ... Henry McMaster estimated damage from the flood in his state at $1.2 billion in a letter that says the flooding will be the worst disaster in the state's modern history ... ....

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Mapping Where Environmental Justice is Most Threatened in the Carolinas

CityLab 21 Sep 2018

The historical narratives of African Americans across both urban and rural landscapes in these two states constitute much of the canon of the environmental justice movement ... Below is a list of eight of those places whose existences are threatened under the weight of environmental disasters past, present, and into the future ... That means they are typically on the frontlines of disaster when hurricanes strike ....

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Florence-weary South Carolina could get more record flooding

San Francisco Chronicle 21 Sep 2018

WILMINGTON, N.C. — As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina. Roads were still clogged with people trying to make it back to where the floods had creeped back, leaving silty mud on walls and floors ... Potential environmental problems remained ... ....

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'Eating Animals' movie review: An unflinching look at large-scale agriculture

Lincoln Journal Star 21 Sep 2018

(There are thousands of those pools in North Carolina, many of which are expected to have been flooded by Hurricane Florence, likely triggering a forthcoming environmental disaster.) ... It doesn’t explicitly make any argument against eating meat — beyond the accounting of rising meat consumption in China and India which, if unstemmed, will produce a demand for meat that can never be met and environmental disasters along the way....

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Shooting from her glasshouse

Manila Standard Today 21 Sep 2018

In the aftermath of the tragic Itogon mining disaster, Lopez has been making herself felt in the media, again brandishing her supposed environmental cloak, this time lashing at legitimate mining firms including Benguet Corporation, blaming the mining firms for the death of dozens of small-scale miners ... Incidentally, Gina is now blaming large mining firms for the death of small-scale miners in the Itogon disaster....

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Florence evacuees return as others brace for more flooding

The Times & Democrat 21 Sep 2018

WILMINGTON, N.C ... Officials downstream sounded dire alarms, pointing out the property destruction and environmental disasters left in Florence's wake ... "I'm so sad just thinking about all the work we put in ... South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster estimated damage from the flood in his state at $1.2 billion in a letter that says the flooding will be the worst disaster in the state's modern history ... Potential environmental problems remained ... .......

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South Carolina preps for unprecedented flooding as Florence's trillions of gallons of water head downstream

Missoulian 21 Sep 2018

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Letter to the Editor: Putting price on carbon emissions would help stabilize climate

News Review 21 Sep 2018

It was a prelude to what is coming – environmental migration. In 2017, there was a string of climate disasters — six big hurricanes in the Atlantic, wildfires in the west, horrific mudslides, record breaking high-temperatures all over the country. After Hurricane Maria, 300,000 Puerto Ricans fled to Florida, and disaster experts estimate that climate ......

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New evacuations ordered because of Florence flooding

The Times & Democrat 21 Sep 2018

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S.C. Could See More Flooding

Lebanon Valley News 21 Sep 2018

Wilmington, n.c. — As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede on Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina.Roads were still clogged with people trying to make it back to where... ....

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