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Environment News tagged with threatened

Nuclear Power Plant's Water Rights Threaten Endangered Species
Environment  (tags: environment, nuclear power plant, threatened, wildlife, habitat, protection, nature )

Cher
- 172 days ago - planetsave.com
In southeast Utah rests a peaceful town located on the banks of a peaceful river. Here the Green River flows between two canyons, Gray and Labyrinth, allowing for farming and ranching in an arid desert. Driving through Green River, Utah doesn't take but
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World's Largest Wetland Threatened in Brazil
Environment  (tags: wetlands, threatened, Brazil, destruction, degradation of the landlocked river delt, environment, protection, wildlife, animals )

Cher
- 281 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jaguars still roam the world's largest wetland and endangered Hyacinth Macaws nest in its trees but advancing farms and industries are destroying Brazil's Pantanal region at an alarming rate.
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Patagonia's Pascua River Threatened By Massive Dam Project
Environment  (tags: Patagonia, threatened, dam project, environment, conservation, destruction, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife, water, trees )

Cher
- 603 days ago - towardfreedom.com
There is a place in far southern Chile, in the remote region of Aysén, where the long road south - the famed Carreterra Austral - simply comes to an end. Beyond lies a land where the earthly elements combine in a breathtaking and intimidating mosaic of
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Logging Road Threatens Rare Peat Dome, Tigers
Environment  (tags: logging road, habitat destruction, destruction, threatened, tigers, forests, conservation )

Simone
- 608 days ago - huliq.com
In an investigative report published today by Eyes on the Forest, evidence shows that a new logging road in Riau Province -- strongly indicated as illegally built by companies connected to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) -- is cutting into the heart of Sumatra's
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Trees Dying in Bangladesh Tiger Refuge
Environment  (tags: species of tree, threatened, climate, cyclone, bengal tiger, wildlife, forests, conservation, habitatdestruction, trees )

Simone
- 676 days ago - alertnet.org
A species of tree that gave its name to Bangladesh's Sundarbans, home to the Royal Bengal tiger, is dying off following a severe cyclone late last year, forestry officials said on Friday. The Sundari species of trees, from which the name Sundarbans
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Feds Ignoring Impacts of Coal Mining Policy on Wildlife, Conservationists Say
Environment  (tags: coal mining, destruction, habitat destruction, conservation, threatened, wildllife )

Simone
- 679 days ago - tennessean.com
Coal mining that includes removing the top of mountains has an impact on threatened and endangered wildlife, and federal agencies need to change a long-standing policy that denies it, according to conservation groups and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources
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Take Action:Oil Companies Can Wait. Polar Bears Can't!-Stop Arctic Drilling.
Environment  (tags: oill drilling, arctic, habitat destruction, ocean mammals, threatened, oil companies, polar bears, destruction )

Simone
- 685 days ago - secure.defenders.org
It's no secret that polar bears are in trouble. Global warming and habitat loss are driving these majestic animals to the brink of extinction. Yet even as the government's own scientists acknowledge these threats, the Bush/Cheney Administration has
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Tiger Farming in China
Environment  (tags: tiger farms, destruction, wildlife destroyed, threatened, tigers, tiger farming )

Simone
- 698 days ago - news.ncmonline.com
China has only about 50 Siberian wild tigers left in the wild near the Russian border, while around 5,000 tigers are kept in tiger farms in different parts of the country. Of them around 2,000 are in two big parks - one in Harbin, north of China, and
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UPDATE: Hayden On Dramatic Dolphin Protest: 'We Were As Helpless As They Were' -VIDEO
Environment  (tags: Hayden Pannettiere, protests, abused, threatened, at risk, by Taiji fishermen, wildlife, dolphins, captured, mass slaughtered, highly toxic meat, feed to fishermen! )

Tony
- 751 days ago - accesshollywood.com
Instead of spending her time hanging around Hollywood hot spots, Hayden Panettiere has chosen to put her passion into a worldwide cause - one that not only brought her to tears, but also into harm's way.
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Global Warming Threatens Moose, Wolves
Environment  (tags: global warming, wildlife, weather, moose, wolves, threatened, endangered specieshabitatdestruction )

Simone
- 831 days ago - yubanet.com
Global warming is impacting more than the water levels in the Great Lakes. It could be the beginning of the end for the moose and wolves of Isle Royale. And if it is, a Michigan Technological University scientist places the blame squarely on the human
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Up Close in the Arctic, Beluga Whales Under Threat
Environment  (tags: conservation, beluga whales, ocean mammals, endangered, threatened, extinction, habitat, water )

Simone
- 842 days ago - planetark.org
Summer doesn't last long on the edge of the Arctic circle, but on the remote Solovetsky Island on Russia's White Sea it marks the remarkable return every year of Beluga whales just metres from the shore. Scientists say it is the only place in the
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Take Action Now to Save the Baltic Sea! The Baltic Sea Is in Serious Trouble!!
Environment  (tags: farming, algal bloom, ecosystems, threatened )

Doreen
- 851 days ago - panda.org
Each year over 1 million tonnes of nutrients leak into the waters of the Baltic Sea, causing environmental damage to one of the world's most threatened marine ecosystems.
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Border Fence Seen as Threat to Wildlife
Environment  (tags: Animals, wildlife, ecosystems, endangered, threatened, corralled )

Maureen
- 918 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com
ALAMO, Texas -- Nancy Brown drives the government truck slowly past mossy ponds, thick shrouds of beard-like Spanish moss and majestic ebony trees, gleefully identifying the song of the kiskadee and the gurgling call of the chachalaca. As the truck
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