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Environment News tagged with Whales

Mud Island Becomes Dumping Ground for Dead Whales...
Environment  (tags: whales, mud island, dumping, toxic water )

Claudia
- 39 days ago - news.com.au
THE state Environment Department is using a well-known Moreton Bay island as a secret dumping ground for increasing numbers of dead whales.
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Whale Car Could Bring You Happiness .NOOOO,A CAR WITH SEATS MADE OUT OF WHALE-PENIS LEATHER
Environment  (tags: WHALES, CARS, LEATHER, RUSSIA )

Claudia
- 42 days ago - orange.co.uk
When a state-of-the-art sound system, a tuning upgrade and a massive rear spoiler just aren't enough, one Russian company has come up with the novel idea of offering its latest car with seats made from whale-penis leather.
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Man-Made Noise Is Blamed for Driving Whales to Their Deaths
Environment  (tags: whales, dolphins, noise, ocean, humans, sonar, ships )

Claudia
- 50 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Man-made noise is blamed for driving whales to their deaths
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Shark Nets in Qld Will Not Be Removed
Environment  (tags: whales, sharknets, death )

Claudia
- 50 days ago - news.brisbanetimes.com.au
Shark nets along the Gold Coast will not be removed, despite yet another young whale being caught in a net off Burleigh Heads on Tuesday - the fifth so far this migration season.
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Australian Oil Spill Continues - The Impact On Whales And Dolphins Can Not Be Ignored
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, oil spill, whales, dolphins, destruction, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 83 days ago - wdcs.org
The leaking oil well in the Timor Sea is now a major environmental disaster, spanning at least 15,000km2 and threatening marine wildlife, including whales and dolphins.
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Love Songs Of Bowhead Whales: Whales Sings With 'More Than One Voice'
Environment  (tags: Science, whales, bowhead, songs, research, study, discovery, performance, interesting, globalwarming )

Dee
- 122 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2009)-It wasn't that many years ago that the bowhead whale was written off as extinct in the waters around Greenland and especially in Disko Bay in northwest Greenland where University of Copenhagen has its Arctic Field Station.
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Plodding Whale Meeting Makes Climate Change Breakthrough
Environment  (tags: animals, whales, IWC, climate change breakthrough, AnimalWelfare, protection, wildlife, climate-change, habitat, nature )

Cher
- 158 days ago - panda.org
The International Whaling Commission adopted a major climate change resolution on the last day of its 61st meeting, although it failed to take decisions on contentious whaling issues after days of negotiations that have hampered its progress in recent
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Scientists Find Whales More Endangered in Exxon, BP and Rosneft Oil Areas
Environment  (tags: animals, endangered, whales, gas, oil, AnimalWelfare, extinction, habitat, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, energy )

Cher
- 173 days ago - panda.org
Oil and gas exploration by energy giants Exxon, BP and Rosneft is seriously threatening one of the world's most critically endangered whales, according to a panel of top scientists in a new report.
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Sign Petition: Protect Our Oceans and Marine Resources
Environment  (tags: environment, oceans, sea, nature, habitat, pollution, wildlife, whaling, politics, humans, ecosystems, conservation, protection, global, world, marine, fish, dolphins, whales, plankton )

Tom
- 178 days ago - change.org
On June 8th, countries around the globe will celebrate World Oceans Day. This year, the United States should send a powerful signal to the world that we care about ocean conservation and are ready to be a leader within the international community.
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Boycott South African Wines Until Whale Butcher Mike Meyers Is Sacked
Environment  (tags: whales, sea shepherd, south africa )

Claudia
- 183 days ago - seashepherd.org
Fifty false killer whales were brutally executed by South Africa's Marine Coastal Management (MCM) under the orders of Mike Meyers as angry and frustrated rescuers were physically prevented from assisting the whales.
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Scotland's Whales at Risk From Military Exercises
Environment  (tags: oceans, whales, scotland, sonar danger )

Claudia
- 188 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Minke whales porpoising - Very unusual behaviour. Credit Lewis Drysdale Military sonar causing unusual behaviour in Scotland's whales
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The Cove: Learn More
Environment  (tags: oceans, dolphins, movie, whales, the cove )

Claudia
- 188 days ago - savejapandolphins.org
Film on Taiji dolphin slaughters to compete at Sundance.Dolphins are dying, whales are disappearing, and the oceans are growing sick.
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Sign Petition: Ask the EPA to Acknowledge the Truth About Global Warming
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 191 days ago - change.org
Global warming is the single greatest threat to wildlife, not to mention our children's future. At last, the Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to formally declare that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to our public health and welfare.
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The Truth About "Traditional" Japanese Whaling
Environment  (tags: research, whales, whaling, japan, sea shepherd society )

Claudia
- 192 days ago - blogs.myspace.com
Commentary by Paul Watson Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
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