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Environment News tagged with humans

CLIMATE CHANGE-THAILAND: Bangkok: A Future Filled With Floods
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, climatechange, ecosystems, protection, humans, world, climate, ClimateChange, climate-change )

Cal
- 4 hours ago - ipsnews.net
Thailand's capital, dubbed the 'City of Angels' and the 'Venice of the East', is threatened by long-term flood inundation as rising sea waters triggered by global weather change and monsoonal rains combine.
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The World Challenge Voting Has Closed
Environment  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, forests, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, habitat, protection, trees, Sustainabililty )

Gorilly
- 8 hours ago - gorilla.wildlifedirect.org
Unfortunately the 'Jiko Rescue' project was not one of the top-three winners, but to be chosen as one of twelve finalists out of nearly a thousand nominations is still a notable achievement.
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INDIA: A Famed Region's Triple Whammy of Environmental Bane
Environment  (tags: world, environment, destruction, humans, ecosystems, politics, climate-change, climate, globalwarming, CO2emissions )

Cal
- 23 hours ago - ipsnews.net
The combined impact of tourism, climate change and changing lifestyle in this internationally renowned adventure haven has raised serious concerns among environmental groups.
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Alliance for Climate Protection | Send a Message to the EPA-Take Action
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, Petition, conservation, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, humans, nature, pollution, science )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - acp.climateprotect.org
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new standards that will improve the gas mileage of new cars and light trucks. The deadline to submit comments is Wednesday, November 25th. Add your name by filling out the form on the right and we will deli
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Women, Worst Hit and Overlooked in Climate Change Debate: United Nations
Environment  (tags: climate-change, humans, women, climatechange, globalwarming, environment, destruction, protection )

Cal
- 1 day ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Women farmers, particularly in poor countries will be worst hit by climate change as they make up the larger share of the agricultural work force and also because they have fewer access to income-earning o
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Take Action: Will President Obama Attend the Copenhagen Climate Talks?
Environment  (tags: petition, world, pollution, protection, humans, nature, globalwarming, environment, destruction, ecosystems, climatechange, CO2emissions )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - action.wilderness.org
The world's leaders will be in Copenhagen in early December for international climate change negotiations. But will our president be there? It is well recognized that creating a successful international agreement hinges on strong American climate leader
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ENVIRONMENT: Save Half the Planet, or Lose It All
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, destruction, nature, protection, humans, world, climate, ecosystems )

Cal
- 2 days ago - ipsnews.net
At least half the planet must be protected if humanity is to survive the next century, declared conservationists at the conclusion of 9th World Wilderness Congress
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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
- 2 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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The Prince's Rainforests Project: Keeping Forests Standing
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforests, forests, trees, protection, ecosystems, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, destruction, habitat, humans, world, wildlife )

Cal
- 3 days ago - theecologist.org
It's the best hope for creating a critical mass of support for tough action on tropical deforestation, and its website offers a wealth of information for all
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SCANDALOUS!! Palm Oil Firms Letting Four-Year-Olds Sign Contracts
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, palm oil companies, palm oil, humans, protection, world, habitat, ecosystems, destruction )

Cal
- 3 days ago - theecologist.org
'Chaotic' legislation in Indonesia is allowing palm oil plantation companies looking to produce biofuel to bully local people off their land
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Going Green Tips - Everything You Know About Going Green Is Wrong
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, environment, green, humans, nature )

Daphna
- 3 days ago - thedailygreen.com
What if that brand new Prius is worse for the environment than a 1995 Chevy Suburban, despite getting 38 more miles to the gallon? What if that sirloin, shipped to the steakhouse from a newly deforested pasture in the Amazon, means less to the global cli
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Take Action- Organize To Be Heard: Get Started
Environment  (tags: climate, Petition, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, habitat, nature, humans, pollution, protection, world )

Daphna
- 3 days ago - consequence09.org
I believe the Senate must jump-start our economy by supporting a comprehensive clean energy jobs and climate bill that also includes a cap on carbon pollution. Making the shift to clean energy will ultimately make energy cheaper, create jobs
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The World's Most Cited Climate Change Denier: The World's Leading Climate Scientist?
Environment  (tags: world, research, pollution, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, environment, CO2emissions, climate-change, ecosystems )

Daphna
- 3 days ago - planetgreen.discovery.com
If there's one climate change-related interview you read today (just in case you're one of those people who read dozens of them), check out the piece over at the New Republic featuring Dr. Stephen Schneider.
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Desperate Climate Times Call for Oddball Measures
Environment  (tags: environment, climatechange, climate, globalwarming, humans, protection, climate-change, CO2emissions )

Cal
- 4 days ago - latimes.com
As global warming concerns grow, scientists are taking seriously some of the seemingly crazy proposals of geo-engineering. One suggestion: Launch a million tiny mirrors into space. Every minute.
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Warming Brings Early Demise to Bolivian Glacier
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, globalwarming, climate-change, ClimateChange, climate, environment, CO2emissions, humans, climatechange )

Cal
- 4 days ago - independent.co.uk
Once home to the highest ski resort in the world and now reduced to a rocky mountainside, Bolivia's Chacaltaya range bears powerful witness to the precipitous melting of glaciers
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The World Challenge Voting Has Closed
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INDIA: A Famed Region's Triple Whammy of Environmental Bane
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