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Another Fracking Explosion ACTION
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, health, fracking, habitat destruction, animals, humans, drinking water, water, US, NY )

Nancy
- 26 days ago - action.workingfamiliesparty.org
From poisoned water in Wyoming to earthquakes in Ohio and an explosion in Pennsylvania, it's clear that fracking is too dangerous for New York. Join us in calling on Governor Cuomo to ban fracking in New York.
47 comments
Restore and Protect the Gulf of Mexico ACTION
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, habitat destruction, toxins, drilling, oil )

Nancy
- 82 days ago - secure3.convio.net
It is high time that Congress and the White House do their part to implement the needed changes to help restore and protect a healthy Gulf. Use the form below to call on our elected officials to take action for the Gulf of Mexico.
20 comments
Stop Toxic Cancer-Causing Chemicals From Seeping Into the Raritan River! ACTION
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, habitat destruction, NJ, Raritan River, rivers, toxins )

Nancy
- 101 days ago - change.org
In suburban New Jersey, a toxic, cancer-causing chemical seep draining into the Raritan River from the 80-year old American Cyanamid Superfund Site and posing a great health risk to residents. Contact your elected officials today and tell them to urge...
22 comments
Say No to the Sweetheart Bill for the Oil Industry ACTION
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, habitat destruction, toxins, drilling, oil )

Nancy
- 102 days ago - act.oceana.org
We can't afford a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Gulf of Mexico is still struggling with the aftermath, and yet Congress is considering handing a sweetheart bill to the oil industry that will open up drilling in even more waters.
91 comments
Tell Canada to Honour Its Commitments to Our Oceans ACTION
Environment  (tags: Canada, oceans, ecosystems, fish, habitat destruction )

Nancy
- 106 days ago - action.davidsuzuki.org
If a panel of doctors told you that you need to take better care of your health, would you listen? Canada just got that warning from 10 leading marine scientists: Take care of your oceans before it's too late.
63 comments
Stop the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline! ACTION
Environment  (tags: destruction, Enbridge, Canada, ecosystems, habitat destruction, nature, water )

Nancy
- 121 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Imagine it: Pollution from tanker traffic. An impossible-to-rule-out oil spill. Destruction of pristine habitat for sea otters, killer whales, puffins, seabirds and even iconic spirit bears.
69 comments
TAKE ACTION! Stand With These Three Appalachian Communities And Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining ACTION
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, habitat destruction, earth justice )

Nancy
- 141 days ago - care2.com
Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. My previous link if you'd like to sign
22 comments
No Fracking Shell ACTION
Environment  (tags: habitat destruction, environment, ecosystems, fracking, Shell )

Nancy
- 183 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Send a message to Shell's chairman of the board telling him to pack up Shell's fracking gear and get out of the Headwaters for good.
64 comments
Amphibians Facing "Terrifying" Rate Of Extinction.
Environment  (tags: Amphibians, frogs, salamanders, extinction, climate change, habitat destruction )

Craig
- 187 days ago - commondreams.org
Almost half of Amphibian species could die out in the next 50 years due to climate change, disease, and habitat destruction.
20 comments
ACTION ALERT: Tell British Columbia to Stop Dirty Oil Plan & Save World's Last 400 Spirit Bears
Environment  (tags: Enbridge, Northern gateway pipeline, Canada, British Columbia, Alberta tar sands, tar sands, oil, spirit bear, endangered species, pollution, habitat destruction, NRDC, Reynard Loki, 13.7 Billion Years )

Reynard
- 206 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Energy giant Enbridge wants to ship 500,000 barrels of oil a day from the Alberta tar sands through the spirit bear's rainforest home. Tell British Columbia Premier Christy Clark to oppose this destructive plan and save this iconic animal.
105 comments
48 Hours to End Ocean Clear-Cuts
Environment  (tags: oceans, ecosystems, destruction, habitat destruction )

Lynn
- 253 days ago - avaaz.org
Our oceans are being systematically destroyed. The seafood industry uses long chains of heavy metal disks to drag nets across the sea floor in search of fish, crushing everything in their path. This bottom-trawling is like clear-cutting a forest. SIGN!
40 comments
ACTION ALERT: Tell the Forest Service NO to Peak 5 Expansion! Lynx Habitat Threatened!
Environment  (tags: skiing areas, enviornment, expansion, habitat destruction, wildlife, threatened, community, conservation )

Simone
- 273 days ago - rockymountainwild.org
Already one of the largest ski resorts in the country, Breckenridge Ski Resort has asked the Forest Service to allow a sizable expansion of its existing operation onto Peak 6 and towards Peak 5 in the White River National Forest in Summit County
5 comments
East Coast Earthquake Reveals Major Flaws in Planning for Nuclear Disaster
Environment  (tags: earthquake, 8/23/11, Virginia, habitat destruction )

Nancy
- 274 days ago - alternet.org
In Virginia, the quake shut down the North Anna reactor - a warning that our 'worst-case scenario' may not be bad enough.
30 comments
Roundup Herbicide Research Shows Plant, Soil Problems
Environment  (tags: destruction, environment, glyphosate, habitat destruction, farming, food, crops, pollution, Roundup, Sustainabililty )

Kathy
- 286 days ago - reuters.com
The heavy use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide appears to be causing harmful changes in soil and potentially hindering yields of the genetically modified crops that farmers are cultivating, a government scientist said on Friday.
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