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Cross-Canada Protests Planned to "Derail" the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Spirit Train"
Environment  (tags: First Nations rights, BC, Canada, habitatdestruction, Save Turtle Island, 2010 Winter Olympics )

Larry
- 1 hour ago - care2.com
The 2010 Winter Olympics are occurring on unceded First Nations land in British Columbia where they are causing widespread environmental damages, and are resulting in a massive social housing expropriation in Vancouver. The train was launched Sunday Sept.
The Environmental Protection Agency Formally Refused Yesterday to Set a Drinking-Water Safety
Environment  (tags: protection, water )

Ilona
- 3 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The Environmental Protection Agency formally refused yesterday to set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate
Celtic Revolt Against Westminster Over GM Crops
Environment  (tags: genetically modified, crops, environment, food, health, nature )

Ingrid
- 9 days ago - independent.co.uk
Ministers are facing an unprecedented Celtic revolt from their Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish counterparts as they launch a new campaign to plant GM crops in Britain.
Boycott Exxon Mobil
Environment  (tags: )

Hans
- 4 days ago - boycottexxonmobil.org
Take action! Dont buy from Exxon, as you can see some people try to figure out how you boycott exxon mobil...what is so difficult about a boycott?
Dreaming Of A Climate Bailout
Environment  (tags: world, climate-change, climate, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, energy, climatechange, globalwarming, green, humans, nature, oceans, pollution, science, politics, water, weather, economy, finance, bailout )

Robert
- 3 days ago - cnn.com
Between the scientific community, the financial community, and President George W. Bush, the comparisons are being drawn on Climate Change and the Economic Rescue Plan. Frustration rules the day, as no one seems to know how bad it will get, and when!?
Californians Celebrate Annual Wildfire Traditions
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Environment  (tags: destruction, forests, fires, Habitat Destruction )

Clever
- 5 days ago - youtube.com
Residents took part in rituals like picking through the charred remains of their homes and feigning shock that this could happen to them.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - How The Oil Companies Deceive Us All
Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, globalwarming, CO2emissions, ecosystems, pollution, destruction, endangered, wildlife, business, money, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, nature, animals, humans )

Tom
- 10 days ago - latimes.com
Exxon Mobil pours money into think tanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believing that global warming is a hoax. Their goal is to orchestrate information so that "recognition of uncertainties become part of the conventional wisdom."
Brazil Unveils Deforestation Plan
Environment  (tags: climate, climatechange, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, forests, globalwarming, globalwarming, GoodNews, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, protection, Sustainabililty, trees, weather )

Laurel
- 10 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Brazilian government has pledged to end net deforestation by 2015. It is one of the key commitments in a draft climate change plan, which stops short of setting specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Bush EPA to Give Factory Farms a Free Pass on Emissions
Environment  (tags: animals, protection, factory farms, environment, greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, climate-change, government, corruption, politics )

Tom
- 10 days ago - redgreenandblue.org
The EPA proposes to eliminate a rule that currently requires large livestock facilities to track and report their noxious gas emissions. An individual factory farm can be responsible for as much greenhouse gas emissions as an entire major American city.
Sara Palin's Creationism Will Rape the Environment
Environment  (tags: government, corruption, republicans, lies, animals, endangered, environment, destruction, ecosystems, climate-change, globalwarming, pollution, wildlife, conservation )

Tom
- 14 days ago - alternet.org
More than 60% of the nation's 60 million evangelicals believe the Bible is literally true, every last word of it, and more than a third believe the end of the world will occur in their lifetime. That's why a pro-Creationist stand is no sideline issue.
 
 
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