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Restore Coastal Louisiana - The Petition Site
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, water, trees, protection, pollution, humans, nature, habitat, government, environment, destruction, conservation, animals )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Mississippi Delta is the world's seventh largest river delta. But we are losing these wetlands at an alarming rate. 80 years of national actions to channelize and control the Mississippi River for economic development and navigation have diverted se
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Call on Senate to Stand Up to Polluters -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: energy, government, CO2emissions, politics, jobs, pollution )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - action.citizen.org
Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) voted in favor of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The draft bill still contains compromises, flaws, loopholes and giveaways that undermines a meaningful clean energy and cl
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TAKE ACTION and Make History - Help Save Coal River Mountain!
Environment  (tags: destruction, conservation, environment, habitatdestruction, protection, government )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - ilovemountains.org
Today, organizations across the nation are joining forces with iLoveMountains.org to send a powerful message to the Obama Administration that blasting on America's Most Endangered Mountain-Coal River Mountain- needs to stop now. This could be the largest
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Protect Yellowstone/Greater Rockies=Please Take Action !
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, destruction, forests, government, conservation, wildlife, trees, water, nature, habitat, protection )

Tierney
- 13 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Tell the Obama Administration to abandon its plan to hand over Wyoming's Red Desert lands to the oil and gas industry
19 comments
Take Action- Tell Your Senator to Protect Clean Air Act Authority
Environment  (tags: petition, climate, CO2emissions, destruction, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, pollution, government )

Daphna
- 14 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Senator Bob Menendez is circulating a letter written to Majority Leader Reid asking Reid to stand up to polluters and protect Clean Air Act authority to clean up greenhouse gas pollution from existing coal plants. Please join him in leading the way to a c
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Action Alert: No to Copenhagen 'Carbon Logging': GOOD REDD Fully Protects and Restores Old Forests as a Global Climatic Imperati
Environment  (tags: petition, world, trees, protection, pollution, humans, habitatdestruction, nature, government, globalwarming, environment, destruction, conservation, CO2emissions, forests )

Daphna
- 14 days ago - climateark.org
Copenhagen climate talks must not provide 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD) carbon market funds for old, natural forest logging, or for conversion of natural or semi-natural forests and other ecosystems to plantations. Ending d
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Beyond Copenhagen
Environment  (tags: world, petition, politics, protection, humans, nature, habitat, government, environment, globalwarming, ecosystems, CO2emissions )

Daphna
- 18 days ago - change.org
The President of the United States was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He has been a remarkable symbol of change. People all over the world feel empowered again. The Nobel Peace Prize award further symbolizes to the world than for President Obama to
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10 Of The Most Influential Environmentalists Of All Time | Iamgreenâ,,¢
Environment  (tags: conservation, endangered, environment, government, habitat, nature, politics, protection, wildlife, world )

Daphna
- 18 days ago - sayiamgreen.com
A Brazilian rubber tapper turned union organizer and environmentalist. Chico Mendes was one of the earliest and most vocal opponents of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. When rubber prices fell, and cattle ranchers started buying up the jungle and
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The World's Second Largest Tropical Rainforest
Environment  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, forests, government, habitat, humans, nature, trees, water, wildlife )

Daphna
- 18 days ago - treehugger.com
Why I didn't know much about Mesoamerica's Maya Forest (or 'Selva Maya' in Spanish), I'm not sure (and yes, am admittedly embarrassed). My guess is that since the Amazon takes the gold for being the largest rainforest, it receives the most attention. (A q
4 comments
Action Alert..Make a Difference on International Day of Climate Action!
Environment  (tags: environment, climate, globalwarming, pollution, protection, ClimateChange, government )

Dee
- 18 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
On October 24, 2009, thousands of people around the world are taking part in the International Day of Climate Action.
16 comments
Watch Acid Test and Take Action
Environment  (tags: destruction, ocean acidification, senators, habitatdestruction, water, oceans, government )

Tierney
- 24 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Ocean acidification is yet another reason why Congress must act now to curb global warming pollution. Help us spread the word by watching the short video, forwarding it to your friends and sending a message to your senators.
19 comments
India, China Sign Climate Cooperation Deal
Environment  (tags: world, environment, GoodNews, protection, humans, climatechange, globalwarming, CO2emissions, government, habitat, ecosystems )

Cal
- 28 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
2 comments
Want a Strong Climate Deal? Become a Citizen of Hopehangen
Environment  (tags: world, protection, humans, nature, habitat, government, globalwarming, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, conservation, climatechange )

Daphna
- 32 days ago - treehugger.com
We're coming into the home stretch before the COP15 climate talks in Copenhagen and we need to put as much pressure as possible on our national representatives that at this moment there is no more important single issue than establishing a fair, ambitious
38 comments
SPLIT ESTATES--WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU
Environment  (tags: habitat, energy, government )

Dandelion
- 33 days ago - splitestate.com
What is becoming an issue in the West with gas and oil exploration, due to the number of so-called "split estates" in which a person may own the surface rights to something, but someone else buys the mineral rights.
54 comments
Action Alert: Questioning World Bank Palm Oil Funding and Forest Carbon Finance in Indonesia
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, ecosystems, habitatdestruction, habitat, protection, world, wildlife, government, animals )

Cal
- 35 days ago - ecoearth.info
It is time for the World Bank to end finance of oil palm, sustainable forest management, paper pulp and other industrial rainforest developments known to be the root causes of deforestation, degradation and climate change. The Bank must permanently end fi
3 comments
 
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