Recently, Pope Francis said relentless exploitation and destruction of the environment, apathy, the reckless pursuit of profits, excessive faith in technology and political short-sightedness are to be blamed for environmental degradation and climate change, and called for a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles before it is too late.
“Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day,” Pope Francis noted in a 180-page papal encyclical on the environment.
The below photos show why there is need to strike a balance between development and environment protection and why the world’s rich nations must change habits for the good of the Earth…
Trails of excessive air traffic over London.
The scars left behind from the mining of oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta.
A dead albatross shows what happens when we litter.
The Maldives, a popular vacation spot, is threatened by rising sea levels.
A landfill for worn-out tires in the desert of Nevada.
The blunder of the Brazilian rain forest is being repeated in Canada.
Tons of broken electronics end up in developing countries and are stripped for precious metals by using deadly substances.
Disappearing ice caps are robbing polar bears of both their living space and food.
Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya rides a wave of filth and trash (Java, Indonesia).
An elephant killed by poachers is left to rot.
The view over the overdeveloped metropole of Mexico City.
A night-time spectacle in downtown Los Angeles – the energy demand is profound.
A massive waterfall from melting pack ice – the undeniable proof of how swiftly climate change is advancing.
A lignite power plant contaminates the air with its emissions.
A fire storm plows through Colorado.
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Unless said lignite (coal) plant is in a 3rd world country, what you’re seeing coming out of that stack is at least 95% water vapor, with more modern coal-fired facilities having that number closer to 99.8% water vapor.
I get that you’re going for “shock”value here, but please vet what you post
this. it’s like people say nuclear powerplants rejects tons and tons of CO2 smokes, not knowing what a cooling tower is.
same about the plane’s contrails, statistically, jet fuel rejects less CO2 gas per kilometers than if it the same weight was carried by trucks or diesel locomotives. alas we live in a world of shit, still led by morons who refuse to make things evolve and consume always more fuel.
The reason for the every progressive destruction of our ozone layer is the fact that when glaciers melt so does the permafrost. The permafrost, holds a bacteria that wakes uand produces vast amounts of methane gas which escalates warming climate change. 🙁
the world elite is guilty !
And the world’s NON-elite breed like flies! TY Catholic “NO Birth control”.
Were/all guilty.. to long we’ve turned a blind eye.. we get what we deserve.
Yes but the new generation has a chance to fix what needs to be fixed
The majority of the emissions from that so called
Ignite Power Plant were from cooling towers. Anyone with
even the most basic education about our utilities knows
cooling towers release pure water vapor and have a NO CARBON FOOTPRINT.
I get what you guys are saying about the cooling towers and jet trails but the pic that stands out to me is the oil sands. Steven Harper has been a cheerleader for this project waving his Pom poms not giving a sh@t about anything but profits. He wants to expand the project rather than help fix the obvious problems. Canadians need to open their eyes (if they haven’t already) and realize that the Canadian oil sands project is one of the most damaging human endeavours in the history of our existence. The conservatives must be voted out of office before any change even has a chance of happening.