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15 Most Toxic Places to Live
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, habitatdestruction, world, pollution )

Ruth
- 71 days ago - mnn.com
It's become more and more difficult to find anywhere on Earth unaffected by man-made pollution and development. Here are the 15 most toxic places to live.
Antarctic Ice Shelf Crumbling Into Icebergs
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, oceans, Antartica )

Ruth
- 217 days ago - cbc.ca
A massive Antarctic ice shelf is breaking up and pieces are expected to float away as icebergs over the course of the next few weeks.
2009 Hurricane Forecast Average for 2009
Environment  (tags: climate, weather, environment, hurricane, Atlantic )

Sarah
- 232 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Twelve named tropical storms will form in the Atlantic Basin--which includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea--during hurricane season (June 1 and November 30), meteorologists Phil Klotzbach and William Gray predicted.
New Environmental Enforcement Act
Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, protection, conservation, wildlife, habitat, government, endangered, ecosystems, nature, humans, politics, science, Sustainabililty )

Elena
- 257 days ago - manitobawildlands.org
The Canadian federal government has introduced a new environmental enforcement bill to crack down on polluters by increasing maximum fines and listing offenders on a public registry
Amazon Deforestation Increases By 69% in Last 12 Months
Environment  (tags: deforestation, ecosystems, world, environment )

Ruth
- 458 days ago - cbc.ca
Amazon deforestation jumped 69 per cent in the past 12 months -- the first such increase in three years -- as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees.
NASA Creates Ocean Map for Best Possible Wind Farms
Environment  (tags: wind farms )

Robyn
- 510 days ago - greenbang.com
Harnessing the ocean's energy ..
50-50 Chance of First Iceless Summer for North Pole: Scientist
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, ice melt, North Pole )

Ruth
- 520 days ago - cbc.ca
A leading American ice scientist says there's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history.
Green Group in Court Showdown With Feds Over Kyoto Law
Environment  (tags: Kyoto Protocol, canada, climate, government )

Ruth
- 532 days ago - cbc.ca
An environmental group went to court Wednesday to try to force the Canadian Conservative government to obey a law passed by opposition members ordering it to comply with the Kyoto Protocol.
Lakes Across Canada Face Being Turned Into Mine Dump Sites
Environment  (tags: toxic, dump, lakes, mining, Canada )

B
- 533 days ago - cbc.ca
CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes are slated to be officially but quietly "reclassified" as toxic dump sites for mines. The lakes include prime wilderness fishing lakes from B.C. to Newfoundland.
Melting Arctic Ice Could Spur Inland Warming: Study
Environment  (tags: environment, climatechange, greenhousegases, destruction, climate-change, climate, CO2emissions, globalwarming )

Cal
- 538 days ago - reuters.com
If Arctic sea ice starts melting fast, polar bears and ring seals wouldn't be the only creatures to feel it: A study released on Tuesday suggests it could spur warmer temperatures hundreds of miles (km) inla
 
 
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