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Ponca Tribe and All Oklahomans Deserve Clean Environment
Environment  (tags: pollution, humans, nature, Native Americans, land )

Lone
- 39 days ago - thenativepress.com
To those who have visited the Ponca City area (in Oklahoma) it is apparent that the people there are virtually inundated with industrial pollution. South of Ponca City on Highway 177 is a small housing addition owned by the Ponca Tribe situated in the
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NATURAL GAS DRILLING THREATENS COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Environment  (tags: water, suffering, pollution, air, land )

Dandelion
- 40 days ago - phillyimc.org
Natural Gas Drilling is forcing residents in West Virginia to put spikes in the roads to stop drilling trucks from destroying their land, water, and air. In Pennsylvania rural folks are trespassing in order to document toxic natural gas production waste.
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Huge Land Scam in Goa, Says Forest Department
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, scam, Goa, land, nature, wildlife, habitat )

Cher
- 211 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The forest department in Goa has alleged that vast tracts of reserve forest land is being converted into private property in collusion with revenue department officials, sources said on
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37,000 Sq Km of Amazon Rainforest Destroyed or Damaged in 2008
Environment  (tags: Brazil, amazon, rainforest, indigenous people, Indians, land, court, government, humans, environment, globalwarming, protection, nature, satellite, conservation, sustainable )

Tom
- 251 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Farmers, speculators, and ranchers set vast areas ablaze to prepare for the 2008 growing season. A new satellite system provides a more detailed look at forest degradation and may help Brazil stop deforestation before it occurs.
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Brazilian Court Ruling Backs Amazon Rainforest Reservation
Environment  (tags: Brazil, good news, amazon, rainforests, indigenous people, Indians, land, court, government, humans, environment, globalwarming, protection, nature, conservation, sustainable )

Tom
- 251 days ago - google.com
Brazil's Supreme Court sided with Amazonian Indians in a land dispute that some have called critical for determining the future of the rainforest that sprawls the size of Western Europe and provides a critical cushion against global warming.
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Sign Petition: Help Historic Public Lands Protections Become Law
Environment  (tags: environment, wildlife, protection, nature, humans, government, vote, public, land, management, historic, nature, habitat, ecosystems, conservation )

Tom
- 254 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Tell the U.S. House to pass the the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act next week; legislation that will be the largest expansion of the wilderness system in 15 years - including the eight years of environmental degradations under the Bush Administration.
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Costa Rica's Monkeys Lose Ground to Developers
Environment  (tags: developers, land, destruction habitatdestruction, monkeys, spider monkeys, costa rica )

Simone
- 852 days ago - enn.com
Costa Rica has lost up to half of its monkeys over the last 12 years as developers expanding into their jungle habitat isolate them in small communities, scientists said Thursday. Populations of monkeys including howler, white face, spider and
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Blockade Against Uranium Mine. Help Being Sought.
Environment  (tags: destruction, environment, uranium, development, mining, indigenous, land, Canada )

John
- 871 days ago - intercontinentalcry.org
The Algonquins of Ardoch lake recently set up a blockade against the development of a uranium mine on lands illegally appropriated from them. They have also sent out a call asking for assistance to help stop this mine, and the ongoing tests on this land.
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