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Senate Approves Short-Term Extension of Payroll Tax Cut, Gives Obama Two Months to OK Keystone XL Pipeline
Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, globalwarming, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, politics, pollution )

Kit
- 159 days ago - commondreams.org
GOP and Democratic sources told POLITICO "that the White House swallowed the House Republican-written pipeline rider in order to get a deal to extend the tax holiday, jobless benefits and the Medicare reimbursement rate into February."
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There's No Hiding From Tar Sands Oil
Environment  (tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, obama, politics, activism, protests, environment, destruction, protection, nature, ecosystems, humans, pollution, conservation, wildlife, GoodNews )

Cal
- 162 days ago - motherjones.com
Keystone XL pipeline or no, America is awash with the dirty oil from Canada. Here's our interactive map revealing the refineries near you.
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UK----Water Poisoning Link Threatens Future of Fracking
Environment  (tags: Fracking, Frack is Whack, activism, activists, environment, destruction, ecosystems, protection, humans, healthconditions, conservation, water, pollution, politics, business, environment, dishonesty, news, society, SustainableDevelopment, usa, polit )

Cal
- 162 days ago - independent.co.uk
US study casts doubt on controversial shale gas extraction process - as Government considers allowing its widespread use here
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OP-ED: Analysis: No Stopping Big Hydro Projects, Despite Lao Veto
Environment  (tags: energy, environment, destruction, habitatdestruction, habitat, green, protection, politics, world, conservation, ecosystems, water, humans )

Cal
- 163 days ago - uk.reuters.com
A surge in mega-hydropower projects across the world in the coming decade will only be affected marginally by last week's decision to delay bui
4 comments
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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TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop Strip Mining at Bryce Canyon National Park
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, protection, stripmining, national parks, Bryce Canyon National Park, humans, nature, politics, water, habitat, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, conservation, green )

Cal
- 163 days ago - forcechange.com
The Bureau of Land Management is on the cusp of approving an enormous 3,500 acre strip coal mine just along the outer border of what is officially deemed park-land.Allowing plans for this mine to continue would be reckless and set a terrible example, ess
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Tell the University of Richmond: Shut Down Your Campus Coal Plant.
Environment  (tags: healthconditions, environment, conservation, climate-change )

Phyllis
- 163 days ago - act.credoaction.com
But nearly 50 colleges in the United States, including the University of Richmond, still maintain dirty, coal-fired power plants that poison the air and threaten public health.
30 comments
Save The Marine Wealth of The Indian Ocean! SIGN!
Environment  (tags: Indian Ocean, destruction, conservation, environment, animals, green, habitat, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, oceans, nature, pollution, protection, water, Sustainabililty )

Lindsey
- 164 days ago - gopetition.com
For ages the Indian Ocean has remained a congenial bowl, bearing flora and fauna, benefitting all the countries in the region. We have had industrial waste coming in, but not at an alarming rate for us to panic. The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant...
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Costs Mount for Northwest Nuclear Waste Plant
Environment  (tags: energy, conservation, environment, protection, humans, nature, pollution, ecosystems, green, government )

Cal
- 166 days ago - usnews.msnbc.msn.com
The federal government says a one-of-a-kind plant that will convert radioactive waste into a stable and storable substance that resembles glass will cost hundreds of millions of dollars more and may take longer to build, adding to a string of delays and
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Ban Plastic Bags In Florida! SIGN!
Environment  (tags: plastic bags, animals, conservation, ecosystems, environment, green, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, nature, pollution, protection, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 166 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Globally, plastic bags are at the center of an environmental crisis. Not only are large quantities of oil used in manufacturing and transporting the bags around the world, but the bags have also created a massive plastic island in the Pacific, destroy..
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Hopes Fade for Binding Climate Deal as Durban Summit Enters Final Stages
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, climate talks, Durban, pollution, humans, nature, climate-change, climate, globalwarming, destruction, energy, conservation, protection, world )

Cal
- 168 days ago - alternet.org
Talks have entered their 10th day, but doubt is growing that a legally binding deal to combat climate change will be reached by Friday.
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EPA: 'Fracking' Likely Polluted Town's Water
Environment  (tags: Fracking, Frack is Whack, activism, activists, environment, destruction, ecosystems, protection, humans, healthconditions, conservation, water, pollution, politics, business, environment, dishonesty, news, society, SustainableDevelopment, usa, polit )

Cal
- 169 days ago - usnews.msnbc.msn.com
A controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas appears to be the cause of groundwater pollution in a central Wyoming town, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said
26 comments
Decision Looms on First Mekong Mainstream Dam
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, destruction, environment, politics, world, protection, humans, conservation, habitatdestruction, habitat, wildlife )

Cal
- 169 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Impoverished Laos is poised to erect the first dam across the Mekong River's mainstream as it pursues its goal of being Asia's battery despite intense opposition from downstream countries and environmental groups.
6 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Congress to Reject the Keystone XL and Other Attacks on Our Environment
Environment  (tags: obama, politics, budgeting, Keystone XL Pipeline, news, government, politics, pollution, energy, environment, destruction, ecosystems, conservation, humans, nature, habitat )

Cal
- 169 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
President Obama has listened to the American people and begun an in-depth environmental review of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Tell your senators and representative not to circumvent that review by forcing approval of the pipeline through last-minu
11 comments
Sign To Save The Amazon! WWF Petition!
Environment  (tags: Brazil, amazon, destruction, conservation, environment, green, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, trees, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 170 days ago - support.worldwildlife.org
A multi-year effort by leaders of large agribusiness in Brazil to weaken the country's forest law is paying off for them. At a cost to nature. Please sign!
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