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Save Major River From Pollution By Factory Farm ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, nature, protection, pollution )

Cher
- 11 hours ago - forcechange.com
Revoke the permit of a hog farm's expansion near a major river and water source for local citizens
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Save Major Arkansas River From Pollution From Factory Farm
Environment  (tags: pollution, protection, water, animals, environment, destruction, humans, green, habitatdestruction )

Cal
- 12 hours ago - forcechange.com
Revoke the permit of a hog farm's expansion near a major river and water source for local citizens
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Fracking Can Cause Severe Problems for Well-Water Users, Poses Other Health Risks
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, wildlife, healthconditions )

Cal
- 13 hours ago - norfolk.legalexaminer.com
In Ohio, it was recently reported that two residents who live nearby a fracking operation can literally set their water on fire due to the contamination the work has caused.
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Stop the Deforestation of the Amazon Rain Forest *** PLEASE SIGN ***
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, habitat, habitatdestruction, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, trees, water )

Frans
- 1 day ago - ipetitions.com
Many of us hear about the deforestation of the tropical Amazon rainforest, a natural paradise, but not many of us do much to stop it's destruction, but by signing this petition, to ask world leaders not to buy products from the Amazon rainforest...
25 comments
The Koch Brothers' Toxic Mountain of Petroleum Coke
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, destruction, pollution, Koch Brothers, wildlife, protection, politics )

Cal
- 1 day ago - ecowatch.com
The New York Times is reporting about a growing, dirty side effect of refining tar sands bitumen from Canada. The evidence is on clear display as a black mountain piles up alongside the Detroit River, thanks in part to Charles and David Koch.
6 comments
Stop Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon *** Please Sign ***
Environment  (tags: climate-change, CO2emissions, destruction, conservation, endangered, environment, globalwarming, greenhousegases, nature, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, trees, water )

Frans
- 1 day ago - therainforestsite.greatergood.com
In 2011, the Brazilian government declared its intent to keep deforestation from ruining its Amazonian rainforest. President Dilma Roussef herself even promised not to allow more deforestation or pardon for environmental criminals....
26 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Urge EPA to Close Pollution Loophole
Environment  (tags: pollution, EPA, law, politics, nature, humans, environment, destruction, ecosystems )

Cal
- 2 days ago - forcechange.com
For decades, many states' air quality plans have contained a loophole that allows industrial facilities and coal plants to pollute during times of "startup, shutdown, or malfunction" (SSM) with no consequences. In a stunning example, thirty facilities in
33 comments
HALL OF SHAME: The Toxic 100 Water Polluters
Environment  (tags: water, pollution, environment, destruction, nature, humans, research )

Cal
- 4 days ago - peri.umass.edu
The Toxic 100 Water Polluters index identifies the top companies and Federal agencies responsible for industrial water pollution
25 comments
Save NC's Jordan Lake From Polluters ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, nature, protection, pollution )

Cher
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
North Carolina's state Senate has approved legislation (Senate Bill 515) that would violate the Clean Water Act and put the drinking water supply of almost half a million North Carolinians at risk.
82 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Don't Permit Untested Pesticides in Consumer Products
Environment  (tags: pesticides, EPA, methyl bromide, safe food supply, healthconditions, humans, pollution, protection, politics, environment, destruction, conservation, world, Sustainabililty, wildlife )

Cal
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
Through use of a regulatory loophole, pesticides have found their way into a variety of consumer products, from blankets to toothpaste. The vast majority of these pesticides have made it into these everyday products without adequate oversight by the EPA t
54 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Don't Let Canada Drill in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: energy, environment, destruction, oil drilling in the Arctic, pollution, world, ecosystems, protection, nature, humans, politics, wildlife, animals )

Cal
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
The Canadian government has decided to take advantage of the destructive temperature changes in the polar region. As the ice melts, shipping routes open up, making oil and mineral exploitation easier.
40 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Protect the Right of Communities To Say "No" to Fracking
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, wildlife )

Cal
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
State and provincial governments should have the right to ban environmentally destructive practices like fracking, without having to worry about the intimidation tactics Lone Pine Resources is attempting to employ.
39 comments
Protect Appalachia's Water From Mountaintop Removal Mining ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, nature, protection, pollution, water )

Cher
- 6 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Tell the White House and the EPA that everyone deserves clean water. Urge them to act now to protect Appalachia from mountaintop removal mining!
57 comments
Interior Department Bows to Pressure From Oil and Gas Industry, Weakens Fracking Rules
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, fracking rules for public lands, Interior Department, wildlife )

Cal
- 6 days ago - ecowatch.com
The updated proposal eliminates protections included in the version proposed last year and fails to include safeguards demanded by environmental and public health advocates.
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