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37,000 Sq Km of Amazon Rainforest Destroyed or Damaged in 2008
Environment  (tags: Brazil, amazon, rainforest, indigenous people, Indians, land, court, government, humans, environment, globalwarming, protection, nature, satellite, conservation, sustainable )

Tom
- 262 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Farmers, speculators, and ranchers set vast areas ablaze to prepare for the 2008 growing season. A new satellite system provides a more detailed look at forest degradation and may help Brazil stop deforestation before it occurs.
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Brazilian Court Ruling Backs Amazon Rainforest Reservation
Environment  (tags: Brazil, good news, amazon, rainforests, indigenous people, Indians, land, court, government, humans, environment, globalwarming, protection, nature, conservation, sustainable )

Tom
- 262 days ago - google.com
Brazil's Supreme Court sided with Amazonian Indians in a land dispute that some have called critical for determining the future of the rainforest that sprawls the size of Western Europe and provides a critical cushion against global warming.
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Not Guity! Greenpeace Activists Cleared of Charges
Environment  (tags: direct action, greenpeace, protest, vandalism, globalwarming, protection, court )

Clever
- 452 days ago - guardian.co.uk
argued they were legally justified because they were trying to prevent climate change causing greater damage to property around the world. 1st case in which preventing property damage caused by climate change had been used as "lawful excuse" defense.
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Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves
Environment  (tags: conservationists, court, wildlife, gray wolves, protection, nature, conservation )

Simone
- 651 days ago - efluxmedia.com
Environmental conservationists groups plan to fight in court against the US Department of the Interior, after the latter decided that gray wolves should be removed from the endangered species list in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. The US Fish and
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Court Blocks Shell Drilling in Arctic Waters
Environment  (tags: shell, ban, drilling, arctic, court, alaska, U.S. Federal, Goverment )

RED
- 869 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska
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