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Climate Protesters 'Swoop' on London
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, economy, business, society, protest, activists, London, global-warming, ClimateChange, climatechange, environment, green, humans, world, news )

SirRobert
- 85 days ago - cnn.com
An estimated 1,000 climate change activists were converging on their target-center of London's financial district on Wednesday, for a week-long protest intended to highlight the dangers of economic growth on the environment.
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CLIMATE CHANGE BRINGS SOCIAL CHANGE: Drought-Stricken Kenyan Farmers Relocate to Slums
Environment  (tags: world, climatechange, humans, society, environment, globalwarming, climate-change, ClimateChange, climate, protection, politics )

Cal
- 91 days ago - canada.com
In Kenya a bruising and recurring drought is driving huge numbers of subsistence farmers away from rural areas, where they are increasingly reliant on hand-outs, into congested slums.
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Sign Petition: Don't Forget Hurricane Katrina
Environment  (tags: Hurricane, Katrina, New, Orleans, americans, nature, disaster, environment, destruction, climate, humans, protection, society, government, politics )

Tom
- 94 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
New Orleans has come a long way in four years. Hurricane Katrina's anniversary celebrates the rebuilding that's already happened, but it is also a time to honor the lives lost to Katrina and to remind the rest of America the work here is far from done.
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Access to Water Key for World's Poor: Experts
Environment  (tags: society, rights, humans, environment, protection, water, climate, world )

Cal
- 94 days ago - uk.news.yahoo.com
An international cast of politicians, industry leaders and United Nations officials joined forces Monday to improve access to water and halt a tide of deaths in poor nations.
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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
- 152 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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Climate Change Forces New Migration Response
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, climate-change, climate, society, politics, world, humans )

Cal
- 163 days ago - reuters.com
Climate change will force millions of people to leave their homes to flee rising seas and drought over the coming decades, requiring a new plan for mass migration, said a report published by the U.N. University, CARE International and Columbia University
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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
- 177 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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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
- 186 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!
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Sign Petition: Birds and Climate Change Ecological Disruption in Progress
Environment  (tags: National, Audubon, Society, birds, animals, wildlife, world, globalwarming, environment, ecosystems, conservation, climatechange, CO2emissions, habitatdestruction, pollution, nature, protection, humans )

Tom
- 189 days ago - audubonaction.org
We need global warming legislation that will help birds and wildlife survive what is coming by protecting their habitats and will reduce global warming pollution 80 percent by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of a rapidly changing climate.
22 comments
Defend Sacred Sites: San Francisco Protest May 6th
Environment  (tags: Indigenous People, Sacred Sites, conservation, endangered, environment, destruction, nature, pollution, protection, religion, culture, society, ethics, rights )

Kat
- 199 days ago - indybay.org
PROTESTS TAKING PLACE IN SAN FRANCICSO, PHOENIX, TUCSON AND SONORA, MEXICO! The Mexican government and a company called CEGIR/Centro de Gestion Integral de Residuos S.A. want to build a hazardous waste dump in O'odham territory, near the sacred site..
22 comments
Mount Taylor Named One of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Environment  (tags: Mount Taylor, Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, news, sadness, rights, ethics, religion, freedoms, destruction, endangered, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution )

Kat
- 200 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Mount Taylor, near Grants, N.M., to its 2009 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This annual list highlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural...
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We Can Learn From Denver
Environment  (tags: environment, Denver, Colorado, alternative energies, climate change, global warming, science, solar, energy, conservation, regionalism, cooperation, society, humans, metro, transportation, climate-change, nature, world )

SirRobert
- 206 days ago - azstarnet.com
Denver has established a commitment toward cooperational regionalism. Hardship driven, it has obtained a more environmentally friendly metro-hub with efficient transit systems. A field of solar panels generates power for the airport as one example.
2 comments
NASA Celebrates Earth Day Across The Country
Environment  (tags: earth day, celebration, nasa, earth, science, research, tech, technology, environment, climatechange, globalwarming, ecosystems, humans, society, news, world, weather, government, climate, scientists, space, GoodNews, nature, oceans, protection )

SirRobert
- 215 days ago - nasa.gov
NASA centers across the nation invite journalists and the public to see and hear how NASA is dedicated to the contributions toward the understanding and protection of Earth.
5 comments
"Care2 Get The Word Out?" - Group Invitation
Environment  (tags: Care2, C2NN, news, petitions, environment, history, science, tech, technology, research, astronomy, society, world, humans, animals, endangered species, politics, government, business, Green, health, offbeat, interesting, art, groups, ClimateChange, nature )

SirRobert
- 230 days ago - care2.com
Announcing the formation of a newly founded C2NN Group: "Care2 Get The Word Out?" Just started and already growing in strength as you read this promo! Designed to increase your ability to obtain notes and signatures on submitted articles and petitions.
10 comments
Pelosi Statement on President Obama Signing Omnibus Public Lands Management Act
Environment  (tags: Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, President Obama, Congress, americans, culture, society, politics, ethics, GoodNews, usa, conservation, environment, GoodNews, habitat, nature, protection )

Kat
- 233 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this afternoon after President Obama signed H.R. 146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act into law. "I was so pleased to join President Obama today...
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