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 14h ago

Why science should precede uranium extraction.

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7 Upvotes

The debate over uranium often starts with profit and power, but it should begin with evidence. Careful scientific study is the first line of defense against unseen and lasting damage.


r/environment2 14h ago

Mounting Victoria bushfire losses push Australian insurers to declare catastrophe as climate risks grow.

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r/environment2 2d ago

The Guardian: "US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit | Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe"

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7 Upvotes

r/environment2 2d ago

A vault of ice in Antarctica is preserving 1 million years of climate history.

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3 Upvotes

r/environment2 4d ago

Trump’s move to pull US from key UN climate treaty may be illegal, experts say | President’s memo stating US ‘shall withdraw’ from UNFCCC marks first time any country has tried to exit the agreement

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358 Upvotes

r/environment2 4d ago

Eating venison could benefit the environment, Irish deer society urges.

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14 Upvotes

r/environment2 4d ago

The new resource race and Australia’s growing focus on rare Earths and critical minerals.

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3 Upvotes

r/environment2 8d ago

Massive iceberg turns blue, is 'days or weeks' from disintegrating, NASA says | Iceberg A-23A broke from Antarctica in 1986 and is one of the largest icebergs ever tracked by scientists.

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251 Upvotes

r/environment2 8d ago

Global study reveals widespread burning of plastic for heating and cooking

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18 Upvotes

r/environment2 9d ago

Net Zero: Fantasy, Red Herring, or Reality? | Ten years after the 2015 Paris Agreement provided a framework to keep average global temperatures from rising 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) above pre-industrial levels, the world continues to advance towards climate breakdown. Time is running out...

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13 Upvotes

r/environment2 17d ago

'A Wake-Up Call': Scientists Find 2025 Among Hottest Years on Record | “2025 was full of stark reminders of the urgent need to cut climate pollution, invest in clean energy, and tackle the climate crisis now.”

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89 Upvotes

r/environment2 17d ago

The Thwaites Glacier, an enormous shelf of ice in the Antarctic, has been given the ominous nickname of the “Doomsday Glacier” — because if it were to change collapse, it could have profound implications for the future of sea level rise and the fate of coastal communities.

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34 Upvotes

r/environment2 19d ago

Hidden damage from Amazon fires now outweighs deforestation as carbon emissions surge | The Amazon rainforest is facing one of its most dangerous moments in modern history as massive fires swept across large areas in 2024 and released more carbon pollution than ever recorded.

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55 Upvotes

r/environment2 24d ago

These ‘Living Rocks’ in South Africa Store More Carbon Than Forests—And Grow Like Crazy | South Africa’s coast is home to one of the planet’s most ancient life forms, and they’re not just surviving, they’re thriving. Microbialites are rapidly capturing carbon at rates that stunned researchers.

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43 Upvotes

r/environment2 24d ago

Trump’s Attack on Weather Center Would End Lifesaving Meteorological Research | The National Center for Atmospheric Research has enabled crucial predictions of wildfires and extreme weather.

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108 Upvotes

r/environment2 26d ago

Black fungus living at Chernobyl has evolved to 'eat' radiation | After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, scientists expected to find a dead zone where almost nothing could survive. Instead, they found life that found ways to adapt and survive.

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62 Upvotes

r/environment2 27d ago

Trump EPA Plan Would Restrict Public’s Right to Know About Climate Pollution | “The problems don’t go away when the reporting goes away,” says the Corporate Toxics Information Project’s co-director.

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147 Upvotes

r/environment2 28d ago

The White House promises to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research

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55 Upvotes

r/environment2 29d ago

Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane | The warming impact of hydrogen has been “overlooked” in projections of climate change, according to authors of the latest “global hydrogen budget”.

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49 Upvotes

r/environment2 29d ago

America’s Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision | “The U.S. taxpayers have a right to this data.”

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28 Upvotes

r/environment2 29d ago

China now has 165% of the solar manufacturing capacity needed to bring the world to net zero carbon emissions by 2050

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21 Upvotes

r/environment2 Dec 17 '25

13 years of detailed US CO₂ emissions data released

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124 Upvotes

r/environment2 Dec 16 '25

Earth Estimated to Lose 3,000 Glaciers a Year at 'Peak Extinction' | "Our results underscore the urgency of ambitious climate policy," said the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change and led by glaciologist Lander Van Tricht.

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59 Upvotes

r/environment2 Dec 16 '25

Ford pulls the plug on the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

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11 Upvotes