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China's 'End of the World' City
Environment  (tags: Pollution, habitatdestruction )

Ben
- 188 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Shizuishan City in Western China was once described as the best place to make a film about the end of the world. In 2005, the Chinese government blacklisted the city for its pollution problem and told local leaders to shut down the worst polluting...
Save Panama Biosphere Reserve From Dams
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, humans, protection, wildlife, world, forests )

Maria
- 206 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
Four proposed hydroelectric dam projects threaten free-flowing Panamanian rivers, rare tropical species, indigenous cultures and a biologically diverse World Heritage site in the remote rainforest of western Panama.
Grants Available for Mining-Impacted Indigenous Communities
Environment  (tags: GoodNews, America, Canada, Indigenous )

James
- 216 days ago - intercontinentalcry.org
The Indigenous Environmental Network and Western Mining Action Network have grants available for mining-impacted Indigenous communities in North America. Applications have to be in before June 1, 2009>>
Maya Nut Changes Lives While Aiding the Rain Forest
Environment  (tags: FLORES, Guatemala, Maya nut, women )

Pam
- 247 days ago - cnn.com
"People are living right there, in extreme poverty, not even eating more than one meal a day and there's Maya nut lying all around," Vohman said. "They don't eat it because they don't know."
European Nations Dumping Radioactive Wastes Into Somali Coastal Waters
Environment  (tags: destruction, pollution, protection, water, world, humans )

Faith
- 248 days ago - phoenixrising-faithmichaels.blogspot.com
The Somali people have been dying from Radiation sickness caused by the dumping of radioactive waste in their coastal waters and are we eating contaminated seafood caught there?
Tell the Pesticide Peddlers: We Support Michelle Obama's Organic Garden.
Environment  (tags: gardening, organic gardening, environment, ecosystems, nature, wildlife, habitat, science, water, trees, animals, pollution )

PeaceDrea
- 250 days ago - act.credoaction.com
MACA spokesman wrote, "While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made [us] shudder." MACA went on 2 publish a letter it had sent to the First Lady asking her 2 consider using chemicals...
Support Stream Team
Environment  (tags: forests, habitat, trees, wildlife )

Chris
- 257 days ago - wildearthguardians.org
Help Stream Team plant trees in New Mexico and Arizona. Visit the site and find out how you can help with these planting efforts...
What Is the Cryosphere, and Why Should We Care?Iceworld Melting Into Waterworld?
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, endangered, environment, globalwarming, wildlife, world )

Monica
- 257 days ago - greenpeace.org
The cryosphere is that part of the Earth made of frozen water and soil: Iceworld, if you will. And according to a new study to be published in January, it's a world that is vanishing rapidly, with potentially devastating consequences.
Urge President Obama to Stand Up for Wolves
Environment  (tags: animals, conservation, endangered, government, protection )

Brandy
- 261 days ago - secure.defenders.org
On March 6th, 2009, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the Bush Administration's discredited plan to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Idaho and Montana -- a decision that could lead to the deaths of more than 1,000 wolv
Norway Is the Biggest Funder of Rainforest Conservation
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, GoodNews )

Mansh
- 260 days ago - yellowsandblues.com
Norway has quietly emerged as the largest and most important international force in tropical forest conservation.
 
 
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