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ACTION ALERT: Tell Chevron to Clean Up Its Toxic Mess in Ecuador !!
Environment  (tags: pollution, ecuador rainforest, oil drilling, waste dumping, environment, destruction, habitatdestruction, wildlife )

Simone
- 6 days ago - change.org
Over the course of twenty-six years of oil drilling in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, U.S. oil giant Chevron deliberately dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the rainforest, leaving local people suffering a wave of cancers,
Resolution: Plant 50 Trees in 2010
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, forests, trees )

Chris
- 12 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Deforestation and climate change are intimately connected: Globally, deforestation releases nearly 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, and is responsible for nearly 25 percent of man-made CO2 emissions. Lets work together to TAKE ACTION
Via Campesina: Why We Left Our Farms to Come to Copenhagen
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, environment, destruction, ecosystems, protection, Sustainabililty, world )

Tierney
- 13 days ago - organicconsumers.org
We, the international peasant movement La Via Campesina, are coming to Copenhagen from all five corners of the world, leaving our farmland, our animals, our forest, and also our families in the hamlets and villages to join you all.
Breaking News From Copenhagen - Leaked Danish Text Reveals US Leaders Letting Us Down
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, politics, world )

Debbie
- 16 days ago - guardian.co.uk
The US leaders are Letting Us Down in Copenhagen sign the petition here to let them know this is not acceptable: http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_ KEY=1859
Breaking From Copenhagen: U.S. Colludes in Plot to Shunt Poor Country Demands- Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, world, protection, pollution, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, greenhousegases, globalwarming, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, climate-change )

Daphna
- 15 days ago - action.foe.org
At the critical Copenhagen climate conference, the Danish government, in collusion with the U.S. and other wealthy countries, has put together a secret alternative negotiating text. Known as the "Danish text," it would let rich countries shirk their respo
Tell Canada to Stop Spreading the Tar Sands Now!
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, destruction, CO2emissions, climatechange, greenhousegases )

Tierney
- 34 days ago - ran.thetarsandsblow.org
Big Oil and greedy banks are working to prevent a strong and just global climate framework in Copenhagen - protecting their profits at the expense of people and our planet. Chief among those are Canada's biggest oil companies and Royal Bank of Canada (RB
Video: `The Story of Cap and Trade' (Aka Carbon Trading), From the Makers of `The Story of Stuff'   video
Environment  (tags: Copenhagen climate change summit, Cap and Trade, aka carbon trading, fallacies, mistaken scheme, video, animated presentation, pipe-cleaner characters, energy traders & Wall St financiers, animated graphs, fun wi facts, `The Story of Stuff' )

Alba
- 18 days ago - youtube.com
A fast-paced, fact-filled look at leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen climate talks. Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders & Wall St financiers at the heart of the scheme & reveals "devils in the details." Clever animated graphs
Alaska Governor Fights Against Proposed Protected Space for Endangered Beluga Whales
Environment  (tags: animals, conservation, ecosystems, oceans, habitat, humans, water, whaling, protection, wildlife )

Daphna
- 21 days ago - treehugger.com
The beluga whales of Cook Inlet have dwindled in population from around 1,300 in the early 1980s to around 300 today. They're genetically and behaviorally unique based on where they live, but their people-populated living space is part of what keeps them
Bhopal Disaster Anniversary: Victims Demonstrate, Hold Vigils - Amnesty Petition: 'Indian Govt Must End 25 Years of Injustice'
Environment  (tags: Bhopal, India, UnionCarbide, unserved warrant, Warren Anderson, impunity, Dow Chemical, pesticide plant, toxic waste, contamination, soil, groundwater, chronic illness, cancer, birth defects, survivors, Indian activists, commemorations, protests )

Alba
- 22 days ago - earthtimes.org
100s marched thru Bhopal demanding long-term medical care & adequate compensation for victims. >100,000 sick today. Disaster site never cleared of toxic waste- toxins've now leached into drinking water & soil, with more people becoming chronically ill
25 Years of Bhopal Gas Tragedy - Is There Any Hope For Justice Yet?
Environment  (tags: humans, greenhousegases, disaster, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, health hazard )

Akbar
- 22 days ago - seema-musings.blogspot.com
25 Years of Bhopal Gas Tragedy, still it is a disaster whereby thousands affected are fighting for Justice to get their rights to live healthy lives.
 
 
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