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DID YOU KNOW… The Newspaper Industrial Complex KILLS more trees per year than exist in Qatar, Greenland, Gibraltar, Nauru, and San Marino COMBINED?? Newspapers like the New York Times are literally killing the planet. It’s time to #StopThePresses 🛑

Save the Planet, Put Down that Chainsaw People who read the tree-murdering New York Times are account for 100% more greenhouse gases than those who read digital-only publications. #StopThePresses 🛑

I planted a tree today. Did you know that if EVERY AMERICAN planted one tree per day for a week, that still wouldn’t be as many trees as the New York Times & Newspaper Industrial Complex MURDERS every single year? This level of arboreal violence is simply not sustainable. #StopThePresses 🛑

A single issue of a broadsheet newspaper like The New York Times can be produced from about 0.7kg of paper. In turn, the PaperCalculator from the Environmental Paper Network estimates that one metric ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) printing and office paper uses about 24 trees. Therefore, we can say that each broadsheet newspaper represents approximately 0.0168 trees (0.7kg paper * 24 trees / 1000 kg). As of 2020, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers reports that the daily circulation of newspapers globally was about 400 million copies. So, for one day, roughly 6.7 million trees would be used (400 million newspapers * 0.0168 trees / newspaper). Over the course of a year, this would equate to around 2.45 billion trees (6.7 million trees/day * 365 days/year), not accounting for higher volumes on days with increased circulation like Sundays. The environmental impact of this is significant: 1. **Loss of Forests**: Each tree felled contributes to deforestation, which results in habitat loss, reduced biodiversity, and the disruption of ecosystems. Forests are homes to many species, so their destruction threatens global biodiversity. 2. **Carbon Sequestration**: Trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, thus playing a crucial role in fighting climate change. Losing billions of trees annually reduces our ability to offset greenhouse gas emissions. 3. **Water and Energy Use**: The process of turning trees into paper requires large amounts of water and energy, contributing to resource depletion and pollution. 4. **Waste Production**: Paper waste, including newspapers, contributes to a significant portion of municipal solid waste, often ending up in landfills where it decomposes and produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. 5. **Soil Erosion and Degradation**: Trees help to prevent soil erosion and contribute to the health of soil. Removing trees can lead to long-term degradation of soil health, impacting agriculture and other natural processes. #StopThePresses 🛑

No tree deserves to die like this… And for what? Corporate profits? It’s time for politicians and activists to call out the environmental destruction caused by the New York Times and other wastepaper conglomerates. Let’s change the news, not the planet. #StopThePresses 🛑

The New York Times is no stranger to silencing activists… June 2019: 70 activists arrested at climate change rally outside NYT building. April 2022: 13 climate activists arrested for protesting outside the NYT paper distribution hub in Queens, NY It’s time to #StopThePresses 🛑

We call on Congress and the White House to enact a 30% tax on print media companies. The New York Times doesn’t have to pay for the full cost they impose on others, in the form of murdered trees, environmental pollution, & the impacts of increased greenhouse gas emissions on the climate. #StopThePresses 🛑

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The trees cannot speak for themselves, so we will speak for the trees. We call on the New York Times to end their wasteful ways and to #StopThePresses 🛑 Let’s change the news, not the planet.

This movement isn’t only about the tree murderers at the New York Times; it’s about tree murderers EVERYWHERE. That’s why today we are calling on The Guardian to #StopThePresses 🛑 The Guardian prints over 100,000 wastepapers EVERY DAY, killing trees & causing massive environmental damage.

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Spread oxygen, not propaganda. #StopThePresses 🛑

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The pulp & paper sector generated 190 Mt of CO2 in 2021, about 2% of ALL emissions from industry. That’s not even accounting for all the CO2 that *would* have been taken out of the atmosphere if the trees we’re still alive! Paper isn’t worth dead trees. #StopThePresses 🛑

The thing is, the New York Times wastepaper business doesn’t HAVE to ruin the environment. It doesn’t HAVE to harm local communities with pollution. They could #StopThePresses 🛑 & reduce environmental harm by 99%. Our planet, people, & trees must be a priority over profits. #NYTimesUp #SaveTheTrees

Spotted in New York City, home of the New York Times tree slaughterhouse. The trees cannot speak for themselves, so we must use our voices to demand change. It’s time to #StopThePresses 🛑 #NYTimesUp

Want to see the devastating effects of the New York Times wastepaper business? Just look at this photo… Where once there were trees, now there is nothing but death and desolation. The New York Times MUST be held accountable. It’s time to #StopThePresses 🛑 #NYTimesUp

The New York Times doesn’t care how many millions of trees they murder because they don’t care about rural America. What if the NYT had to kill the trees in Central Park to print their wastepaper? It would take 2950 Central Parks to print the NYT for just ONE YEAR. #StopThePresses 🛑

The New York Times was founded in 1851. The trees in this photo might have been used to print those first newspapers… In 1851, people didn’t know any better, but we do know better now. Join us in calling for NYT to #StopThePresses 🛑 Our children deserve to have trees. #NYTimesUp