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The people in this article appear more like a cult than a science-based environment.

-Rachel Larrivee, 23, a sustainability consultant based in Boston

-Mimi Ausland, 25, the founder of Free the Ocean

-Matt Ellis-Ramirez, 22, a Chicago-based volunteer for the youth-led environmental activist organization the Sunrise Movement

-Brooke Hoese, a 24-year-old undergraduate in Texas pursuing a career in restoration ecology

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I re-read the article critically, and I don’t see any signs of a cult here. Maybe these people are putting their beliefs ahead of empirical research (hard to tell from just this article †), but from what I can tell it’s just people who feel passionately about the environment.

† The Sunrise movement generally opposes nuclear energy, carbon capture and geo-engineering. But I think there are scientific and policy arguments for and against these strategies that can be rooted in public policy, engineering and even scientific constrains.

Not sure what point you're trying to make, am I supposed to be familiar with these organizations? Also, what's culty about "restoration ecology"?

I’m curious to know why. Out of those people you listed, I don’t see a single thing pointing to a cult, or not consistent with science.

What is a cult? In what way are these cult-like?

Maybe that they work together towards a goal of common good. I suppose some people cannot understand why somebody would care for others, or care about the future.

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