China's Belt & Road is "Environmentally Riskiest Venture Ever"

China's Belt & Road is "Environmentally Riskiest Venture Ever" 23/05/18 Investors worldwide are in a feeding frenzy — revolving around China’s Belt & Road scheme to push massive infrastructure and extractive industries across 70 nations spanning half of the planet. Not one person in a thousand understands what this gambit will involve.  In an interview published yesterday, ALERT director Bill Laurance argues that this is the environmentally riskiest venture ever undertaken.  The interview is here.  It takes 2 minutes to read.  Laurance also did a brief podcast yesterday on the Belt & Road.  If it doesn't alarm you, then you don't have a pulse. Spread the News We need your help to spread the word globally.  These are the URLs.  Please send them to anyone who'd be interested. Interview: https://nexusmedianews.com/chinas-global-infrastructure-initiative-could-be-an-environmental-catastrophe-25a40e2d1000 Podcast: http://thesustainabilityagenda.com/episode-45-shocking-detrimental-environmental-impact-chinas-belt-road-intiative-interview-professor-bill-laurancedistinguished-research-professor-james-cook-university/ We only have the briefest window of time to slow this charging behemoth.

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