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You Don't Still Use a Screen Saver, Do You?
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, energy, world, conservation )

Damaris
- 553 days ago - green.yahoo.com
When you're not sitting in front of your monitor it should be off off off.
Earth Near Tipping Point, Climatologist Warns
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, environment, globalwarming )

Susan
- 553 days ago - thestar.com
James Hansen, the scientist who warned about global warming 20 years ago told a U.S. Senate committee yesterday that we have reached a point of planetary emergency.
1988 and 2008: Climate Change Turning Points
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, climate-change, conservation )

Tashi
- 553 days ago - enn.com
Exactly 20 years have passed since Dr.James E. Hansen of NASA first testified to Congress on June 23,1988 that global temperatures had risen beyond the range of natural variability.Waiting another 20 years before taking decisive action is not a option.
RussiaToday : Features : St. Pete Zoo Fined for Saving Baby Seals
Environment  (tags: animals, climate change, baby seals, rescued, abandoned, starving, zoo, Russia, ecosystems, conservation, environment, globalwarming, GoodNews, government, habitat, humans, nature, oceans, water, wildlife, world, Sustainabililty, protection )

Sheila
- 554 days ago - russiatoday.ru
Eleven malnourished seal pups have been rescued from a beach and taken to a zoo in Saint Petersburg. However, city authorities have taken a dim view of the zoo's actions and have hit it with a fine as the seals lacked the correct documents.
Rarest of Mangoes, Only Four Noor Jahan Trees Left
Environment  (tags: )

June
- 556 days ago - thaindian.com
Noor Jahan is a rare variety of mango which is found only in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh, and only four trees are surviving. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has now asked the state administration to take all steps to preserve the
Biotech's Assault on Mexico / Killing Farmers With Killer Seeds
Environment  (tags: GMO's, GMO Free Mendocino, farming, mexico )

Larry
- 554 days ago - counterpunch.org
Last October, Armando Villareal, a farm leader in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua, was gunned down after a farmers' meeting in Nuevo Casas Grandes. Villareal had been denouncing the illegal planting of GMO corn in the Mennonite-dominated municipali
The Dangers of Plastic Bags
Environment  (tags: plastic bags, animals, conservation, ecosystems, environment, forests, humans, habitatdestruction, habitat, world, pollution )

Gorilly
- 554 days ago - poconorecord.com
Oh guys please check this out... 'There's harsh economics behind bag recycling: It costs $4,000 to process and recycle 1 ton of plastic bags, which can then be sold on the... Big Gorilly Hugs...
Midwest Floodwaters Could Linger for Weeks
Environment  (tags: )

June
- 554 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The worst of the flooding that has ravaged the midwestern United States is nearly over, but it will be weeks before the murky water recedes in many areas, the National Weather service warned Monday. Tens of thousands of people
Clorox Helps Frogs
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, endangered, environment, goodnews, protection, forests )

Tashi
- 554 days ago - savethefrog.com
Frogs are treated with anti-fungal medicine and anything else that has contact with water during amphibian rescue is treated with a bleach solution,to be sure researchers are not spreading the fungus to new, uncontaminated areas.
 
 
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