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Wetlands Sold Out By USACE Civil Works - Grants Permit
Environment  (tags: wetlands )

Judy
- 1149 days ago - care2.com
The Headlines of the Calais Advertiser reads " Calais Will Have Three Bridges in Future." The USACE has sold out the environment and the will of the people to big business, politics and special interst groups FOM will seek litigation
160 comments
In Gods Name How Could Bush Do This
Environment  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, forests, habitat, protection )

Robert
- 690 days ago - nrdc.org
The Bush administration revealed today its intentions to remove existing legal protections from over 4.4 million acres of roadless areas in the national forests of Colorado.
199 comments
Make Your Holidays Green Ones!
Environment  (tags: Christmas, Yule, Holiday, wildlife, world, trees, forests, ecosystems, ClimateChange, conservation, eco-friendly, globalwarming, destruction, endangered, environment, science, habitatdestruction, protection, habitat, coolstuff, shopping, clothing, giftsforwo )

Mari
- 731 days ago - shop.therainforestsite.com
Shop to save The Rainforest. Give back the life that we have been given. When you shop, shop where it matters! A great way also to combat Global Warming and save Endangered Species!
60 comments
ACTION: Help People and Animals in California
Environment  (tags: agriculture, animals, environment, health, humans, oceans, pollution, protection, water, wildlife )

Maria
- 747 days ago - care2.com
If you are concerned with civil rights and/or the health and well-being of pets, wildlife, and the oceans please give a moment of your time to this pressing issue in California. People and animals are being sprayed with untested chemicals...
85 comments
Rare Woodpecker Sends Town Running for Chain Saws
Environment  (tags: Woodpecker, Clear Cutting )

Julia
- 1153 days ago - articles.news.aol.com
Landowners in a small N. Carolina town have been clear-cutting thousands of trees to keep them from becoming homes for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Read article and vote to end release of permits for tree slaughter in the area.
85 comments
Fewer Than 1,000 Wild Tigers Left in India
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, ClimateChange, animals, Tigers, endangered, wildlife, habitatdestruction )

Jennie
- 930 days ago - ens-newswire.com
In his new film on India's tiger crisis, conservation filmmaker Krishnendu Bose argues that there may be less than 1,000 wild tigers remaining in India. Called "Tiger: The Death Chronicles," the 63 minute film in English had its premier today at the..
33 comments
The Death of Lake Tai: China Treats Environmentalists as a Bigger Threat Than Pollution
Environment  (tags: Lake Tai, China, environmentalism, pollution, dissidence in China )

RC
- 768 days ago - nytimes.com
Dramatic story of one man's crusade to save Lake Tai, central to China's "land of fish and rice." Inatead of working to save the lake, Chinses officials jailed the man trying to keep it ecologically viable.
47 comments
Japan Decides Not to Hunt Humpback Wales
Environment  (tags: humpback whales, Japan, no hunting )

RC
- 700 days ago - news.yahoo.com
This is great news. iI am so glad these magnificent creatures will be spared. Thanks to Charly S. for the lead.
50 comments
Bush Attenpting to Gut The Endangered Species Act
Environment  (tags: endangered species, Bush, environment, environmental impact, development, logging, US wildlife )

RC
- 465 days ago - nytimes.com
BUSHco wants to hand over regulatory powers in the act to federal agencies to determine if development, logging or other activities would negatively impact endangered wildlife. No independent scientific reviews by qualified biologists would be required.
94 comments
British Firm Under Attack for Mining Near Grand Canyon
Environment  (tags: endangered, environment, pollution, human, Sustainabililty )

Robert
- 614 days ago - independent.co.uk
The Grand Canyon, the great American landmark which is one of the world's most celebrated preserved areas taking millions of years in the making, so why in God's name are they putting it in danger.
49 comments
Bush Opens America's Largest National Forest to Logging
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, habitat, wildlife, protection, nature, ecosystems, forests, destruction, animals, trees, government )


- 664 days ago - ens-newswire.com
Today, the Bush administration put a "for sale" sign on trees in pristine roadless areas of the Tongass rainforest in Alaska - America's largest national forest.
73 comments
Tree Planting a Practical, Effective Way to Remove CO2
Environment  (tags: climate, globalwarming, trees, greenhousegases )

Chris
- 888 days ago - americanforests.org
Planting trees is a practical, low-cost, and effective way to begin removing CO2 from the atmosphere right now. CO2--a greenhouse gas, blankets the earth and causes temperatures to rise.
47 comments
Big Oil Gets Greedy - Files Suits to De-List Polar Bears as Endangered
Environment  (tags: polar bears, big oil, wildlife, Alaska, endangered species, oil industry, greed, ecosystem )

RC
- 446 days ago - star-telegram.com
The American Petroleum Institute has banded together with the US Chamber of Commerce, the National Mining Association & the American Iron & Steel Institute in a lawsuit aimed at removing polar bears from the endangered species list.
69 comments
   

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