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A Deck by  Michiel Curfs 
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Facing the facts although not always pleasant. A deck to show things that are hard to swallow, but are happening in our world.
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EURONEWS
Hundreds of millions of children have no regular access to clean water
By Michiel Curfs - March 22, 2023
World Water Day is marked annually on March 22 and is aimed at highlighting t...

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VOX
Biden just broke a big climate promise
By Michiel Curfs - March 15, 2023
The approval marks the biggest about-face the president has made on his 2020 ...

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EURONEWS
Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022
By Michiel Curfs - March 03, 2023
Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any ...

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EURONEWS
‘Frightening’ scale of Europe’s forever chemical pollution revealed
By Michiel Curfs - February 26, 2023
More than 17,000 sites across Europe and the UK are contaminated by dangerous...

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EURONEWS
More than 500 sea lions die from bird flu in Peru
By Michiel Curfs - February 11, 2023
Hundreds of sea lions have died of bird flu in Peru in recent weeks, authorit...

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THECONVERSATION.COM
Seychelles is becoming overwhelmed by marine plastic – we now know where it comes from
By Michiel Curfs - February 01, 2023
A new study that we co-authored modelled the flow of plastic debris in the In...

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EURONEWS
The fish species you should avoid to dodge ‘forever chemicals’
By Michiel Curfs - January 18, 2023
“People who consume freshwater fish, especially those who catch and eat fish ...

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THECONVERSATION.COM
Fungal toxins are widespread in European wheat – threatening human health and the economy
By Michiel Curfs - December 16, 2022
Wheat provides 19% of the calories and 21% of the protein consumed by humans ...

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EURONEWS
Japan prepares to discharge Fukushima water into the sea
By Michiel Curfs - December 13, 2022
11 years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan is working hard to overcome chal...

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DW.COM
Defending the environment can be a death sentence – DW – 12/01/2022
By Michiel Curfs - December 03, 2022
More than 1,700 environmental and land defenders have been killed in the last...

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An inconvenient truth: Climate change won’t be solved in this desert
POLITICO
By Michiel Curfs - November 05, 2022
This is the inconvenient truth: Governments are undermining the Paris climate...

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THE GUARDIAN
Sale of oil and gas permits casts shadow over world’s second-largest rainforest
By Michiel Curfs - November 04, 2022
The auction has raised concerns about the future of a forest protection deal ...

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MONGABAY ENVIRONMENTA...
Exclusive: Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet
By Michiel Curfs - November 03, 2022
Just five longline boats harvested roughly 5.1 metric tons of dried shark fin...

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EURONEWS
Over 29,000 migrants died on route to Europe since 2014 - report
By Michiel Curfs - October 26, 2022
According to its report, the deadliest migration route remains the Central Me...

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EURONEWS
Alaska to auction a Netherlands-sized area to oil and gas companies
By Michiel Curfs - October 22, 2022
The US state of Alaska is auctioning off a Netherlands-sized area of arctic t...

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EURONEWS
UK government accused of launching a ‘full-on attack’ on nature
By Michiel Curfs - October 08, 2022
“This Government has today launched an attack on nature,” RSPB England said i...

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EURONEWS
Pollution reaching foetuses linked to lower future sperm counts
By Michiel Curfs - October 07, 2022
Air pollution particles and "forever chemicals" are reaching the brains, lung...

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EURONEWS
View: The EU must act on the brutal killings of climate defenders
By Michiel Curfs - October 02, 2022
On average, one person is killed every two days after trying to protect commu...

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EARTH.ORG
Whaling in Norway: A Brutal Tradition That Still Exists Today | Earth.Org
By Michiel Curfs - September 13, 2022
Among the countries where whales are still hunted for commercial reasons, Nor...

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METRO
Freya the walrus killed because humans are stupid and refused to leave her alone
By Michiel Curfs - August 15, 2022
This is brings a tear to my eye and makes me angry. Freya was already famous ...

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DW.COM
European food companies break their plastics promises | DW | 09.08.2022
By Michiel Curfs - August 10, 2022
"Instead of using their power, money and resources to drive solutions, very o...

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THE GUARDIAN
‘They all knew’: textile company misled regulators about use of toxic PFAS, documents show
By Michiel Curfs - August 07, 2022
A French industrial fabric producer that poisoned drinking water supplies wit...

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EURONEWS
90% of babies at risk from ‘toxic chemicals’ in nappies, study finds
By Michiel Curfs - July 21, 2022
1,000 nappies are made in Europe every minute. The market is worth €7 billion...

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NBC NEWS
From anger to sadness: Climate activists have a lot to say about Manchin’s latest move
By Michiel Curfs - July 17, 2022
Senator Manchin has condemned his own grandchildren to a broken planet," Leah...

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EURONEWS
Yemen faces hazardous environmental threat from medical waste crisis
By Michiel Curfs - July 16, 2022
The world is denying Yemen. How bad should it become before the world will st...

