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In Brazil, a Showdown Over Rainforest Deforestation
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, protection, humans, nature, government, politics, world, wildlife, conservation, animals, habitatdestruction, habitat )

Cal
- 3 hours ago - csmonitor.com
Brazil's president is scheduled to sign a reform package today that could retroactively legalize the deforestation of millions of acres in the Amazon.
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Goodbye Fish and Shellfish? Meet the Biggest Threat to Our Oceans
Environment  (tags: oceans, food chain, seafood, acidification of the oceans, ecosystems, environment, animals, wildlife, protection, habitatdestruction, habitat, green, greenhousegases, water, nature, humans, government, climate-change, destruction, conservation )

Cal
- 22 hours ago - alternet.org
As emissions continue to rise, the world's oceans are becoming corrosive, threatening shellfish, corals and the entire ocean food web. LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Si
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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
- 3 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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Romney Marsh Could Be UK's Nuclear Dumping Ground
Environment  (tags: radia-active, nature, pollution, humans, politics, protection, environment, ecosystems, conservation, destruction, world, habitat, habitatdestruction, green, government, wildlife )

Cal
- 6 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The wildlife-rich wetlands of Romney Marsh in Kent could become a radioactive dumping ground for Britain as part of Government plans to find a suitable spot to store future nuclear waste.
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Help Save Captain Paul Watson From Extradition to Costa Rica! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd, Germany, extradition, Costa Rica, help, arrested, email, government, environment, conservation, humans, protection, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 9 days ago - seashepherd.org
We have 15 hours to make our case! German officials have decided to proceed with the extradition of Captain Watson to Costa Rica. Please e-mail the sample letter provided to the necessary people. He has saved so many animals - now lets save him!!!
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OP-ED: We Should Help Solve Illegal Logging, Not Be Part of the Problem
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, crime, illegal logging trade, deforestation, habitatdestruction, habitat, protection, pollution, humans, politics, world, conservation, green, government, nature )

Cal
- 12 days ago - news.mongabay.com
As documented in a 2012 report by the World Bank, Justice for the Forests, illegal logging is now a massive criminal enterprise, rivaling the illegal drug trade and robbing developing nations of up to $US15 billion in revenues annually.
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ACTIVISM: Nevada Tribe Fights Coal Plant in Pollution Battle
Environment  (tags: environmental activism, activism, native activism, habitat, environment, destruction, nature, humans, politics, protection, trees, water, conservation, government, green )

Cal
- 15 days ago - nativetimes.com
A tiny Native American reservation outside Las Vegas is trying to persuade the federal government that its community faces serious health risks from a nearby coal-fired power plant by appealing to a nationwide campaign to increase visibility at national p
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Vietnam's Climate Woes Ignite National Strategy
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, destruction, politics, government, world, protection, climate-change, conservation, climatechange, globalwarming, water )

Cal
- 18 days ago - ipsnews.net
Vietnam is hailed as a development success story for lifting millions out of poverty and staying on track to meet all of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. But the country's future progress is severely threatened by the impact of global cli
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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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Japan : It's Our Time To Shine - Don't Let Gov't Restart Nuke Plants ! Take Action@Avaaz
Environment  (tags: government, environment, habitat, nuclear reactors, shut down, Take Action!, avaaz, petition, Japan, Prime Minister Noda, Tomari nuke plant, nuclear-free, protest, Stop!, Fukushima )

Naoko
- 20 days ago - avaaz.org
Japan just became the first industrialised country in the world to go 100% nuclear-free, but the government still refuses to let go of the possibility of the nuclear restart.
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REPORT: Nuclear Waste 'May Be Blighting 1,000 Sites' in the UK
Environment  (tags: nuclear waste, research, politics, protection, pollution, humans, healthconditions, environment, ecosystems, destruction, world, nature, radia-active, government )

Cal
- 21 days ago - theecologist.org
Hundreds of sites across England and Wales could be contaminated with radioactive waste from old military bases and factories, according to a new government report.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Safeguard America's Environmental Future
Environment  (tags: green, environment, nature, humans, climate, climate-change, wildlife, habitat, ecosystems, government )

Cal
- 26 days ago - forcechange.com
Pass environmental legislation to protect our ecosystems from pollution and destruction.According to the World Wildlife Fund, the Safeguarding America's Future Environment Act (SAFE) offers aid to governmental agencies that supervise and control the natur
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GREAT NEWS! A Park on Pine Ridge: A Longtime Partnership May Finally Lead to the United States's First Tribal National Pa
Environment  (tags: nationalparks, native americans, green, ecosystems, environment, GoodNews, government, wildlife, protection, nature, habitat )

Cal
- 34 days ago - indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
It has taken decades of discussions. There are still hurdles to overcome. But now, the country's first tribal national park may soon become a reality.
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ENVIRONMENT: Help Urge the Bureau of Reclamation to Protect Migratory Birds in the Klamath Basin. PLEASE SIGN!
Environment  (tags: animals, climate, water, weather, wildlife, birds, nature, humans, habitat, green, government, ecosystems, conservation, endangered, protection )

Jim
- 36 days ago - forcechange.com
Over ten thousand migratory birds have died this year as a result of reduced water flow to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for distributing water among the various users in the area and hasn't
42 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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