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Cal
- 18 days ago - news.mongabay.com

On Thursday roughly 200 indigenous people launched an occupation of a key construction site for the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon.

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112

Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest May Be Auctioned to Chinese Oil Companies
Environment (tags: humanrights, indigneous rights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, society, politics, freedoms, energy, protection, pollution )

Cal
- 49 days ago - amazonwatch.org

Indigenous groups say they weren't consulted as required by constitution

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Rainforest ACTION Network
Environment (tags: humanrights, freedoms, RAN, politics, government, environment, ecosystems, healthconditions, habitatdestruction )

Nancy
- 236 days ago - ran.org

Action Page:Petitions... NAFTA,Cargill,EPA,dirty coal,Chevron,BOA,tax dodgers etc.

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153

SOS Paul Watson ACTION
Environment (tags: Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, Germany, sea life, oceans, freedoms, humanrights, wildlife )

Nancy
- 322 days ago - seashepherd.org

SOS Save our skipper. Contact the following Ministers to urge Captain Watson's pending extradition be denied and request his release (please be respectful in your communications):

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Rich People Vs. Wildlife Conservation Trusts
Environment (tags: law, government, freedoms, religion, media, literature, politics, news, middle-east, politics, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, environment, ecosystems, pollution )

Cal
- 364 days ago - motherjones.com

The legal battles have become so ubiquitious that the land trusts have been forced to set up an insurance company to help them pay the bills. The trusts typically win the cases, but which can take a decade or more to resolve, as the Times reports:

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Donations Ballot ACTION
Environment (tags: freedoms, human rights, environment, animals, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 511 days ago - act.credoaction.com

The amount of money in our donations pool grows every day -- thanks to our members. Every time you use one of our services, we donate a percentage of your charges (at no extra cost) to groups working for a better world. Now it's time to decide how these...

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122

Women in Rural Argentina Speak Out on Climate Change
Environment (tags: world, women, women's rights, society, politics, education, ethics, freedoms, news, rights, wildlife, climate-change, climate, environment )

Cal
- 586 days ago - ipsnews.net

Rural and indigenous women in northern Argentina, hit hard by the expanding agricultural frontier, deforestation and the spraying of toxic pesticides, spoke out about their problems and set forth proposals for discussion

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Five Ways to Feed Billions Without Trashing the Planet
Environment (tags: world, hunger, environmental preservation, politics, HumanRights, freedoms, ecosystems, environment, world, conservation, green, government )

Cal
- 586 days ago - news.mongabay.com

At the end of this month the UN predicts global population will hit 7 billion people, having doubled from 3.5 billion in less than 50 years.

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Day 2- Jefferson National Forest and Meeting Dale and Sandy
Environment (tags: activists, americans, celebrity, travel, transportation, women, world, society, news, interesting, government, goodnews, humans, media, freedoms, family, environment, culture, travel, world, society, humans, conservation, CoolStuff, coolstuff, environment )

Polinagre
- 663 days ago - greenxc.com

Day 2 of GreenXC's cross country campaign to raise awareness for National Parks and Forests. Exploring Jefferson National Forest and meeting Sandy and Dale.

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129

Raid at Eagle Rock; Two Campers Arrested, Camp Destroyed
Environment (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, conservation, environment, culture, society, religion, government, freedoms, ethics )

Kat
- 1084 days ago - russellmeansfreedom.com

Dozens of heavily armed Police and State Troopers have raided the peaceful defenders camp at Eagle Rock in Michigan's Upper Peninsula; "crushing" the month-long effort to protect the sacred site from a controversial sulfide mine. Greg Peterson Reports...

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158

Mount Taylor Named One of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Environment (tags: Mount Taylor, Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, news, sadness, rights, ethics, religion, freedoms, destruction, endangered, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution )

Kat
- 1479 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com

WASHINGTON - The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Mount Taylor, near Grants, N.M., to its 2009 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This annual list highlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural...

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146

URGENT! Notice of Concern For Rock Creek! SEND A LETTER!
Environment (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, BLM, Rock Creek, culture, society, ethics, freedoms, religion, government, sadness, environment, interesting, government, conservation, destruction, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, pro )

Kat
- 1514 days ago - shundahai.org

This message is being sent to you by Peter Bergel at the request of Shundahai Network Board Member Ann Taylor, Corbin Harney's granddaughter. Hello everyone. This is a letter regarding the land around Rock Creek and we are working with the BLM in the...

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172

'Barack In, Barrick Out!'
Environment (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Shoshone Indians, Mt. Tenabo, ethics, freedoms, government, news, culture, society, ethics, americans, politics, interesting, environment, religion, rights, destruction, endangered, conservation, habitat, habita )

Kat
- 1583 days ago - bsnorrell.blogspot.com

the Federal District Court in Reno, Nevada will begin a two day injunction hearing to protect the world-recognized Shoshone spiritual area, Mt. Tenabo from what would be one of the U.S.' largest open pit cyanide heap leach gold mines. Just two months...

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147

Special Forest Products: Commercial Harvest and Sale and Free Use.
Environment (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Culture, Society, environment, nature, humans, freedoms, ethics, humans, law, news, sadness, government, nature )

Kat
- 1592 days ago - edocket.access.gpo.gov

SUMMARY: The Department is issuing this final rule to regulate the sustainable free use, commercial harvest, and sale of special forest products and forest botanical products from National Forest System lands.

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Report: Former Alaska Gov. Knowles on List of Obama's Possible Cabinet Picks
Environment (tags: GoodNews, freedoms, politics, democrats, conservation, environment, habitat, humans, nature, protection, Sustainabililty, wildlife )

Wolfweeps
- 1654 days ago - newsminer.com

FAIRBANKS -- If former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles is under consideration for an appointment in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet, nobody has bothered to tell him about it.Knowles, 65, a two-term Democratic governor who led Alaska from 1994-2002, was

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