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Environment News tagged with Water

Oceans Absorb Less Carbon Dioxide as Marine Systems Change
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, world, oceans, water, protection, nature, pollution )

Cal
- 10 hours ago - enn.com
The study, published in the current issue of Nature, is the first to quantify the perceived trend that oceans are becoming less efficient carbon sinks
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United States EPA Issues Rule to Reduce Water Pollution From Construction Sites
Environment  (tags: pollution, water, humans, GoodNews, ecosystems, destruction, environment )

Cal
- 1 day ago - enn.com
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule to help reduce water pollution from construction sites. This rule, which takes effect in February 2010 and will be phased in over four years, should significantly improve the quality of w
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15 Environmental and Nature Photographers 15 Skilled & Sublime Nature Photographers [50 Pics]
Environment  (tags: animals, climate, forests, nature, water, trees, wildlife, oceans, habitat )

Daphna
- 2 days ago - webecoist.com
With all the beauty that exists on this earth, we're lucky that there are so many amazingly talented photographers out there capturing it for all to see. Underwater scenes, moonlit landscapes, terrifyingly extreme weather, majestic wildlife and aurora bor
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Help NPCA Secure a Huge Victory for Joshua Tree! -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, goodnews, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, trees, water, wildlife, nature )

Tierney
- 4 days ago - act.npca.org
Recently, NPCA scored a landmark victory in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which invalidated a land exchange needed to proceed with the massive Eagle Mountain landfill--a proposed garbage dump surrounded on three sides by Joshua Tree National Par
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Rising CO2 Could Cause Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Finds Antarctic Study
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, climatechange, climate, globalwarming, environment, protection, greenhousegases, pollution, water, world, ecosystems, climate-change )

Cal
- 6 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Sea levels could rise by up to six metres if the world fails to get pollution under control, according to the latest study in the Antarctic.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Islands Fear Going the Way of Atlantis
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, water, globalwarming, environment, climatechange, climate-change, climate, ecosystems, destruction, habitatdestruction, habitat, protection, world )

Cal
- 7 days ago - ipsnews.net
The world's small island states, most of which are painfully vulnerable to the ravages of climate change, have put the United Nations on notice.
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Tell the EPA to Protect the Everglades From Mining- Please Take Action!!!!!!!
Environment  (tags: destruction, habitatdestruction, protection, water )

Tierney
- 7 days ago - act.npca.org
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to issue mining permits for the destruction of up to 15,000 acres of wetlands near Everglades National Park. Together with existing mines, this would convert 30 square miles of historic Everglades and wildlife habit
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Tell Congress to Pass the Clean Water Protection Act - Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, trees, water, protection, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, habitat, globalwarming, environment, destruction, conservation )

Daphna
- 9 days ago - change.org
To: The U.S. Senate and The U.S. House Sponsored by: Earthjustice It's time for Congress to stand up for what's right and put a stop to the devastation of our rivers, streams and headwaters caused by mountaintop removal mining.
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Hold Big Polluters Accountable- Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, world, trees, water, protection, pollution, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, environment, destruction, ecosystems, CO2emissions, conservation )

Daphna
- 9 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Right now only a handful of sources, including coal power plants, are responsible for more than half of all the global warming pollution in the United States. It's time to hold these mega-polluters responsible for their share of the dirty air.
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Tell Congress to Pass the Clean Water Protection Act ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, nature, water, habitat )

Cher
- 10 days ago - change.org
It's time for Congress to stand up for what's right and put a stop to the devastation of our rivers, streams and headwaters caused by mountaintop removal mining.
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Restore Coastal Louisiana - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, water, trees, protection, pollution, humans, nature, habitat, government, environment, destruction, conservation, animals )

Daphna
- 10 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Mississippi Delta is the world's seventh largest river delta. But we are losing these wetlands at an alarming rate. 80 years of national actions to channelize and control the Mississippi River for economic development and navigation have diverted se
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Government of Canada Announces Funding for Great Lakes Clean-Up Projects in Detroit River Area of Concern
Environment  (tags: pollution, protection, globalwarming, ecosystems, environment, water )

Cal
- 12 days ago - ec.gc.ca
On behalf of Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice, Jeff Watson, Member of Parliament for Essex, today announced $410,000 in funding from the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund for four projects to clean up the Detroit River Area of Concern. Thirty-sev
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Hawaii's Beautiful Yet Strangely Coloured Beaches
Environment  (tags: world, water, oceans, nature, humans, habitat, environment, conservation )

Daphna
- 13 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
Black, green, yellow, red - not the colours of a traffic signal but the amazing variety of Hawaiian beaches. Yes, in certain areas of the islands, you will find beaches with sand in all these colours... and we got incredible pictures to prove it.
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Help Save Coal River Mountain -Please Take Action!
Environment  (tags: destruction, environment, trees, weather, water, nature, protection, habitatdestruction )

Tierney
- 16 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Last week, coal companies started setting off explosives on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia to prepare for a massive mountaintop removal coal mining operation which will destroy the local landscape and pollute surrounding communities
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Take Action- Keep Offshore Drilling Out of Climate Change Legislation
Environment  (tags: petition, world, wildlife, water, protection, humans, oceans, nature, globalwarming, environment, destruction, conservation )

Daphna
- 17 days ago - takeaction.oceana.org
In an effort to pass his climate change bill, Senator Kerry has mentioned he would be willing to accept offshore drilling in previously protected areas in a race for 60 supporting votes. Unfortunately, if Congress follows through on its threat to expand
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