<![CDATA[Care2 News Network - Brain Food found by Shannon D.]]> <![CDATA[Nations against whaling]]> Nations that are united in the diplomatic protest against whaling .
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]]> <![CDATA[Battleship Antarctica Film Review by Captain Paul Watson]]> finally got a chance to view the documentary Battleship Antarctica and it was indeed an educational experience.

This is a documentary about the Greenpeace voyage to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in 2006 and 2007. I highly recommend it.

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]]> <![CDATA[Are Whales Eating All the Fish?]]> In recent years, two separate agendas—one to promote commercial whaling and the other to protect fisheries from over-exploitation—have been misleadingly brought together to promote whaling interests.
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]]> <![CDATA[U.S. Seafood Giant Gorton's Has a "Whale" of a Problem]]> Gorton’s has been serving seafood to American families for more than 100 years, growing from a small operation in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to small part of a giant multinational conglomerate.
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]]> <![CDATA[The World of 2108 Commentary by Captain Paul Watson]]> I was asked recently what I thought the world would be like in 100 years. The question was meant to solicit if I am an optimist or a pessimist.


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]]> <![CDATA[Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?]]> Some of psychology's most famous experiments are those that expose the skull beneath the skin, the apparent cowardice or depravity pooling in almost every heart.

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]]> <![CDATA[With the World's Highest Drug Use Rates, Our Fraudulent Drug Policy is Fully Exposed]]> “…it's striking that the lifetime marijuana use rate in the U.S. (42.4 percent) is more than twice as high as the rate in the Netherlands (19.8 percent), despite the latter country's famously tolerant cannabis policies.
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]]> <![CDATA[Penguins A Threatened Ecotourism Treasure]]> Penguin populations have been declining and shifting globally as a result of oil pollution, overfishing, guano mining and increased coastal development, according to research by Dee Boersma...published in the July-August edition of the journal BioScience
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]]> <![CDATA[Another One Bites the Dust: University Closes Observatory, Evicts Famous Astronomer]]> Tom Bolton discovered the first black hole using the 75 inch reflector at the David Dunlap Observatory just north of Toronto; how sad to see him sitting on the steps, crying, as the University of Toronto kicks him out and shuts it down...
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]]> <![CDATA[Sam Harris: The Boundaries of Belief]]> According to a recent Pew survey...21 % of atheists in the United States believe in “God,” and 8 % are “absolutely certain” that such a Being exists. One wonders if they were also “absolutely certain” they understood the meaning of the term "atheist"...
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]]> <![CDATA[Free Gas Becoming a Prize in State Lotteries]]> In yet another sign of how gas prices are affecting the economy, several states, including Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma, have begun offering free gas for life instead of the usual cash prizes in lotteries.
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]]> <![CDATA[Kids Have Fun Exploring Trees Inside and Out]]> There’s a great new exhibit sponsored by Doubletree Hotels and created by the Arbor Day Foundation that hopes to encourage kids from 2 to 10 to explore the beauty of the great outdoors by giving them an incredible learning experience with trees.
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]]> <![CDATA[ Fidel Castro in Farc hostage plea]]> Cuba's former President Fidel Castro has called on the Colombian Farc rebel movement to release all of its remaining hostages.
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]]> <![CDATA[Does the Pope wear Prada?]]> Pope watchers have been put on notice that the Vatican does not take kindly to facile labels like "retro" or "vintage" when discussing the sartorial choices of Pope Benedict XVI.
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]]> <![CDATA[PETA starts campaign to revoke tiger cub ranch/Springhill Wildlife Ranch and Park in Bryan, Texas]]> The park’s co-owner Michelle Ashton under investigation for allegedly attempted to sell six endangered tiger cubs in a McAllen Wal-Mart parking lot on Sunday.It is believed the animals were destined for Mexico possibly violating American and international
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]]> <![CDATA[Merger of U.S. earth science agencies proposed]]> Submitted by Scarlett Jones to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[ABC News - IWC 2008 Day 1 & 2 Update]]> Submitted by In a Mirror Darkly to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Mystery meat: Japan unable to account for fin whales on sale]]> Evidence has emerged on day one of the IWC meeting suggesting that more endangered fin whales have been killed than previously reported to the international body by the Government of Japan.

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]]> <![CDATA[2008-2009 Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Musashi]]> Sea Shepherd Conservation Society officially announced plans to return to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to once again oppose illegal Japanese whaling activities. Sea Shepherd is represented at the IWC by Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of
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]]> <![CDATA[Giant Rats Used To Hunt Landmines In Mozambique]]> Submitted by In a Mirror Darkly to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Fisheries Minister Lies, to Prime Minister, Namibians and World Media]]>

Namibian Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Abraham Iyambo has lied to the Prime Minister, Namibians and World Media, and is threatening the survival of an already endangered listed Cape fur Seal species.


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]]> <![CDATA[200,000 letters being sent to the Japanese government demanding the release of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki -- the Tokyo Two]]> Submitted by In a Mirror Darkly to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[All you need to know about Garnaut]]> Ross Garnaut releases the much anticipated draft of his final report tomorrow. Adam Morton tells you what to expect and what it all means
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]]> <![CDATA[Escaped cow shot dead by police]]>
The animal, which had been on its way to an agricultural show, was spotted by a motorist on the A9 near Dunblane in Perthshire at about 0830 BST.

