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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: Prevent the Rubber-Stamping of the Keystone XL Pipeline Through Oklahoma
Environment  (tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, Canadian oil, politics, activism, protests, environment, destruction, protection, nature, ecosystems, humans, pollution, conservation, wildlife, GoodNews, news )

Cal
- 22 hours ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
In less than 45 days, Canadian oil giant TransCanada could receive the rubber stamp it wants to build the southern leg of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline from Oklahoma through Texas to the Gulf Coast -- unless we convince the Environmental Protecti
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ARGENTINA: Tribe Partners to Protect Argentina's Most Endangered Forest
Environment  (tags: environment, conservation, humans, politics, nature, world, green, ecosystems, protection, habitat, GoodNews )

Cal
- 8 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Last month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest
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Greenpeace Makes Social Media Push for Zero Deforestation in Brazil
Environment  (tags: environment, conservation, ecosystems, Amazon, Greenpeace, stopping deforestation, trees, humans, habitat, green, GoodNews, world )

Cal
- 13 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Greenpeace is leveraging social media in its push for a zero deforestation target in Brazil.
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Liu Jianqiang: What It's Like Being An "Enemy of the State" in China
Environment  (tags: activism, activists, China, world, GoodNews, environment, destruction, conservation, protection, nature, humans, ecosystems, forests, trees, politics, habitat )

Cal
- 14 days ago - theecologist.org
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism and how he became an 'enemy of the state'
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ACTIVISM IN CANADA: Standing Up for the Planet and the Future
Environment  (tags: activism, activists, Canada, world, GoodNews, environment, destruction, conservation, protection, nature, humans, ecosystems, forests, trees, politics, habitat )

Cal
- 21 days ago - ipsnews.net
What are you doing on Saturday? Peter Nix, a retiree, will be standing on a railway track on Canada's west coast blocking a coal train destined to ship U.S. and Canadian coal to Asia.
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Alcatraz Sea Lion Released Into the Wild (VIDEO)
Environment  (tags: sea lion, released, wild, rescued, happy, good news, video, animals, environment, GoodNews, habitat, protection, wildlife, nature, oceans )

Lindsey
- 21 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
I love videos of animals being released back into the wild. :) So heartwarming. A baby sea lion pup made headlines when he was found starving and disoriented in a dangerous commuter ferry crossing spot near the Alcatraz Island last month.
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Molai Woods---A Forest One Man Planted
Environment  (tags: animals, ecosystems, environment, forests, GoodNews, green, habitat, nature, trees, wildlife )

Kenneth
- 24 days ago - newearthdaily.com
A truly wonderful story of making a difference! Seeing how ~ with little, we can create an entire forest by sheer determination of compassion!
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Africa Sitting on Sea of Groundwater Reserves
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, green, ecosystems, environment, GoodNews, water, world, climatechange )

Cal
- 33 days ago - uk.reuters.com
Huge reserves of underground water in some of the driest parts of Africa could provide a buffer against the effects of climate change.
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5 Pieces of Good News From Planet Earth
Environment  (tags: green, GoodNews, environment, ecosystems, nature, world, politics, humans, conservation )

Cal
- 33 days ago - motherjones.com
Most news from nature is depressing--species extinctions, changing climate, dying oceans. Yet it's not all bad... though we might never know it, since positive news is underreported.
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GREAT NEWS! A Park on Pine Ridge: A Longtime Partnership May Finally Lead to the United States's First Tribal National Pa
Environment  (tags: nationalparks, native americans, green, ecosystems, environment, GoodNews, government, wildlife, protection, nature, habitat )

Cal
- 34 days ago - indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
It has taken decades of discussions. There are still hurdles to overcome. But now, the country's first tribal national park may soon become a reality.
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GREEN ACTIVISM: Evgenia Chirikova: 'Putinomics' the Biggest Threat to Russia's Environmental Movement
Environment  (tags: activism, activists, Russia, world, GoodNews, environment, destruction, conservation, protection, nature, humans, ecosystems, forests, trees, politics, habitat )

Cal
- 34 days ago - theecologist.org
Goldman Prize winner Evgenia Chirikova describes what it's like to be green in Russia the why a culture of impunity and corruption risks destroying the country's natural heritage
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Keystone Pipeline Builder Proposes New Route
Environment  (tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, Canadian oil, politics, activism, protests, environment, destruction, protection, nature, ecosystems, humans, pollution, conservation, wildlife, GoodNews, news )

Cal
- 37 days ago - cnn.com
The company building the controversial Keystone XL pipeline has submitted a proposal for a new route, a spokesman for Nebraska's environmental authority said Wednesday.
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Cornhuskers Vs. Keystone XL Pipeline: Next Steps?
Environment  (tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, Canadian oil, politics, activism, protests, environment, destruction, protection, nature, ecosystems, humans, pollution, conservation, wildlife, GoodNews, news )

Cal
- 42 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Wednesday afternoon the Nebraska state legislature approved a bill (LB1161) that will allow Nebraska to proceed with a $2 million study to find a route for TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through the state
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Monsanto Pays 93 Million to Victims In Settlement | Republic Broadcasting Network
Environment  (tags: Monsanto, GoodNews, healthconditions, pollution )

Suzy
- 43 days ago - republicbroadcasting.org
Did not find a link for this on Care2...even though it's from February.
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Coaxing American Chestnuts Back to Appalachia
Environment  (tags: environment, conservation, trees, forests, green, government, GoodNews )

Cal
- 43 days ago - green.blogs.nytimes.com
Over the next three years, more than 360 acres in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee will be planted with a variety of American chestnut trees bred to resist chestnut blight.
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