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Securing the Nation's Power Grid
Environment  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, politics, power grids, Sustainabililty )

Kit
- 3 hours ago - truth-out.org
To avert future costly blackouts, the United States must modernize its energy system. Currently, the nation's power grid is based on a 100-year old approach that centralizes power generation.
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Mangroves Lead Battle Against Rising Seas
Environment  (tags: climate-change, water )

Cal
- 3 days ago - ipsnews.net
Sea level rise near Papua New Guinea, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the southwest Pacific, is estimated at seven millimetres per year, double the global annual average of 2.8-3.6 mm.
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International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, wildlife, protection, healthconditions, oceans, humans, nature, pollution, Sustainabililty, water, trees, world, endangered, energy, conservation, ecosystems, climate, animals, climate-change, green, habitat, science, politics )

Elena
- 5 days ago - cbd.int
Marine Biodiversity is the theme for this year's International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). Designation of IDB 2012 on the theme of marine ecosystems provides Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and everyone interested in marine
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Controversial Solar Project in Desert Gets Boost From California Legislature
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, solar power, destruction, wildlife, animals, water, research, energy, Sustainabililty )

Cal
- 14 days ago - latimes.com
The legislation to enable the developer to bypass local agencies in seeking approval was fast-tracked in the Assembly. Environmentalists say the proposed Calico Solar facility would be ecologically damaging.
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GOOD NEWS! Japan Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactor
Environment  (tags: nuclear power, no nukes, world, japan, radia-active, politics, conservation, energy, ecosystems, environment, greenhousegases, globalwarming, government, green, protection, healthconditions, Sustainabililty )

Cal
- 19 days ago - cnn.com
Over the weekend, Japan's last remaining nuclear reactor shut down for regular maintenance. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, reactors have not been allowed back on. Japan is now the first major economy to see the modern era without nuclear p
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Time to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Industrial Agriculture?
Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, conservation, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, pollution, politics, research, science, Sustainabililty, water, weather, wildlife, world )

Kit
- 22 days ago - motherjones.com
How much do we consume directly of this bountiful crop? According to NCGA's figures from 2010, less than 2 percent. More than 40 percent of it goes into the mouths of animals we then consume, in the process squandering huge amounts of resources.
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President Obama: RSVP for Rio+20 ACTION
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, nature, oceans, environment )

Nancy
- 33 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Tell President Obama to RSVP for the Rio+20 Earth Summit, showing that the United States is committed to leading the world towards a low-carbon green sustainable economy.
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Avaaz - Save The Coral Sea
Environment  (tags: sea, ocean oceans, marine, fish, endangered, biodiversity, nature, pollution, Sustainabililty, science, wildlife, water, environment, animals, ecosystems, endangered, habitat, oceans, world )

Annelisa
- 35 days ago - avaaz.org
"The reserve will cost money and without massive support right now, the short term financial interests of industry could beat out our hopes for a safe future for our seas." Send a submission to the Coral Sea reserve consultation now!
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'Children, Women Most Affected By Climate Change'
Environment  (tags: climate-change, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, globalwarming, habitat, healthconditions, humans, pollution, protection, science, Sustainabililty, water )

Rosemary
- 37 days ago - daily-mail.co.zm
CLIMATE change mostly affects children and women, resulting in those living in remote areas to walk long distances to fetch water and firewood, Deputy Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Charles Zulu has said. Continues...
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Full-Cost Pricing: Getting the Market to Tell the Truth
Environment  (tags: climatechange, conservation, deforestation, destruction, ecosystems, economy, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, politics, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, trees, world )

Rosemary
- 37 days ago - sustainablog.org
Moving the global economy off its current decline-and-collapse path depends on reaching four goals: stabilizing climate, stabilizing population, eradicating poverty, and restoring the economy's natural support systems. These goals-comprising ... Cont.
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Debating the Future of Our World's Water
Environment  (tags: climate-change, CO2emissions, destruction, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, oceans, politics, pollution, protection, science, Sustainabililty, trees, water, world )

Kit
- 39 days ago - alternet.org
Achieving water democracy is surely a terrific opportunity to fix governance problems from the local to the global, but it's one enormous task.
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Protect the Western Arctic Reserve From Big Oil! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: Wester Arctic Reserve, Caibou, protection, wildlife, Sustainabililty, environment, conservation, endangered, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, habitat )

Lindsey
- 39 days ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org
The coastal plain wilderness of the Western Arctic Reserve in Alaska is a globally recognized ecological resource, supporting high densities of breeding birds, imperiled polar bears, caribou and wolverines. Whales, walruses and seals also call its shores
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Tell Safeway to Stop Selling Unsustainable Seafood ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, Sustainabililty, wildlife, protection, habitat )

Cher
- 40 days ago - forcechange.com
Stop stocking unsustainably-harvested seafood in Safeway stores across the country.
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Protect Florida Manatees From Disastrous Dredging! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: Florida, manatee, dredging, conservation, environment, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, oceans, wildlife, water, Sustainabililty, healthconditions )

Lindsey
- 44 days ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org
Tell the Army Corps of Engineers that we don't want or need the SunWest-Harbourtowne mega-channel. The dredge would result in unprecedented destruction to Gulf Coast natural resources. The nearly five-mile-long, 85-foot-wide channel would cut through...
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Picnic for the Planet
Environment  (tags: animals, celebration, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, earth day, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, politics, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty )

Kit
- 45 days ago - nature.org
The world's record for the largest global picnic! 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Earth Day Dallas celebration at Fair Park. Picnics scheduled two times every hour, so come by and be a part of it! Food available on site. Find your site on the map.
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