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Goodbye Fish and Shellfish? Meet the Biggest Threat to Our Oceans
Environment  (tags: oceans, food chain, seafood, acidification of the oceans, ecosystems, environment, animals, wildlife, protection, habitatdestruction, habitat, green, greenhousegases, water, nature, humans, government, climate-change, destruction, conservation )

Cal
- 22 hours ago - alternet.org
As emissions continue to rise, the world's oceans are becoming corrosive, threatening shellfish, corals and the entire ocean food web. LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Si
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NEW STUDY: High Concentrations of Toxic Mercury in the Arctic From Circumpolar Rivers
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, research, world, climate-change, destruction, oceans, nature, humans, pollution, protection, water, wildlife, habitat )

Cal
- 1 day ago - enn.com
The implications of this finding are significant for predicting future levels of the toxic heavy metal. The levels in the Artic will likely be increasing from the thawing of Arctic soils, releasing mercury into the hydrological cycle.
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Stop the Dirty Water Gang ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, water, pollution, protection, habitat, conservation )

Cher
- 2 days ago - secure3.convio.net
just as President Obama is about to sign off on the biggest victory for clean water in our country in decades, the "Dirty Water Gang" in Congress is trying to block us. Stop the Dirty Water Gang by sending a message to your legislator.
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Mangroves Lead Battle Against Rising Seas
Environment  (tags: climate-change, water )

Cal
- 3 days ago - ipsnews.net
Sea level rise near Papua New Guinea, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the southwest Pacific, is estimated at seven millimetres per year, double the global annual average of 2.8-3.6 mm.
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The Clean Water Act at 40: There's Still Much Left to Do
Environment  (tags: water, pollution, healthconditions, humans, Clean Water Act, conservation, ecosystems, environment, oceans, nature, politics, protection )

Cal
- 4 days ago - e360.yale.edu
The Clean Water Act of 1972, one of the boldest environmental laws ever enacted, turns 40 this year, with an impressive record of cleaning up America's waterways. But from New York Harbor to Alaska's Bristol Bay, key challenges remain.
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Uranium-Tainted Water Still a Concern on Wind River Reservation
Environment  (tags: pollution, humans, environment, ecosystems, water, protection, nature, conservation, politics )

Cal
- 4 days ago - indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
In early May, the Department of Energy announced that uranium at nearly twice the legal limit had been found in the tap water of four households on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming
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The Enviro Disaster You Know Nothing About: The Eco-Devastating Quest for "Frac Sand" in Rural America
Environment  (tags: fracking, Frack is Whack, activism, activists, environment, destruction, ecosystems, protection, humans, healthconditions, conservation, water, pollution, politics, business, environment, dishonesty, news, society, SustainableDevelopment, usa, polit )

Cal
- 5 days ago - alternet.org
Midwestern rural communities are being devastated by energy companies searching for a form of sand to use in their destructive fracking operations elsewhere in rural America.
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International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, wildlife, protection, healthconditions, oceans, humans, nature, pollution, Sustainabililty, water, trees, world, endangered, energy, conservation, ecosystems, climate, animals, climate-change, green, habitat, science, politics )

Elena
- 5 days ago - cbd.int
Marine Biodiversity is the theme for this year's International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). Designation of IDB 2012 on the theme of marine ecosystems provides Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and everyone interested in marine
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TAKE ACTION NOW! No More Dumping Mining Waste Into Our Waters!
Environment  (tags: environment, water, pollution, politics, laws, activism, ecosystems, nature, humans, habitat )

Cal
- 7 days ago - secure.earthjustice.org
Ever since President George W. Bush created a massive loophole in the Clean Water Act in 2002, mining companies have been able to dump their toxic and dangerous mining waste directly into the waters we all rely on.
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GOOD NEWS! Vermont First State to Ban Fracking
Environment  (tags: fracking, Frack is Whack, activism, activists, environment, destruction, ecosystems, protection, humans, healthconditions, conservation, water, pollution, politics, business, environment, dishonesty, news, society, SustainableDevelopment, usa, polit )

Cal
- 8 days ago - cnn.com
Vermont's governor has signed a bill making it the first U.S. state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.
20 comments
IN NIGERIA, TOXIC SHIP CEMETERY POSES GRAVE ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT
Environment  (tags: pollution, world, Nigeria, environment, destruction, humans, healthconditions, protection, habitat, ecosystems, water )

Cal
- 10 days ago - worldcrunch.com
Off the Nigerian coast, near the country's largest city of Lagos, is a "graveyard" of some 100 grounded and rusted vessels that pose an environmental and security challenge to the oil-producing African country.
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Stop the Continued Attacks on the Clean Water Act ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, water, nature, protection, conservation )

Cher
- 11 days ago - americanrivers.org
Congress must stop the ongoing attempts to weaken the Clean Water Act or prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from restoring protections for small streams and wetlands under the Act.
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'Last Call at the Oasis': Why Time Is Running Out to Save Our Drinking Water
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, world, media, us, water, pollution, protection, humans, nature, habitat, conservation )

Cal
- 11 days ago - alternet.org
A new film provides a much-needed wake-up call for Americans: Our false sense of water abundance may be our great undoing.
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