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]]> <![CDATA[Email to Nahas Angula Prime Minister and People of Namibia - Namibian Seal Cull]]> aDear Prime Minister, Nahas Angula and the good people of Namibia, The largest slaughter of wildlife mammals in Africa is now being slaughtered by Namibians in Namibia. The least human populated country on earth. Namibia's seal hunt is the second largest
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]]> <![CDATA[Cleaner fish calms predators with caresses]]> Submitted by Shannon D. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[The U.S. Is Drowning in Pretend Patriotism]]> This Fourth of July, let's remember that it's not our God-given American right to reorder the world to our liking.
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]]> <![CDATA[Watermelon is the New Viagra]]> A new study funded by the US Department of Agriculture suggests that watermelon contains a compound that might have effects similar to erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra and Levitra.
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]]> <![CDATA[Global Energy Network Depends on a Few Vulnerable Nodes]]> Four-dollar gasoline has the pushed the price of energy to the top of the American mind. But the price would go a lot higher if someone applied pressure to one of the key chokepoints in the global energy pipeline.
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market]]> While the the American Medical Association claims pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is busy getting patents for marijuana products.
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]]> <![CDATA[Norway Proposes No New Suburban, Drive-To Shopping Malls]]> To discourage driving, Environment Minister Eric Solheim has now proposed a bill that would forbid shopping centers of 3,000 square meters or more from being built along highways in Norway's suburban centers.
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]]> <![CDATA[WALL-E: A World Without Us]]> Stores are overfilling with WALL-E merchandise that will soon clog our landfills. Yet this new Disney movie bills itself as pro-environment.
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]]> <![CDATA[Bush-Led 'Disaster Capitalism' Exploits Worldwide Misery to Make a Buck]]> The Iraq disaster and rising gas and food prices have people across the globe in a state of fear and shock. It's high times for Bush & Co.
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]]> <![CDATA[Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom]]> Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom
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]]> <![CDATA[Legalize Whaling (a Little), Some Conservationists Say]]> Could a little legalized commercial whale hunting actually help save the animals? That's one idea floating around this year's meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile.
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]]> <![CDATA[The 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission]]> Global temperature could reach 2°C above preindustrial
levels by 2042, leading to significant impacts on Southern Ocean whales.
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]]> <![CDATA[Japan defends 'scientific' whale hunting at IWC]]> Japan defended its practice of 'scientific' whale hunting at the annual International Whaling Commission meeting here on Wednesday, insisting it had yielded important scientific results. Officials from Japan, which is pressing for the
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]]> <![CDATA[IWC votes against Greenland Indigenous whaling]]> The International Whaling Commission has voted against a plan to kill humpback whales for traditional food.

Australia and other anti-whaling countries secured the numbers to reject the first vote at this year's meeting.

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]]> <![CDATA[ IWC Voting Stops, But Whaling Continues]]> As the third day of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) opened, conservation organizations including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) expressed concern that the sixtieth annual meeting is focusing
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]]> <![CDATA[Japan defends 'scientific' whale hunting at IWC]]> Submitted by Cristina S. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Smith to discuss whaling with Japan]]> Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says he will raise the issue of whaling directly with his Japanese counterpart.
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]]> <![CDATA[ The 'value' of protecting whales]]> As opponents of whaling agree to seek an arrangement with countries who still hunt, Richard Black at the International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile reflects on our relationship with whales and with nature in general.
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]]> <![CDATA[WHALE NEWS: Greenland denied on whale catch]]> The first vote at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting has resulted in defeat for Greenland's request to expand its hunt.
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]]> <![CDATA[Whale meet ends with peace agenda]]> The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has ended with member governments agreeing to try and resolve their differences. The next year will see intensive dialogue between pro- and anti-whaling countries,
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]]> <![CDATA[ACTION ALERT Save Whales -- Not Whaling]]> Although most of the world supports the protection of whales, a few countries still want to open the seas to widespread commercial whaling. The goal of Humane Society International and The HSUS' Save Whales—Not Whaling
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]]> <![CDATA[Whaling group faces crisis as Japan threatens to walk out]]> By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 29/06/2008
Japan has threatened to pull out of the international body set up to protect whale
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]]> <![CDATA[International Whaling Commission refuse Greenland's bid to catch humpback whales]]> By Paul Eccleston
Last Updated: 6:01pm BST 27/06/2008
Greenland has been refused permission to hunt humpback whales.


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]]> <![CDATA[InInternational Whaling Commission refuse Greenland's bid to catch humpback whales]]> A request that they be allowed to catch 10 humpbacks and less fin whales was rebuffed at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). An amendment by Greenland was blocked by EU countries voting together and the
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]]> <![CDATA[Whaling commission meeting 'a failure']]> ENVIRONMENT Minister Peter Garrett has come under fire from the opposition and Greenpeace for failing to make a dent in Japan's scientific whaling program at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual conference
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]]> <![CDATA[‘Fisheries, not whales behind fish shortage’]]>

Leading conservationists at an International Whaling Commission meet have trashed the argument that whales were behind declining fish stocks. Humane Society International WWF and Lenfest Ocean Program Monday presented


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