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ACTION ALERT: Don't Let Congress Gut the Clean Air Act !!!
Environment  (tags: clean air act, habitat, wildlife, protection, climate change, conservation )

Simone
- 7 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would use its authority under the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon pollution -- and protect polar bears, other wildlife and our natural resources from the devastating impacts of climate change
Biomass Blunder: USDA Advocates Burning Wood For Electricity
Environment  (tags: forests, environment, destruction, politics, trees )

Beth
- 12 days ago - care2.com
The Department of Agriculture has proposed regulations that would expand a massive, misguided subsidy program that encourages the harvest and burning of trees for energy.
The Wrong Kind of Green
Environment  (tags: climate, conservation, politics, science, climate-change, destruction, energy, research, suffering, environment, ClimateChange, protection )

Adalis
- 12 days ago - thenation.com
This is article is about how some conservation groups are selling out to oil companies and other corporate interests.
Threatened Bears Slaughtered in B.C. Parks
Environment  (tags: national parks, environment, authorties, wildife, grizzly bears, slaughtered, destruction, wildlife, humans )

Simone
- 20 days ago - davidsuzuki.org
The Foundation has identified more than 60 provincial parks where grizzly bears - which no longer exist or are at risk of extinction in parts of the world - are being hunted for sport. Many of the hunters are from the United States and Europe, where it
Why Did Killer Whale Snap? 5 Leading Theories
Environment  (tags: Killer Whales, Environments, WildLife )

Alisa
- 20 days ago - aolnews.com
Tragedy struck SeaWorld Orlando on Wednesday afternoon when a 40-year-old trainer named Dawn Brancheau was killed by an orca whale during the opening of a packed performance.
Losing Our Forests: NRDC Sues to Protect Iconic Whitebark Pine
Environment  (tags: federal action, protection, environment conservation, whitebark pine, imperiled tree species, survival )

Simone
- 20 days ago - commondreams.org
The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking federal action to protect the whitebark pine, an imperiled tree species critical to the health of the high elevation mountain country of the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest.
Appeal: Protect the Old Growth Forests in Sweden
Environment  (tags: take action, trees, forests, old growth forests, old growth trees, sweden, appeal )

Ingrid
- 20 days ago - protecttheforest.se
The loss of natural habitats is the single main cause for the global loss of biodiversity, a living nature. In order to preserve a living forest landscape in Sweden, all remaining natural and old-growth forests with high conservation values need to be ...
10 Surprising Ways You're Killing the Earth Without Even Knowing It
Environment  (tags: Environment, Eco-Friendly, Global Warming, Environmental Consciousness, Sustainability )

Sophie
- 20 days ago - becomingaradiologist.org
Understanding and evaluating the implications of these 10 surprisingly hazardous everyday actions can minimize negative environmental impact - no matter an individual's political leanings.
Don't Allow Corporate Takeover of Public Lands for Clearcutting! -Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, trees, protection, nature, humans, habitatdestruction, environment, destruction, ecosystems, conservation, government )

Daphna
- 22 days ago - capwiz.com
The future of our Tongass National Forest is a puzzle awaiting completion. A complex network of human needs depends on this intricately balanced ecosystem. Realizing that there is no future if there is no forest, stakeholders in the region have set asid
10 Most Bizarrely Shaped Lakes and Rivers
Environment  (tags: world, Lakes, Rivers, Shapes, Odd )

Katie
- 22 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
Lakes and other bodies of water aren't the first places one might expect to discern symbols, figures and other shapes, but viewed from above they can be surprisingly communicative.
 
 
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