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Breaking: 320,000 Acres of Forest Protected for Wildlife and People
Environment  (tags: environment, nature, conservation, science, business, ecology, animals, wildlife, mammals, forest, forests, habitat, landscape, montana, the nature conservancy, tnc, nature conservancy, endangered species, wolf, wolves, moose, fox, bears, good news )

Jonathon
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- 2 days ago - nature.org
<p>In one of the most significant conservation sales in U.S. history, The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of pristine forest in western Montana that provide valuable habitat for species.</p>
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Florida Unveils $2bn. Plan to Increase Florida Everglades By 300 Square Miles
Environment  (tags: Florida Everglades, increase, environment, protection, conservation, nature, habitat )

Cher
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- 5 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Everglades used to cover almost 11,000 square miles of southern Florida. 100 years ago water flowed down the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee, then onwards south through the Everglades to Florida Bay. However due to the draining the marshland
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Greek Summer Fires! Please Help and Sign Petition!!
Environment  (tags: environment, fires, Greece, destruction, nature, habitat, wildlife, forests, trees )

Cher
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- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
<p>Please help us make a difference and actually be heard from the Greek government.. Our forests burn every summer.. It's such a pity to lose every bit of green we have left in this country. And remember you don't have to be a Greek citizen to sign</p>
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Farmers Sue DEA for Right to Grow Industrial Hemp - Brain-Dead- Feds Call Industrial Hemp, Heroin, LSD
Environment  (tags: Farmers Sue DEA for right to grow indust, Heroin, LSD )

Scott
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- 1 day ago - cnn.com
<p>(CNN) -- The feds call industrial hemp a controlled substance,like heroin,LSD,but advocates say a sober analysis reveals a harmless, renewable cash crop with thousands of applications that are good for the environment. Help Save Our Earth !</p>
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In Mediterranean, the Predator Is the Hunted
Environment  (tags: nature, environment, ecosystems, conservation, wildlife, endangered, oceans )

Tom
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- 3 days ago - washingtonpost.com
<p>The Mediterranean Sea, says Francesco Ferretti, is "a very dangerous place for a shark." So dangerous that in the past two centuries, the shark population there has plummeted by more than 97 percent, both in relative numbers and collective weight.</p>
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Brazil Police Arrest Loggers in Amazon Reserve
Environment  (tags: Amazon, rainforest, illegal logging, environment, destruction, habitat, nature, trees, forests, wildlife, habitatdestruction, protection )

Cher
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- 35 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Brazilian federal police said they arrested at least 40 members of an illegal logging operation in an Amazon tribal Indian reservation amid growing concern over destruction of the world's largest rain forest.
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Ask Your Senators to Approve Ban On Northern California Oil Drilling! Take Action!!
Environment  (tags: oil drilling, ban, destruction, environment, nature, wildlife, ecosystems, protection, habitat )

Cher
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- 36 days ago - ga0.org
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation unanimously approved a proposed measure to ban oil drilling off the Northern California coast. The bill, which has already been passed by the House of Representatives, would permanently
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Protecting Polar Bears Must Include Mitigating Global Warming, Group Argues
Environment  (tags: nature, environment, climate change, arctic )

Pekka
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- 43 days ago - sciencedaily.com
In September, U.S. Geological Survey predicted that,based on polar bear distribution and current global warming projections,two-thirds of the world's polar bear population would likely be extinct by 2050, including all polar bears within the United States
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Controlling Invasive Species: When The Butterfly Bush Blossoms
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, conservation, nature, wildlife, habitat )

Tom
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- 37 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Invasive plant species can flourish better in their new homes than in their place of origin. The reasons for this can be genetic changes or the lack of herbivores such as insects that first have to adapt to the newcomers.
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Species Depend On Forests
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, conservation, nature, habitat, wildlife, protection )

Tom
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- 35 days ago - thestar.com
The need for the protection the new Endangered Species Act can provide is indisputable as the roster of endangered species grows every year, including more than two-dozen species at risk that depend on Ontario's boreal forest.
 
 
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