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The People Speak: No Michael Jackson Sculpture in Butter at the Iowa Fair
Offbeat  (tags: animals, goodnews, pollution, humans, wildlife, energy, nature, protection )

Cowboss
- 128 days ago - nytimes.com
Michael Jackson, who has been memorialized around the country in events lavish and little, will not be sculptured in butter at the Iowa State Fair next month after all, despite plans announced earlier by the fair's leaders.
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Sign Up: USDA June 29th Deadline to Halt GE, Drug and Industrial Chemicals in Food Crops
Offbeat  (tags: GMOs, GE food, GE crops, Obama, USDA, pollution, politics, science, environment, Sustainabililty, organic, eco-friendly, healthy, food, family, protection, interesting, society, abuse, nutrition, prevention, risks, cancer, NewTechnology, medicine )

Abc
- 168 days ago - examiner.com
Many social welfare, health and environmental organizations are asking Americans to sign up before June 29 to halt the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rule which will significantly weaken the regulation of Genetically Engineered
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Watch The Climate Crisis Jam
Offbeat  (tags: climate-change, climate, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, pollution, world, Sustainabililty, bizarre, odd, off-beat, performance, unusual, interesting )

Peter
- 254 days ago - climatecrisisjam.org
Lanny Smith, an award winning, earthman suit wearing, hip hop rhyming climate change educator combines music, video, and visual arts with excellent web design to explain the complexities of climate change with surprisingly clarity.
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Aussies Reckon Tequila Plant's Worth a Shot in Biofuel Search
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, biofuel )

Michael
- 263 days ago - abc.net.au
Sugar cane is already used in Australia to make sugar for ethanol production, especially in Queensland where there is a long-established cane industry and 10 per cent ethanol petrol is widespread.
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How Will the Graduating Class of 2099 Answer?
Offbeat  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, greenhousegases, pollution, politics, Sustainabililty, world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', ethics, government, politics, activists, environment, education )

Bob
- 304 days ago - opednews.com
My good friend and fellow environmental activist Danny Bloom asks how these vexing questions will be answered in 2099? Will they nedd to be asked and answered? Bob Williamson www.strategicbookpublishing.com/ZEROGr eenhouseEmissions.html
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Pedaling Toward Cleaner Cities
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OneWorld
- 554 days ago - us.oneworld.net
What single silver bullet can simultaneously reduce air pollution and oil dependency, roll back urban congestion, and fight obesity?
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Olympic Games, False Start
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, environment, tibet, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', CoolStuff, world )

Thomas
- 610 days ago - e-citizen.tv
Not only do chinese authorities face Human Right issues but now environmental issues are coming into play...
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Painting Nature in Red
Offbeat  (tags: environment, globalwarming, pollution, climate-change, abuse, americans, world, activists, photos )

Thomas
- 622 days ago - e-citizen.tv
In order to raise environmental awareness, Marco Evaristti, a green Danish painter...paints Nature in red! ...
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Vatican Lists
Offbeat  (tags: vatican, sins, pollution )

Sc
- 624 days ago - news.yahoo.com
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of "new" sins such as causing environmental
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Algae to Blame for Red Rivers in China
Offbeat  (tags: humans, nature, pollution, water, china, health, humans, investigation, news )


- 636 days ago - news.yahoo.com
"An algae bloom, not chemical pollution, was to blame for red and foamy water in parts of a major river system in central China, environmental officials said Thursday." (AP)
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Paul: No Federal Funds for TTC
Offbeat  (tags: government, humans, protection, pollution, CO2emissions, americans, candidates, freedoms, politics, usa, RonPaul, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', americans, corruption, freedoms, GoodNews, government, politics, usa, world, safety, government, money, news, politic )

Hanna
- 662 days ago - herald-coaster.com
"I am particularly concerned about the use of eminent domain to take private land for the construction of this highway," said Paul, "and this bill would prevent the federal government from participating in this heinous practice." This could be your land.
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Cigarette Toxins Disable Gene Which Slows Aging
Offbeat  (tags: destruction, environment, pollution, research, suffering, propaganda, death, business, corporate, consumers, marketing, safety, rights, cancer, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, health, illness, medicine, prevention, warning )

Susan
- 665 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the body from the effects of premature aging. Rahman has spent years studying how the 4,700 toxic chemical compounds in cigarettes assault lung tissue.
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Taking the Heat: Allegheny Admits Fault; Lawmakers, Customers Await Today's Hearing
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, protection, humans, research, science, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, ecosystems, conservation, destruction, climate-change, ClimateChange, climate, greenhousegases, habitat, business, interesting, news, off-beat, unusual, usa )

Laurie Ca
- 679 days ago - fredericknewspost.com
Allegheny Power has been called before the Maryland Public Service Commission for a hearing today to explain discrepancies between what the PSC claims it authorized and how Allegheny carried out its energy awareness campaign.
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Conservation International: Season's Greenings Gift Catalog
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, ecosystems, endangered, conservation, environment, habitatdestruction, wildlife, animals, protection, oceans, pollution, habitat, globalwarming, destruction, world, trees, water, whales, gifts.internet )

Thunderr
- 740 days ago - getinvolved.conservation.org
When you give your friends and family alternative gifts through Conservation International this holiday season,you help to curb climate change,stop the deforestation of habitats worldwide, save species from extinction ..and you show them you really care>>
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Don't Read the Ingredients on This Label
Offbeat  (tags: environment, pollution, sewage treatment )

Ladyhawk
- 769 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The water looks clear, but the label on the bottle tells a different story."Ingredients," notes the back side of the bottle's label: "Water, fecal matter, toilet paper, hair, lint, rancid grease, stomach acid and trace amounts of Pepto Bismol, chocolate,
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