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Greenwash: To Mislead, Cover Up, or Gloss Over Damaging Facts By Appealing to Environmental Values.
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Kelly
- 26 days ago - peta.org
With this goal, many people donate, totaling millions of dollars each year to organizations that say they are working to protect the environment and wildlife. But how much do we really know about these organizations and their activities?
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Greenland's First Female Prime Minister Says 'No' To Arctic Drilling
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Kelly
- 34 days ago - care2.com
The new government of Greenland will not grant any fresh offshore oil and gas drilling licenses in the country's Arctic waters and will also place existing licenses under greater scrutiny.
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Matthew Warren Dead: Son Of Rick Warren Commits Suicide At 27
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Kelly
- 40 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
"At 27 years of age, Matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many," Warren, the popular author of The Purpose Driven Life, said in the letter. THIS IS MATTHEW
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ACTION NEEDED Demand India Protect Old-Growth and Abandon Coal
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Kelly
- 41 days ago - forests.org
Yet India is heading towards social and ecological collapse unless it stops burning coal and clearing its natural ecosystems, especially important old-growth forest remnants.
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So Long Stompin' Tom - A Unique and Legendary Canadian   video
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Dandelion
- 41 days ago - youtube.com
Canadian country-folk singer whose odes to the vast country he had roamed as a hitchhiking troubadour made him a beloved figure from the Maritime Provinces to British Columbia, died on March 6 at his home in Halton Hills, Ontario. He was 77.
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Man   video
Offbeat  (tags: environment, animals, culture, health, diet, society, humans, death, crime, world, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 57 days ago - vimeo.com
A video from Steve Cutts. Thanx to Franco D for the link...
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Inside the Wolf Hunter's Mind
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Kelly
- 58 days ago - exposingthebiggame.wordpress.com
Talk about a disgusting place to be. It is a good article
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10 Stunning Landscape Photos From the World's Toughest Places
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JL
- 60 days ago - mercycorps.org
We work in some of the toughest places in the world, but their incredible settings are a reminder of what lies beyond poverty, conflict and disaster.
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Hunters Cull 3,500 Reindeer on Islands Near Antarctica
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Cher
- 60 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Hunters have slaughtered 3,500 reindeer on a British island near Antarctica to try to get rid of the animals that were brought from Norway a century ago and are an increasing threat to native wildlife.
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In 'The Gatekeepers,' Israeli Security Chiefs Say What US Leaders Can't
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JL
- 76 days ago - motherjones.com
"What's unnatural is the power you have to take three people, terrorists, and take their lives in an instant," says Yuval Diskin, the 12th director of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, during the opening sequence of The Gatekeepers
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Leopard Shark Found in Middle of Rural Road - Hartford Pets | Examiner.Com
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Dianne Ly
- 77 days ago - examiner.com
Animal control officers are still puzzled as to why a dead 3-foot shark was lying in the middle of a rural road near the Tracy Defense Depot in California
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Video: One For Ten One For Ten Is a Series of Ten Short Interactive Documentary Films Telling the Stories of Innocent People Wh
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JL
- 83 days ago - indiegogo.com
Did you know that for every ten people executed in the United States, one person has been exonerated from death row? One for Ten, a new documentary series, highlights the stories of ten of those wrongfully convicted people in order to show the true impac
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A Game Aims to Draw Attention to Women's Issues
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JL
- 87 days ago - nytimes.com
Social cause gaming, or the use of games to promote awareness of societal problems, has been growing since pioneer online projects like Food Force, the United Nations World Food Program's 2005 game about confronting famine, and Darfur Is Dying,MTV's 2006
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Honoring An Icon - Howie
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Cher
- 94 days ago - all-creatures.org
Yesterday, we said goodbye to an icon. Howie, who had just turned seventeen, was compassionately euthanized while surrounded by people who loved him. He was laid to rest next to Sadie, one of his closest cow friends.
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Bangalore: 4-Yr-Old Tiger Died Due to Poisoning, Pathological Reports Confirm
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, wildlife, tigers, death, poison )

Cher
- 108 days ago - ibnlive.in.com
What we feared has come true. Pathological reports have confirmed that the four-year-old tiger that died in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve two weeks ago (January 13) was a victim of rat poison. According to R Gokul, Director, Nagarhole Tiger Reserve
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