‘one of the worst environmental catastrophes in Lebanon’s history’

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Posted on August 2, 2006
Filed Under Deep ecology, Ecological hope, Environmental disasters, Earth spirituality, Ecology of war and peace

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Today from Margaret Swedish:

War kills in many ways.  With hundreds of civilians already dead in Lebanaon and no end yet in sight to the violence, it may be hard to even consider a mere environmental catastrophe.  But war always brings them about, and it is a way that the death and suffering spreads and continues long after the war itself winds down.

An Exxon Valdez-size disaster is taking place on Lebanon’s shores.  Read about it here.

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  1. ecological hope » Blog Archive » War’s terrible ecological toll on August 8th, 2006 2:49 pm

    […] Some days ago, I posted about a devastating oil spill on one of Lebanon’s tourist beaches due to an Israeli air strike on a power station.  Today, there is the story of another ecological disaster across the border in Israel.  Thousands of acres of forests are on fire as a result of Hezbollah rockets. […]

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