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Environment News tagged with goodnews

United States EPA Issues Rule to Reduce Water Pollution From Construction Sites
Environment  (tags: pollution, water, humans, GoodNews, ecosystems, destruction, environment )

Cal
- 9 hours ago - enn.com
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule to help reduce water pollution from construction sites. This rule, which takes effect in February 2010 and will be phased in over four years, should significantly improve the quality of w
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Help NPCA Secure a Huge Victory for Joshua Tree! -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, goodnews, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, trees, water, wildlife, nature )

Tierney
- 3 days ago - act.npca.org
Recently, NPCA scored a landmark victory in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which invalidated a land exchange needed to proceed with the massive Eagle Mountain landfill--a proposed garbage dump surrounded on three sides by Joshua Tree National Par
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GOOD NEWS----Norway to Help Protect Guyana's Forests
Environment  (tags: environment, GoodNews, trees, protection, habitat, conservation, ecosystems, world, humans, nature )

Cal
- 6 days ago - enn.com
The campaign received major support last week when Norway announced a $30 million commitment on Monday for the small South American nation to implement an "avoided deforestation" plan. If the program demonstrates success, Guyana will receive an additional
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12 Briquette Shops Open in Goma - 6 More By End Nov
Environment  (tags: world, wildlife, Sustainabililty, trees, protection, nature, habitat, goodnews, GoodNews, ecosystems, destruction, conservation )

Gorilly
- 12 days ago - gorillacd.org
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Im so excited!!!!!! But of course that is not enough. So we have opened 12 shops in the busiest areas of town, where makala (charcoal) is being sold (and of course where our target market is!) Out with charcole yessssss
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UK Bans Malaysian Palm Oil Advert
Environment  (tags: Sustainabililty, protection, GoodNews, ecosystems, habitatdestruction, habitat )

Cal
- 19 days ago - theecologist.org
Second advert from palm oil industry lobby group is banned for its sustainability claims
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Religious Group Pushes to Protect San Gabriel Mountains
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, humans, ecosystems, nature, habitat, goodnews )

Cal
- 22 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
An activist religious group has joined the effort to designate the San Gabriel Mountains as a national recreational area eligible for additional federal resources including law enforcement personnel, interpretive signs and hiking trails.
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Prince Charles Making Progress in Effort to Save Rainforests
Environment  (tags: trees, goodnews, globalwarming, CO2emissions, ClimateChange, conservation )

Chris
- 23 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Prince Charles of Great Britain has emerged as one of the world's highest-profile promoters of a scheme that could finally put an end to destruction of tropical rainforests.
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GOOD NEWS---New Reserve Created in Cambodia With REDD in Mind
Environment  (tags: animals, environment, ecosystems, habitat, humans, conservation, nature, GoodNews )

Cal
- 27 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Cambodia's Royal Government's Council of Ministers has declared the creation of the Seima Protection Forest, a 1,100 square miles (2,849 square kilometers) park home to tigers, elephants, and endangered primates.
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Send a Thank You Message to the EPA for Safeguarding Communities From Mercury Pollution Today!
Environment  (tags: greenhousegases, CO2emissions, mercury pollution, EPA, goodnews )

Tierney
- 29 days ago - secure2.convio.net
For years the Bush Administration attempted to shield power plants from clean up requirements, but now the EPA has agreed put new rules in place by 2011 that will protect Americans from the mercury, lead, soot and other harmful toxins emitted by coal and
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Google to Fight Deforestation From Space
Environment  (tags: world, trees, protection, humans, nature, habitat, goodnews, environment, destruction, ecosystems, conservation, forests )

Daphna
- 32 days ago - planetsave.com
Google Inc. is joining forces with space agencies around the world and the conservation organization Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to monitor deforestation rates using satellite imagery. Among the space agencies working on the program are NASA, the ES
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India, China Sign Climate Cooperation Deal
Environment  (tags: world, environment, GoodNews, protection, humans, climatechange, globalwarming, CO2emissions, government, habitat, ecosystems )

Cal
- 32 days ago - uk.reuters.com
India and China signed a broad agreement to cooperate in the fight against climate change and also underlined a common position on contentious talks for a tougher global climate deal
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Sea Shepherd Unveils the Andy Gil
Environment  (tags: environment, goodnews, whaling, protection )

Cal
- 34 days ago - seashepherd.org
Sea Shepherd Renames the Earth Vessel in Honor of Benefactor
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Folsom Walmart to Start Reusable Bag Trial
Environment  (tags: GoodNews, Reusable Bags, stores, research )

Lone
- 34 days ago - sacbee.com
Here's a new crinkle in the fast-changing politics of plastic sacks: Walmart is going to see what happens if shoppers don't have the option of free bags at the checkout counter
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Save the Polar Bear
Environment  (tags: animals, GoodNews, endangered, wildlife, polar bears, Salazar )

Tierney
- 35 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Send the Obama Administration a big "Thank you" for endorsing an upgrade in international protection for polar bears.
38 comments
Indigenous Lands Conserved in Northern Australia
Environment  (tags: GoodNews, ecosystems, environment, world, Sustainabililty, protection, humans )

Cal
- 46 days ago - blog.nature.org
the Australian Federal Government and traditional Indigenous landowners achieved a major milestone for conservation in Australia: the signing of agreements establishing two immense and globally significant conservation reserves on indigenous lands in the
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