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Take Action to Protect Key Habitat Areas of the 23.5-Million Acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Environment  (tags: habitat, wildlife, energy, ecosystems )

Rock
- 5 days ago - secure.earthjustice.org
The Bureau of Land Management is now considering a new management plan for the 23.5-million acre National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (Reserve). Please contact the BLM and tell them to protect key habitat areas of this reservfrom oil and gas development.
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International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, wildlife, protection, healthconditions, oceans, humans, nature, pollution, Sustainabililty, water, trees, world, endangered, energy, conservation, ecosystems, climate, animals, climate-change, green, habitat, science, politics )

Elena
- 5 days ago - cbd.int
Marine Biodiversity is the theme for this year's International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). Designation of IDB 2012 on the theme of marine ecosystems provides Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and everyone interested in marine
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New Bill Ends All Fossil Fuel Subsidies ACTION
Environment  (tags: fossil fuels, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, pollution, energy, environment )

Nancy
- 8 days ago - act.rootsaction.org
Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Keith Ellison have just introduced legislation that would eliminate all oil, coal and gas production subsidies. Will take zip or postal code.
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Controversial Solar Project in Desert Gets Boost From California Legislature
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, solar power, destruction, wildlife, animals, water, research, energy, Sustainabililty )

Cal
- 14 days ago - latimes.com
The legislation to enable the developer to bypass local agencies in seeking approval was fast-tracked in the Assembly. Environmentalists say the proposed Calico Solar facility would be ecologically damaging.
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Tell Your Senators to Say Yes to Clean Energy ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 14 days ago - secure.sierraclub.org
In March, Senator Chuck Grassley introduced an important bill (S.2201) that would extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy by two years, and by one year for projects that generate energy from biomass, geothermal, and "closed-loop" bioenergy
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Urge Congress to Pass the Production Tax Credit (PTC) Immediately! ACTION US
Environment  (tags: greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, pollution, energy, environment )

Nancy
- 16 days ago - act.powerofwind.com
The wind industry's uncertain policy future is causing job layoffs today, and we expect that 37,000 jobs will be lost by the end of the year without a PTC extension.
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Tell Apple to Power ICloud With Clean Energy ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, habitat, nature, destruction, protection )

Cher
- 19 days ago - forcechange.com
Power Apple's data storage centers with renewable energy sources instead of coal
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GOOD NEWS! Japan Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactor
Environment  (tags: nuclear power, no nukes, world, japan, radia-active, politics, conservation, energy, ecosystems, environment, greenhousegases, globalwarming, government, green, protection, healthconditions, Sustainabililty )

Cal
- 19 days ago - cnn.com
Over the weekend, Japan's last remaining nuclear reactor shut down for regular maintenance. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, reactors have not been allowed back on. Japan is now the first major economy to see the modern era without nuclear p
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B.C. Economist Blocks Coal Trains In White Rock
Environment  (tags: climate-change, energy, fossil fuels, greenhousegases, Canada, US coal )

Lynn
- 19 days ago - huffingtonpost.ca
About a dozen protesters, including one of Canada's leading energy-environment economists, were arrested Saturday after setting up a blockade on train tracks in White Rock, B.C., aimed at stopping U.S. coal trains from reaching local ports.
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Japan Shuts Off Nuclear Power as Thousands Celebrate
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, nuclear, energy, pollution, Japan )

Michael
- 20 days ago - cbc.ca
Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the last of this nation's 50 nuclear reactors switching off Saturday, shaking banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.
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Study: Natural Gas Development Linked to Wildlife Habitat Loss
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, wildlife, energy, research, nature, humans )

Cal
- 22 days ago - enn.com
A study by the Wildlife Conservation Society documents that intense development of the two largest natural gas fields in the continental U.S. are driving away some wildlife from their traditional wintering grounds.
13 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! The Great Lakes Region Needs Better Protection From Oil Spills
Environment  (tags: pollution, energy, environment, destruction, conservation, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, water )

Cal
- 24 days ago - forcechange.com
Enact policy changes at both the state and federal level to improve pipeline safety in the Great Lakes region.
40 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop Offshore Oil Drilling Plans in New Zealand
Environment  (tags: world, NEW ZEALAND OIL DRILLING, oil drilling, environment, energy, nature, oceans, politics )

Cal
- 31 days ago - forcechange.com
Despite the known dangers and potential for environmental catastrophe as witnessed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, New Zealand has given oil companies the go-ahead to begin offshore exploration around New Zealand's coastal waters
54 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Shell: Own Up and Pay Up to Clean Up the Niger Delta
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, oil pollution, environment, destruction, habitat, habitatdestruction, world, protection, humans, healthconditions, pollution, energy, conservation )

Cal
- 31 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Oil contamination generated by Shell Oil has devastated the lives of the people in the Niger Delta -- destroyed their livelihoods, undermined their access to clean water and food, and put their health at serious risk.
65 comments
BP Spill Fight Looms With Feds, Despite Settlement Of Private Claims
Environment  (tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon, corporate, pollution, legal case, corruption, ethics, energy, environment, dishonesty, business, society, news, government )

Cal
- 36 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
BP has finalized a $7.8 billion settlement with more than 100,000 businesses and individuals harmed by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Still looming is a massive civil trial that pits BP and its corporate partners on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig a
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