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Tell Energy Secretary Moniz: Don't Encourage Expanded Fracking.
Environment  (tags: Fracking, Moniz, environment, destruction, pollution, water, energy )

Angelika
- 5 days ago - act.credoaction.com
It's clear the Obama administration wants to green-light fracked gas exports. But, as energy secretary, Moniz has a lot of leverage in the administration to push back against pressure from the White House to approve fracked gas exports.
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11,000 Barrels of Oil Spill Into the Coca River in the Amazon
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, water, pollution, nature, humans, habitatdestruction, habitat, world, forests, destruction, conservation )

Cal
- 5 days ago - news.mongabay.com
On May 31st, a landslide ruptured an oil pipeline in Ecuadorean Amazon, sending around 11,000 barrels of oil ( 420,000 gallons) into the Coca River.In addition to possible environmental damage, the oil spill temporarily contaminated drinking water for the
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Tell American Electric Power: Fund Clean Air, Not Lawsuits ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, nature, protection, pollution )

Cher
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
American Electric Power is spending millions of ratepayer dollars on lawsuits that would give them the right to pollute our air, water and food with mercury.
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Sixth Maine Town Passes Resolution Opposing Transport of Tar Sands Through Existing Pipeline
Environment  (tags: politics, environment, tar sands, ecosystems, Keystone Xl Pipeline, usa, nature, healthconditions, pollution, world )

Cal
- 6 days ago - ecowatch.com
Harrison residents voted 156-59 yesterday to pass a municipal resolution stating opposition to sending tar sands oil through ExxonMobil's Portland-Montreal Pipeline, making it the sixth Maine town to publicly and officially oppose the proposal.
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Keystone XL Lawsuit Filed By Sierra Club Over 'Deeply Flawed' Environmental Review
Environment  (tags: tar sands, Canda, Keystone XL Pipeline, environment, destruction, ecosystems, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, humans, politics, world, pollution, nature )

Cal
- 6 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Environmental advocates are mounting pressure against the U.S. State Department over a Keystone XL review process they say is "plagued by conflicts of interest."
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TAKE ACTION: Speak Out to Protect the Rocky Mountains From Dirty Energy
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, government, politics, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty )

Beverly
- 6 days ago - secure3.convio.net
The U.S. Forest Service wants to let the coal industry invade one of Colorado's treasured forest roadless areas. Send a letter today calling on the Obama Administration to keep our forests safe from dirty energy.
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An Inside Look at the Fight to Stop Fracking in Michigan
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, wildlife, pollution )

Cal
- 8 days ago - ecowatch.com
How can a group of chemical engineers, social workers, active and retired teachers, artists, carpenters and lawyers impact an industry that has been expanding its power and writing its own rules since J.D. Rockefeller had his men park abandoned railroad c
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Rupert Wolfe-Murray: Romania: The World's First Dystopia
Environment  (tags: destruction, habitat destruction, pollution, water, ecosystems, environment, conservation, wildlife, Sustainabililty )

Ela
- 8 days ago - huffingtonpost.co.uk
Never before has such a big cyanide mining project been attempted in Europe. Rivers and groundwater in the region, including the Danube, may be poisoned and only about 200 jobs will be created.
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Stand Up to Polluters for the Porpoises
Environment  (tags: environment, oceans, pollution )

Nicole
- 8 days ago - change.org
I just signed a petition from Save the Bay. The only way to keep the porpoises here is to keep pollution out--and that means getting the San Francisco Regional Water Board to stand up to the worst polluters. Please sign and share.
66 comments
Father Laiu Fights to Save Rural Romania From Fracking
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, wildlife, pollution )

Cal
- 9 days ago - thejakartaglobe.com
Vasile Laiu, the Christian Orthodox archpriest of Barlad, takes part in a protest against shale gas exploition in Barlad city, 290km northeast from Bucharest
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The Biggest Environmental Dispute No One Wants to Talk About
Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, fish, globalwarming, healthconditions, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, wildlife )

Kit
- 9 days ago - takepart.com
A proposed mining operation in a remote area of Alaska could radically alter the lives and livelihood of people in the region.
23 comments
Tell the EPA: Keep Our Water Clean and Safe ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, pollution, protection, nature, water )

Cher
- 9 days ago - secure.sierraclub.org
Tell the EPA that we need the strongest possible safeguards against toxic wastewater. We can't wait another 30 years to get this right!
90 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Demand Power Plants Respect Pollution Regulations
Environment  (tags: energy, environment, destruction, pollution, politics, healthconditions )

Cal
- 10 days ago - forcechange.com
Demand power plants to drop lawsuits and lend big helping hand in making the air more breathable for us and all of our children.
38 comments
Protecting the Ocean
Environment  (tags: National Geographic, Protecting the Ocean, overfishing, global warming, pollution, solutions )

Dandelion
- 10 days ago - ocean.nationalgeographic.com
The oceans are facing threats from many sides. Learn about the issues--pollution, overfishing, and global warming chief among them--and the possible solutions for protecting the ocean. National Geographic article well written with lots of photos.
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