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Take Action- Keep Offshore Drilling Out of Climate Change Legislation
Environment  (tags: petition, world, wildlife, water, protection, humans, oceans, nature, globalwarming, environment, destruction, conservation )

Daphna
- 4 hours ago - takeaction.oceana.org
In an effort to pass his climate change bill, Senator Kerry has mentioned he would be willing to accept offshore drilling in previously protected areas in a race for 60 supporting votes. Unfortunately, if Congress follows through on its threat to expand
8 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.
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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
Snows of Kilimanjaro May Soon Be Lost
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, climate, ClimateChange, habitat, nature, world )

Maria
- 1 day ago - dsc.discovery.com
The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone. The African mountain's white peak -- made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway -- is rapidly melting, researchers report.
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
- 2 days 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
Giant Crack in Africa Formed in Just Days
Environment  (tags: Earth, world, crust, crack, research, africa )

Katie
- 2 days ago - newscientist.com
A crack in the Earth's crust - which could be the forerunner to a new ocean - ripped open in just days in 2005, a new study suggests. The opening, located in the Afar region of Ethiopia, presents a unique opportunity for geologists to study how...........
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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
Rich Countries Call on African Bloc to Keep Climate Talks on Track
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, climate-change, politics, ecosystems, world, CO2emissions, greenhousegases )

Cal
- 2 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Poor countries forced to make a stand over lack of commitment from rich nations on emissions cuts, claims African delegat
2 comments
Kilimanjaro Ice Fields Set to Disappear
Environment  (tags: world, globalwarming, environment, Kilimanjaro Ice, ice melting )

Katie
- 2 days ago - livescience.com
After holding firm for thousands of years, shrinking ice fields atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are dramatically depleted compared to just 100 years ago, a new study finds.
38 comments
Take Action- Act to Restore America's Everglades
Environment  (tags: petition, world, wildlife, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, habitat, environment, destruction, conservation )

Daphna
- 3 days ago - secure2.convio.net
For 81 years, a single road has cut off the flow of water to America's Everglades. In the next few weeks, the National Park Service will decide whether to lift up the road and reconnect the Everglades again.
26 comments
Africa Boycotts U.N. Climate Talks, Demands CO2 Cuts
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, greenhousegases, politics, globalwarming, climate-change, environment, world )

Cal
- 3 days ago - enn.com
African nations boycotted U.N. climate talks on Tuesday in a protest to urge rich countries to set deeper 2020 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions
32 comments
Take Action- Remove Shark Nets Home
Environment  (tags: world, Petition, water, oceans, nature, humans, habitatdestruction, environment, destruction, conservation )

Daphna
- 3 days ago - removesharknets.com
"Remove Shark Nets" is a campaign to act to remove the shark nets from QLD and NSW in Australia. Inspired by the many campaigns for the removal of the nets within the Kwa-zulu Natal Coast Shark Net Program (South Africa) I decided to start a movement for
7 comments
UGANDA: Palm Project Accused of Environmental Destruction
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, habitat, environment, ecosystems, destruction, forests, trees, world, humans, nature, politics )

Cal
- 4 days ago - ipsnews.net
It is a public-private partnership intended to reduce Uganda's dependence on imported vegetable oil while creating sustainable jobs and income for several thousand people. Its critics say it's destroying forests with no regard for environmental regulation
2 comments
Give Trees a Chance
Environment  (tags: environment, trees, forests, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, nature, world )

Cal
- 4 days ago - alternativesjournal.ca
The meltdown that swept through the world's financial markets in late 2008 was simply the latest setback to hit the beleaguered Canadian forestry industry
4 comments
 
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