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U.S. Pharmaceutical Factories Dumping Huge Quantities of Drugs Into Public Sewers, Rivers and Waterways
Environment  (tags: pollution, water, drugs, health, nature, wildlife )

Lone
- 45 days ago - naturalnews.com
NaturalNews) In spite of claims by pharmaceutical companies that they do not discharge their products into the water supply, federal researchers have discovered that waters downstream of pharmaceutical plants are more heavily contaminated with drug residu
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Pass Strong Climate Legislation to Protect Human Health ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, habitat, humans, health, protection, nature )

Cher
- 57 days ago - change.org
Tell your senators that the nation's health and safety require that we stop global warming. If you haven't added your name to the PSR letter calling for strong climate and energy policy, sign on today
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Food Crisis Could Force Wartime Rations and Vegetarian Diet on Britons
Environment  (tags: climate-change, environment, world, health, humans )

Cal
- 88 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The British people face wartime rations and a vegetarian diet in the event of a world food shortage, a new official assessment on the UK's food security suggests today
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EPA Looks at Effects of Waste Plants on Minorities, Poor
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, pollution, humans, ecosystems, conservation, habitat, science, treatment, health, risks, safety, soil, water, contamination, disease, investigation, poor, politics )

Tom
- 103 days ago - latimes.com
A Clinton-era executive order requiring federal agencies to consider the effect of their policies on disadvantaged communities was ignored by the Bush administration. Obama-appointed EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson has promised to analyze those effects.
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Take Action: Tell Congress To Strengthen Climate Bill - Amend H.R. 2454
Environment  (tags: H.R. 2454, CleanAirAct, ClimateBill, congress, climate, climate-change, global-warming, weather, government, politics, democrats, republicans, u.s., world, petition, environment, health, society, humans, americans, energy, nature, pollution, protection )

SirRobert
- 140 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The current H.R. 2454 Climate Bill is not going to be fast enough, nor cut deep enough to make any significant difference in time! As it stands now, it would precisely give the same odds as flipping a coin at 50/50 chance of any positive impact. Act Now!!
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New Climate Change Forecast: "Mass Starvation" - Agricultural Expert Warns
Environment  (tags: food, agriculture, commodities, business, u.s., world, environment, starvation, hunger, health, death, climate-change, global-warming, government, politics, climate, weather, science, tech, finance, humans, destruction, endangered, nature, warning, warni )

SirRobert
- 140 days ago - worldnetdaily.com
Don Coxe, a leading agricultural industry expert warns, that crop failures are coming, perhaps as early as this year and will lead directly to "mass starvation"!
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OUTRAGEOUS: Court Legalizes Pollution of America Water Supplies
Environment  (tags: environment, water, nature, protection, health, pollution, habitatdestruction, destruction, conservation )

Cal
- 141 days ago - unearthed.earthjustice.org
A disappointing decision by the federal appeals court in Atlanta will legalize pollution in many American drinking water supplies, and we have the former Bush administration to thank for it.
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West Oakland Neighbors Tackle Toxic Legacy
Environment  (tags: environment, humans, health, children, protection, healthcare, pollution, habitat, nature, suffering )

Cher
- 144 days ago - planetsave.com
Just about any long-term West Oakland resident can rattle off a list of health issues effecting their community: toxins from cargo ships docking at the nearby Port of Oakland, diesel smoke from Port-bound trucks, pollution from the two freeways that
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Sign Petition: Protect Your Drinking Water From Toxic Chemicals
Environment  (tags: environment, halliburton, cheney, corruption, lies, cover-up, crime, politics, government, bush, americans, health, risk, disease, epa, exxon, oil, gas, toxic, drinking, water, pollution, ecosystems, destruction, humans, protection, conservation )

Tom
- 148 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
Thanks to a provision slipped into the Energy Policy Act of 2005 at the request of Halliburton, Exxon and other corporations, the oil and gas industry was exempted from the Safe Drinking Water Act that protects drinking water for millions of Americans.
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Tell The EPA: Global Warming Endangers Public Health ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, health, humans, nature, protection, world )

Cher
- 155 days ago - change.org
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a proposed finding that the current and projected concentrations of the mix of six key greenhouse gases--carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),
11 comments
The Kayapo Nation: Protectors Of The Amazon - Video
Environment  (tags: kayapo, amazon, tribe, nation, world, video, conservation, environment, ecology, nature, water, food, spiritual, health, well-being, society, culture, ecosystems, protection, activists, interesting, humans, ClimateChange, forests, habitat, endangered )

SirRobert
- 164 days ago - conservation.org
For the Kayapo tribe, the rainforest is more than just a forest, it is their source of food, water, shelter, medicine and spiritual well-being. The Kayapo clearly understand the necessity for a mutual respect within the balance of nature!
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Sign Petition: Global Emission and Waste Reform NOW
Environment  (tags: environment, CO2emissions, waste, garbage, ocean, landfills, pollution, recycling, nature, protection, globalwarming, Sustainabililty, wildlife, habitat, conservation, corporations, economy, health, disease, prevention, safety, politics, government )

Tom
- 169 days ago - change.org
Our government's goal is to reduce pollution by 83% by 2050. The health of the people comes before corporations or the economy. We should eliminate endless landfills, trash, and gigantic garbage patches in oceans through planning and recycling by 2020.
24 comments
PLZ TAKE ACTION: Stop Pirate Fishing and Save the Children of Sierra Leone!
Environment  (tags: pirate fishing, children, health, oceans, overfishing, liveihood, survival )

Simone
- 170 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
EJF needs your help to protect Sierra Leone from Illegal Pirate Fishing An Urgent Appeal - Every Penny Helps In Sierra Leone, foreign trawlers fish illegally within the area restricted for local fishermen, causing overwhelming destruction to marine
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Let's Act Now! - Most Effective Way to Stop Global Warming
Environment  (tags: climate change, global warming, green living, green, greenhousegases, diet, health, environment, world, activism, vegetarian, wellness, society, culture, science, tech, technology, humans, animals, climate, nature, pollution, protection, CO2emissions )

SirRobert
- 173 days ago - letsactnow.org
Time is running out and the decisions we make now are affecting the future outcome of global warming temperature rise around our planet. It's time to take an inventory of our current personal choices and look at how they will change our future generation!
11 comments
Sign Petition: Tell The EPA That Animal Agriculture Produces More Greenouse Gases Than Automobiles
Environment  (tags: climate, change, global, warming, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, habitat, protection, pollution, humans, wildlife, nature, livestock, factory, farming, food, methane, cattle, pigs, sheep, EPA, agriculture, health )

Tom
- 176 days ago - secure2.convio.net
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to issue its findings on climate change. Focusing on the role automobiles play in producing greenhouse gases, the agency, however, ignores the fact that animal agriculture is one of the biggest culprits!
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