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MoEF Says NO to Dolphinariums in India
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Kelly
- 3 days ago - victoriesfortheanimals.wordpress.com
FIAPO thanks MoEF for releasing the policy stating that they will not allow dolphinariums to be established in India
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Greenwash: To Mislead, Cover Up, or Gloss Over Damaging Facts By Appealing to Environmental Values.
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Kelly
- 29 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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Video:'Don't Frack My Mother'
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JL
- 63 days ago - thenation.com
One of the hippest and most amusing videos you'll watch this year might also be the most important. In a new star-studded anti-fracking spot released today, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, the forces behind Artists Against Fracking,
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Research: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets Due to Broken Gene
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Bryan
- 78 days ago - examiner.com
All cat species have a broken gene (pseudogene) in their sweet taste receptor.
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A New Vision for Retirement: Productive and Meaningful
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JL
- 84 days ago - blogs.hbr.org
Today tens of millions of 50-, 60-, and 70-somethings say they are eager to apply their accumulated skills in areas like education, health, and the environment. According to research from 2011, some 31 million people ages 44 to 70 want encore careers
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First Ever Video Of A Thought Taking Shape Captured [Video]
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Tamara
- 88 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
Researchers at Japan's National Institute of Genetics believe they've captured a world first video -- images of a thought making it's way through the brain of a zebrafish. It's not a particularly complicated thought -- essentially 'Hey, that looks like it
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Common Ancestor of All Mammals Revealed | MNN - Mother Nature Network
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Tamara
- 99 days ago - mnn.com
A tiny, furry-tailed creature is the most complete picture yet as to what the ancestor of mice, elephants, lions, tigers, bears, whales, bats and humans once looked like, researchers say. These new findings also suggest this forerunner of most mammals
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Video: Jon Stewart Eviscerates Republicans' Logic During Gun Violence Hearings
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JL
- 108 days ago - alternet.org
Stewart revisits Wednesday's four-hour carnival of conservative contradictions.
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Energy in Depth Shows Truth of Promised Land
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JL
- 110 days ago - earthworksaction.org
It's no surprise the gas industry doesn't care for Focus Feature's new movie Promised Land.
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The Controversy Over This Documentary Is Likely to Burn Very, Very Hot
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JL
- 122 days ago - takepart.com
Veteran filmmaker Robert Stone's 'Pandora's Promise' argues that new nuclear reactors need to be part of our energy solution.
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VICTORY ! ! Over 100 Chimpanzees Guaranteed Sanctuary ! !
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Cher
- 150 days ago - aavs.org
It was announced December 18, 2012 that a total of 113 government-owned chimpanzees currently housed at the controversial New Iberia Research Center will be permanently retired and sent to the National Chimpanzee Sanctuary at Chimp Haven in Louisiana
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Ensuring the Resilience of the Serengeti (Book Review)
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JL
- 165 days ago - economist.com
The plain is called Serengeti, from a Maasai word for "great open space", and there are several ways to tell its story.
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Toxic Threads: Greenpeace Puts Fashion Pollution on Parade - in Pictures
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JL
- 165 days ago - guardian.co.uk
A new investigation by Greenpeace International has found a wide range of hazardous substances in the effluent of communal wastewater treatment plants in the Binhai and Linjiang industrial zones of Zhejiang province, China, as well as in a nearby river
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Is Pampered Humanity Getting Steadily Less Intelligent?
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Carrie
- 191 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Since modern humans emerged from the evolutionary brambles of our ancient ancestry, our bodies and minds have been transforming under the pressures of natural and sexual selection. But what of human intelligence?
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