Articles by Subhankar Banerjee
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Biological Annihilation: A Planet in Loss Mode
Subhankar Banerjee - TomDispatch,
17 Dec 2018
11 Dec 2018 – If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening to the nonhuman life forms with which we share this planet, you’ve likely heard the term “the Sixth Extinction.” If not, look it up. After all, a superb environmental reporter, Elizabeth Kolbert, has already gotten a Pulitzer Prize for writing a book with that title.
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Subhankar Banerjee - TomDispatch,
6 Aug 2012
Shell is getting ready to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean, an ecosystem staggeringly rich in life of every sort. Shell swears it’s dealing with the possibility of a disaster, even to the point of bringing in dogs “to detect oil spills beneath snow and ice.” No joke. “When it comes to drilling for oil in the harsh and unpredictable Arctic,” the Guardian reported in March, “Shell has gone to the dogs, it seems. A dachshund and two border collies to be specific.”
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