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Take Action: Ask the Obama Administration to Save Coal River Mountain
Environment  (tags: Petition, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, humans, nature, pollution, protection, habitatdestruction, trees, water )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - ga3.org
Save Coal River Mountain and help preserve our clean energy future. Contact the Obama Administration today. Two weeks ago Massey Energy began blasting Coal River Mountain and with it, the hopes of citizens who have developed plans for a green wind proje
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Protect Yellowstone/Greater Rockies=Please Take Action !
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, destruction, forests, government, conservation, wildlife, trees, water, nature, habitat, protection )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Tell the Obama Administration to abandon its plan to hand over Wyoming's Red Desert lands to the oil and gas industry
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Snow Will Soon Disappear From Mount Kilimanjaro
Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, snow, mountains, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - ecoworldly.com
Despite the fact that Mount Kilimanjaro is located in one of the world's warmer climates, like any other mountain with such high altitude, it has snowy peaks and glaciers that add interest to climbers, (although it doesn't do much for the wildlife on
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HELP SAVE COAL RIVER MOUNTAIN ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, Coal River Mountain, habitat, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - change.org
Today, organizations across the nation are joining forces with iLoveMountains.org to send a powerful message to the Obama Administration that blasting on Coal River Mountain needs to stop now. More than 500,000 people across the country are being asked
9 comments
Degraded Habitats Push More Species to Extinction
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, habitat, animals, ecosystems, environment, humans, protection, world, green )

Cal
- 1 day ago - enn.com
The latest global assessment of biodiversity ruled yesterday that an additional 11 species are either fully extinct or extinct outside of captivity.
5 comments
Climate Treaty May Need Extra Year
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, CO2emissions, climate-change, greenhousegases, world, politics, conservation, protection )

Cal
- 1 day ago - uk.reuters.com
A U.N. climate treaty may need an extra year beyond a December deadline to agree details, delegates at U.N. talks said on Thursday even as a U.S. Senate committee approved a carbon-capping bill.
2 comments
Gore's Book a Toolbox for Fixing Climate Crises
Environment  (tags: Al Gore, ecosystems, globalwarming, CO2emissions, climatechange, greenhousegases, politics, protection, research, humans, world )

Cal
- 1 day ago - usatoday.com
With global warming taking center stage in world affairs, Al Gore can't be far behind: The Nobel-Prize-winning former-vice president-turned-energy entrepreneur is releasing his plan to crack the climate conundrum.
5 comments
Truly Eco- and Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine
Environment  (tags: environment, wind turbines, birds, death, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - all-creatures.org
The death of avian life is perhaps one of the most common arguments against wind farms. The idea that wind turbines kill birds started originally from the large rate of bird deaths, around 4,700 annually, at the wind farm in Altamont, CA
9 comments
West Australia Oil Leak Still Pouring Oil Into the Sea After 2 Months - Marine Life Disaster
Environment  (tags: environment, oil spill, destruction, pollution, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - wildlifeextra.com
The area affected by the major oil spill off Australia's Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to a marine wildlife survey conducted by WWF
5 comments
Strange Bedfellows: Glenn Beck, PETA Join Forces to Give Al Gore What for! Please Take Poll!!!
Environment  (tags: environment, Gore, Beck, Peta, habitat, nature, vegetarians, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
All right, so Beck's strange leap onto PETA's bandwagon just so happens to give him some ammunition against another of his regular targets, former Vice President Al Gore.
26 comments
Give the Polar Bear a Fighting Chance ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, polar bears, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - thepetitionsite.com
In May 2008, the Department of the Interior listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In October 2009, as required by the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its proposal to designate
10 comments
Action Alert: No to Copenhagen 'Carbon Logging': GOOD REDD Fully Protects and Restores Old Forests as a Global Climatic Imperati
Environment  (tags: petition, world, trees, protection, pollution, humans, habitatdestruction, nature, government, globalwarming, environment, destruction, conservation, CO2emissions, forests )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - climateark.org
Copenhagen climate talks must not provide 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD) carbon market funds for old, natural forest logging, or for conversion of natural or semi-natural forests and other ecosystems to plantations. Ending d
7 comments
Forests in the Desert: The Answer to Climate Change?
Environment  (tags: climatechange, environment, protection, globalwarming, CO2emissions, climate, trees, science, nature, world, habitat, climate-change )

Cal
- 2 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Climate change could be cancelled out in a staggeringly ambitious plan to plant the Sahara desert and Australian outback with trees
10 comments
UK Bans Malaysian Palm Oil Advert
Environment  (tags: Sustainabililty, protection, GoodNews, ecosystems, habitatdestruction, habitat )

Cal
- 2 days ago - theecologist.org
Second advert from palm oil industry lobby group is banned for its sustainability claims
1 comment
GOOD NEWS---Gucci Group Commits to Protecting Indonesia's Rainforests
Environment  (tags: environment, RAINFORESTS, destruction, forests, trees, protection, humans, ecosystems )

Cal
- 3 days ago - cms.ran.org
Joining forces with Rainforest Action Network (RAN), the prestigious conglomerate of fashion and luxury brands Gucci Group has decided to eliminate all paper made from Indonesian rainforests and plantations and by controversial suppliers like Asia Pulp an
5 comments
 
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Protect Yellowstone/Greater Rockies=Please Take Action !
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HELP SAVE COAL RIVER MOUNTAIN ! TAKE ACTION !
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Snow Will Soon Disappear From Mount Kilimanjaro
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Climate Treaty May Need Extra Year
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