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Protect Woodland Caribou From XL Pipeline ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, climate-change, wildlife, protection, animals )

Cher
- 8 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Woodland caribou may be extinct before the year 2100 if the rate of range loss continues. Once found throughout much of Canada's boreal forest, widespread range collapse and landscape disruption caused by humans are the chief causes of migrating caribou
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Is the Colorado River Damned?
Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, globalwarming, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, politics, pollution, protection, research, Rivers, science, Sustainabililt )

Kit
- 29 days ago - livescience.com
More than 35 million people throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico depend on the Colorado River's water. In 30 years, that total number is likely to double.
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Ask Obama: How Much Longer for Climate Action ? PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, climate-change, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 27 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
It's been months since President Obama said we'd "respond to the threat of climate change" during his State of the Union address. Since then, we pumped over one billion tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere -- the greenhouse gas responsible for the
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What Price Will the U.S. Pay for Energy Independence?
Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, energy, fossil fuels, globalwarming, government, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty )

Kit
- 24 days ago - livinggreenmag.com
Move over OPEC, North America is about to become a net exporter of oil. At least that's the supposed good news from the International Energy Agency's latest outlook.
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TAKE ACTION: Tell the US Forest Service: Stop the Grand Canyon Uranium Mine!
Environment  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, climate-change, nature, government )

Beverly
- 19 days ago - act.credoaction.com
The U.S. Forest Service is allowing a Canadian company to open a destructive uranium mine on the south side of the Grand Canyon, flying in the face of a major ban on new uranium mining at the Grand Canyon, passed last year by the Obama administration.
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TAKE ACTION: CALL OUT CLIMATE DENIERS IN CONGRESS
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, CO2emissions, destruction, conservation, globalwarming, government, science, Sustainabililty, world )

Beverly
- 20 days ago - my.barackobama.com
The science on climate change is clear. But many members of Congress are in complete denial, and they're standing in the way of progress. We need to call them out.
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We Just Passed the Climate's "Grim Milestone"
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, 400ppm, climate-change, carbon scale, greenhouse gases )

Nancy
- 9 days ago - motherjones.com
"Somehow in the last 50 ppm we melted the Arctic," said environmentalist and founder of activist group 350.org Bill McKibben, who called today's news a "grim but predictable milestone" and has long used the symbolic number as a rallying call for climate-
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Climate Change to Halve Habitat for Over 10,000 Common Species
Environment  (tags: animals, ecosystems, environment, wildlife, protection, nature, climate-change )

Cal
- 9 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Scientists found that 34% of animals and 57% of plants will see over half of their habitat lost by 2080 if temperatures rise 4 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.
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SWISS ALPS: Melting Glaciers Transform Alpine Landscape
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climate, environment, ecosystems, destruction, protection, humans, greenhousegases, globalwarming, world, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, conservation, CO2emissions )

Cal
- 26 days ago - spiegel.de
Climate change is dramatically altering the Swiss Alps, where hundreds of bodies of water are being created by melting glaciers. Though the lakes can attract tourists and even generate electricity, local residents also fear catastrophic tidal waves.
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The Giants of the Green World That Profit From the Planet's Destruction
Environment  (tags: Green energy, green groups, environment, fossil fule industry, endowments, investment, destruction, climate-change, globalwarming, pollution, conservation )

Angelika
- 17 days ago - guardian.co.uk
A new movement has erupted demanding divestment from fossil fuel polluters - and Big Green is in their sights. And the message to Big Green is clear: cut your ties with the fossils, or become one yourself.
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Natures Way   video
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, climate-change, endangered, destruction, environment, globalwarming, conservation, animals, habitat, wildlife )

Mm
- 4 days ago - youtube.com
This is an Old Song, but so true in what is going on. Song from the 1970's and frankly so fitting, and so SAD!
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The Australian Government: Label All Products Containing Palm Oil for Sale in Australia / TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, crime, death, ethics, habitat, humans, protection, sadness, wildlife, climate-change, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, forests, globalwarming, habitat, nature, world, PALM OIL )

Desanka
- 19 days ago - change.org
Palm oil production which is not sustainable is killing thousand of animals, including orangutans in incredibly inhumane ways. Australians should be able to identify foods and products containing this oil to make a choice to support this industry or not.
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Fish Feeling the Heat From Global Warming
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, animals, environment, climate-change, globalwarming, world, wildlife, protection, nature, humans )

Cal
- 3 days ago - ecowatch.com
A study featured in the current issue of Nature reveals that ocean warming has already affected fisheries around the world over the past four decades as fish populations shift in response to changing sea temperatures.
15 comments
Unlike Facebook's Founder: Stop Supporting Keystone XL and Arctic Drilling!
Environment  (tags: Facebook, Keystone XL, Arctic drilling, Mark Zuckerberg, climate-change, environment )

Angelika
- 20 days ago - signon.org
Mark Zuckerberg: Stop funding ads that support the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Please get on the right side of history and support clean energy!
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Atlantic Coastal Waters Are the Hottest Since Measurements Began
Environment  (tags: oceans, globalwarming, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, climate-change, climatechange, climate, water, world, protection, nature, politics )

Cal
- 20 days ago - grist.org
The Atlantic Ocean's surface temperatures from Maine to North Carolina broke records last year, reaching an average of 57.2°F, nearly three degrees warmer than the average of the past 30 years.
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