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Send Brazil's President An Urgent Message to Save the Amazon
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, forests, globalwarming, globalwarming, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, trees, wildlife, weather, world, Amazon, Brazil )

Gillian
- 163 days ago - wwf.org.uk
A possible veto from Brazil's President against imminent changes to the country's Forest Code could be the last hope for the Amazon. Please join the emergency international campaign to help persuade President Rousseff - and prevent a global catastrophe.
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Yellowstone Grizzly Bears: New Cause CéLèBre for Effects of Global Warming?
Environment  (tags: animals, environment, world, wildlife, protection, humans, ecosystems, globalwarming, climate-change, climatechange, climate )

Cal
- 166 days ago - csmonitor.com
For the first time, a US appellate court has ruled that the federal government must continue to protect an animal - in this case, Yellowstone grizzly bears - in part because of consequences of global warming.
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Children Sue the Government for Climate Change Inaction
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, globalwarming, humans, politics, ethics )

Organic
- 167 days ago - organicconnectmag.com
As the U.S. delegation drags its feet at the climate talks in Durban, South Africa, this week, a group of kids back home is trying to force the old folks into action, the American way: They're suing the government.
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Amazon Rainforest Loss in Brazil Drops to Lowest Ever Reported
Environment  (tags: trees, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, climatechange )

Chris
- 172 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to the lowest level on record between August 2010 and July 2011 according to preliminary data from Brazil's National Institute of Space Research (INPE) - but problems still persist.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Whales Win, Walruses Lose in Warmer Arctic
Environment  (tags: animals, globalwarming, climatechange, ecosystems, destruction, environment, weather, wildlife, protection, extinction, endangered, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, animals, habitatdestruction )

Cal
- 175 days ago - enn.com
The Arctic zone has moved into a warmer, greener "new normal" phase, which means less habitat for polar bears and more access for development, an international scientific team reported
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Act Now for Climate Justice!
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climatechange, world, wildlife, weather, water )

Jill
- 178 days ago - wehavefaithactnow.org
Join us in a call to our leaders to fight for a just and legally binding climate treaty!
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Tell Obama to Stop the Keystone Pipeline - Don't Just Delay It - Please Sign!
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, government, habitatdestruction, pollution, wildlife, protection, elections, obama )

Shane
- 187 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Keystone XL pipeline could mean disaster for the environment. But instead of stopping the pipeline, Obama has simply delayed the decision until after the 2012 presidential election.
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Africa's Nile, Limpopo at Risk From Climate Change
Environment  (tags: research, climate-change, climate, environment, ecosystems, destruction, habitat, weather, protection, nature, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, climatechange, world )

Cal
- 193 days ago - uk.reuters.com
Climate change is likely to lead to increased average rainfall in the world's major river basins but weather patterns will be fickle and the timing of wet seasons may change, threatening farming and foodstocks, experts said
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Climate Change's Health Costs Projected To Be Enormous
Environment  (tags: climate-change, economic and social costs, natural disasters, climatechange, climate, weather, politics, nature, humans, habitat, environment, destruction )

Cal
- 200 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A tally of lost lives and health care expenditures arising from just six recent weather-related or epidemiological events suggests that the economic toll of future climate change is likely to be even more staggering than previously thought...
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HOW MELTING GLACIERS AND 'MOUNTAIN TSUNAMIS' THREATEN HIMALAYAN KINGDOM OF BHUTAN
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, climate-change, Bhutan, climate, world, humans, nature, ecosystems, globalwarming, politics, habitat, climatechange )

Cal
- 200 days ago - worldcrunch.com
Melting glaciers in the Himalayas put the small Kingdom of Bhutan at risk. Not only are the "frozen reservoirs" a fundamental water source, but the melting can also cause GLOFS - aka: 'mountain tsunamis' - killer flash floods that occur when glacial lakes
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Moratorium on Arapahoe County Fracking - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: animals, climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, green, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, habitat, healthconditions, humans, nature, oceans, p )

Ruth
- 201 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
"This petition asks for relief from harm, from unlawful denial of rights, and from uncompensated loss, related to oil and gas drilling, by asking for a moritorium on drilling in Arapahoe County until such harms or insults are cured."PLEASE SIGN,SEND.
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Protect New York's Drinking Water From Fracking - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: animals, climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, government, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, nature, ocean )

Ruth
- 202 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
"Our water is under threat.New York is a battleground in the national debate about dirty gas drilling called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." The gas industry is eager to drill, and some state leaders are hungry for potential revenue."PLEASE SIGN,SEND
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Stop Fracking in the Karoo - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: animals, climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, green, government, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, humans, oceans, nature, poli )

Ruth
- 202 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
"Large parts of South Africa's beautiful, but water-poor and ecologically sensitive Karoo region are under threat of being devastated by mining operations to extract natural gas using...technique called hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking'."PLEASE SIGN,SEND
54 comments
Can Vulnerable Species Outrun Climate Change?
Environment  (tags: climate-change, animals, survival, adaptation, Frenchcompany.escape, environment, destruction, climatechange, protection, nature, humans, green, ecosystems )

Cal
- 204 days ago - e360.yale.edu
Recent studies shed light on the key question of whether certain species, including slow-moving amphibians, can move swiftly enough to new territories as their old habitats warm. The challenges are formidable, especially if human-caused warming continues
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