Most plants contain some level of toxins (like alkaloids) for defense. After all, they’re plants. They can’t go anywhere. Through millennia of trial and error, both animals and human beings have figured out which plants are safe, which are lethal, and whi
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]]> The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, based in Switzerland, has just reported that the earth faces the total extinction of one in every four mammals, and that the population is rapidly declining in one out of every two species.
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]]> Whether the environmentalist bloggers are discussing climate change or conservation, these environmentalists offer a wealth of excellent information. Read on to find out which 100 blogs offer the best in environmentalist news, resources, and advice.
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]]> Ground-level ozone pollution is contributing to hundreds of deaths a year in the UK - and climate change could help make the situation worse, a report from the Royal Society warned today.
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]]> Climate change threatens Australia's A$2.1 billion (US$1.6 billion) commercial fishing and aquaculture industry, but may create new wild fisheries as tropical marine species move south as sea temperatures rise.
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]]> Can you please check and note my news! I need to make the front page with the help For Ani Kaspar!She realy needs urgent help!
Thank you for your help!
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]]> Our good friend Anne Kaspar needs your help! Please help her!
She could be homeless without immediate help! I will keep you updated in this thread! And start a group to help her!
If you can help her please do! Thanks! Make a donation!
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]]> Here are 50 great add-ons for your Firefox browser that can make the whole online shopping process much easier and a lot cheaper. There are plenty of tools you can use to make sure you make it through the holiday season.
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]]> Both Barack Obama and John McCain have offered their support to global warming legislation in the past, but climate legislation continues to stall, as it has for more than a decade. Why?
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]]> For a long time -- the first 15 years that we knew about global warming and did nothing -- there were no pictures. That was one of the reasons for inaction.


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]]> Touching story about Harry, an old dog on his last legs...and why we love our old dogs so much. Article also has a wonderful slideshow of pictures of old dogs being themselves.
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]]> The campaign will inform the public & service providers of the best and safest way to guide visually-impaired people who might need assistance in particularly difficult circumstances, such as at a busy road junction; a railway station or entering a shop.
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]]> Ms. Soumya was killed & till today Delhi Police failed to arrest the accused, so please sign this petition to get justice for her & the departed soul may rest in peace..........
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]]> It's plain that the current financial crisis is worsening in spite of--or perhaps because of--the Treasury rescue plan.
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]]> What changes take place in the real world to cause the crisis? Nothing, necessarily. The crisis is usually caused by changes in the make-believe world of financial capitalism.
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]]> He says even if it was true who cares! Oh I dunno the family members maybe for starters! To act as if it wouldn't matter if 9/11 was a false-flag event is beyond words.
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]]> How to Save Money on Gas: More Than 50 FREE Gas Saving Tips!
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]]> Bye-bye, Miss American Pie...
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]]> Sea ice at the top of the planet has apparently reached the lowest volume ever recorded, say scientists, with conditions declining toward a point where the Arctic Ocean may soon be completely ice-free in summertime. While final numbers are still coming in
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]]> In 2008, we will have the opportunity to steer this country in a new direction. After nearly a decade of stalling, we must unite and vote for a climate leader as President.
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]]> The following unedited responses to our questions provide an opportunity for you to learn more about their policies and plans on the environment.
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]]> The Greater Sage-grouse needs your help! Its population has declined as much as 93% from presumed historic levels due to habitat loss, the invasion of exotic species in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem, the pressure of drought, and the upswing of West Nile
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]]> The Corbett Report has created a new video explaining why people should be angry about more than just the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Scroll down past the video for tons of related news and activism!
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]]> Industrial logging, large-scale forest conversion for oil palm plantations, and the illegal wildlife trade have left sun bears the rarest species of bear on the planet. Recognizing their dire status,
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]]> HUMPBACK whale stranded at Jurien Bay has been killed controversially with an implosive charge to the brain six days after it was discovered in shallow waters.

The 10m, 15-tonne juvenile was too big to be looked after and too sick to be moved out to s
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]]> A court decision means the species will revert to federal protection, which brings with it tighter rules.
In a victory for environmentalists, a federal judge has returned the gray wolf in the Upper Midwest to federal protection under the Endangered Speci
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]]> In a victory for environmentalists, a federal judge has returned the gray wolf in the Upper Midwest to federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Monday's action overturns a 2007 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that "de-listed
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]]> The world is full of wonders, from abandoned towns and deserted settlements to underwater cities and underground architecture. Humans burrow into the Earth out of anything from necessity to superstition, driven by coincidence or coerced by circumstance.
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]]> "The Mother and Child reunion is only a motion away..."
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]]> From Sweden...
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]]> The Senate has included the critical clean energy tax incentives--including an 8 year extension of the 30% investment tax credit, with removal of residential caps--in the bailout package (aka the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008).
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]]> Global warming could devastate the world's food production, displace millions of people, and decimate biodiversity. Can we stop such a catastrophe?
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]]> The Sombrero Galaxy - 28 million light years from Earth - was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope. The dimensions of the galaxy, officially called M104, are as spectacular as its appearance.
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]]> Spain is in the grip of its worst drought in 40 years. Barcelona is now importing drinking water, and thousands of farmers have abandoned their parched land. Sue Lloyd Roberts reports for Our World on the drought in the Iberian Peninsula.
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]]> "This is hip pretty baby..."
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]]> A classic!
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]]> Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult.
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]]> The excitement of a new backpack or shoulder bag is one way to ease the pain of back to school. Whether it’s a bright handbag, a practical but stylish backpack for university or a new sleek briefcase for the office, why not invest in an eco-friendly bag?
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]]> Europe is warming faster than the world average and governments need to invest to adapt to a changing climate set to turn the Mediterranean region arid and the north ever wetter, a study showed
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]]> Your click on the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button helps fund free mammograms for women in need — low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Your click is paid for...
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]]> Stop it in Haryana state & please do not make Orissa act here.....freedom of speech & religion must be protected in Haryana at any cost.
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]]> Naresh Kadyan email & previous account hacked by some one & deleted , so please do not believe on the mails sent through - chairmanpfaharyana@gmail.com, please send your message & friend requests here as this is new official account for him.......
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]]> Recommended books from Captain Paul Watson,Farley Mowat.Whales and seals are being hunted to extinction. Paul Watson, a young Canadian conservationist, is determined to stop that, even it costs him his life.
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]]> Click on the Red Marks on the map.
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]]> The "smartest" president in the history of America!
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]]> The CIA'S former 3rd-ranked administrator Kyle Foggo pleaded guilty to 1 count of wife fraud & had 27 other charges against him dismissed in the US Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia. Read the story to find out how he got away with a 3 year sentence.
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]]> A TEN THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF AMERICA... As a crucial election draws near, filmmaker Chris Hume interviewed dozens of ordinary Americans in the forgotten corners of the country. How are they surviving? And who are they going to vote for?
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]]> If I was a terrorist and I wanted to destroy the American way of life, I wouldn’t use planes and bombs to kill folks. Hells bells! That's too risky. You might get caught or killed or both. Real terrorists get results...
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]]> Man, we can't leave them dogs to die," Emery's friends recalled him saying late Saturday night, seconds before he dashed into the road and was fatally struck by a passing motorcycle
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