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EURONEWS
Faroe Islands to curb ‘cruel’ dolphin hunt after international outcry
By Michiel Curfs - July 13, 2022
The Faroe Islands is capping the number of dolphins that can be killed in its...

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EURONEWS
MEPs back EU plan to label nuclear and gas investments as ‘green’
By Michiel Curfs - July 07, 2022
MEPs on Wednesday backed a controversial plan to label certain nuclear and ga...

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Texas Republicans declare Biden election illegitimate, despite evidence
By Michiel Curfs - June 20, 2022
Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden's election in 2020...

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THE GUARDIAN
Britain slashes humanitarian aid by 51% despite global food crisis
By Michiel Curfs - May 23, 2022
“We are the only member of the rich country G7 grouping to be doing so. It is...

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THE GUARDIAN
US fracking boom could tip world to edge of climate disaster
By Michiel Curfs - May 12, 2022
The fate of the vast quantities of oil and gas lodged under the shale, mud an...

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THE GUARDIAN
Millions of tonnes of dead animals: the growing scandal of fish waste
By Michiel Curfs - May 10, 2022
Dumped at sea, lost on land or left to rot in shops and fridges, the global c...

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EURONEWS
Frankenchickens: How supermarkets ‘profit off nightmarish cruelty’
By Michiel Curfs - April 24, 2022
“It couldn’t be further away from the image that the public generally has in ...

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EURONEWS
UK doubles down on nuclear power despite fierce opposition
By Michiel Curfs - April 04, 2022
Critics claim time and costs involved with nuclear make it unviable. Renewab...

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BBC NEWS
UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson’s fears
By Michiel Curfs - April 01, 2022
Most of you have heard of Monsanto, which 'doesn't exist' any more as it is b...

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THECONVERSATION.COM
Octopus farms raise huge animal welfare concerns - and they’re unsustainable too
By Michiel Curfs - March 25, 2022
How on earth does this horrific idea of octopus farming in these suggested co...

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THE GUARDIAN
European countries dominate half of Asian shark fin trade, report reveals
By Michiel Curfs - March 04, 2022
European countries are selling so many shark fins to Asia that they dominate ...

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BBC NEWS
Big banks fund new oil and gas despite net zero pledges
By Michiel Curfs - February 14, 2022
Big banks are pumping billions into new oil and gas production despite net ze...

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THE GUARDIAN
Amnesty granted to illegal Spanish strawberry farmers despite protests over damage to wetlands
By Michiel Curfs - February 11, 2022
Rightwing MPs in southern Spain have ignored protests from the central govern...

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BBC NEWS INDONESIA
The fast fashion graveyard in a desert
By Michiel Curfs - February 06, 2022
In the early 90’s my friend and I headed out into the Atacama desert with not...

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CNN
UK government bans virginity testing, but has still not apologized for past abuses on immigrants
By Michiel Curfs - February 04, 2022
"I couldn't believe it was still happening or that nobody had taken it up," H...

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NU
Shell ziet jaarwinst verviervoudigen door hogere gasprijzen
By Michiel Curfs - February 03, 2022
A big part of the global population has to chose between 'eat or heat 'becaus...

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BBC NEWS
Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India
By Michiel Curfs - January 31, 2022
Shankar wasn't always alone - he came to India in 1998 with a companion, Bomb...

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TWEAKTOWN
Genetic mutations resulting from Chernobyl examined in new study
By Michiel Curfs - January 29, 2022
Astonishing finding; we as humans are worse than radiation! "We know that exp...

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MONGABAY ENVIRONMENTA...
South Africa authorizes dumping at sea of cargo that turned volatile
By Michiel Curfs - January 28, 2022
The emergency authorization for the dumping raises questions about whether se...

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THE GUARDIAN
Former pope Benedict admits making false claim to child sexual abuse inquiry
By Michiel Curfs - January 25, 2022
The former pope Benedict XVI has admitted providing false information to a Ge...

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PUSH FOR TOUGHER SENT...
‘If we say nothing, we are complicit’: Indonesia sex assault
By Michiel Curfs - January 23, 2022
It had been a difficult time in Indonesia in recent months with a number of d...

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CNN
Death of horse tripped on South Korean drama set prompts outcry
By Michiel Curfs - January 22, 2022
South Korea's public broadcaster has apologized over the death last year of a...

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THE GUARDIAN
Finland, Sweden and Norway to cull wolf population
By Michiel Curfs - January 17, 2022
Conservationists accuse Nordic nations of creating the most hostile environme...

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AP NEWS
Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump | AP News
By Michiel Curfs - January 17, 2022
There are 54 waste dumps in wildlife zones around the country, with around 30...

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EURONEWS
Air pollution: the silent killer
By Michiel Curfs - January 14, 2022
It’s a staggering number that triggered my latest research for EuronewsWitnes...

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THE GUARDIAN
Covid created 20 new ‘pandemic billionaires’ in Asia, says Oxfam
By Michiel Curfs - January 14, 2022
A report by the aid organisation says that by March 2021, profits from the ph...

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