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Mid-Year Update: America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2009
Environment  (tags: American rivers )

Doug
- 24 days ago - americanrivers.org
Each year, the America's Most Endangered Rivers report highlights the rivers facing the most uncertain futures. The report presents alternatives to proposals that would damage rivers, identifies those who make the crucial decisions, and points out....
Fewer Americans See Solid Evidence of Global Warming
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, survey )

Doug
- 34 days ago - people-press.org
There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising. And fewer also see global warming as a very serious problem - 35% say that today, down from 44% in April.
Hawaii Regulators Approve First U.S. Tuna Farm
Environment  (tags: Hawaii, Tuna farm )

Doug
- 34 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
World's first facility to raise bigeye; pens in waters that are 1,300 feet deep Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.
'Freezer Plan' Bid to Save Coral
Environment  (tags: Coral, Freezer, Plan )

Nancy
- 35 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The prospects of saving the world's coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future.
Foam From Ocean Algae Bloom Killing Thousands of Birds
Environment  (tags: ocean, alfae, birds, Oregon )

Doug
- 34 days ago - oregonlive.com
A slimy foam churning up from the ocean has killed thousands seabirds and washed many others ashore, stripped of their waterproofing and struggling for life.The birds have been clobbered by an unusual algae bloom...
Take Action - Urge the EPA to Reduce Smog
Environment  (tags: petition, world, climatechange, conservation, CO2emissions, environment, greenhousegases, humans, nature, protection )

Daphna
- 34 days ago - change.org
Ozone or "smog" pollution can trigger asthma attacks and harm even the healthiest lungs, but the EPA has proposed air quality standards for ozone that are weaker than what the agency's own scientific advisors say are needed to protect public health.
National Parks Conservation Association Disappointed By House Passage of Bill to Rebuild Dead End Road In North Cascades Nationa
Environment  (tags: )

Doug
- 34 days ago - npca.org
"The U.S. House's passage of H.R. 2806, which may force the National Park Service to rebuild the Upper Stehekin Road in North Cascades National Park, is disappointing. In 2006, the Park Service completed an environmental review of the Upper Stehekin Road.
Ecuador Wants Funds to Stop Rainforest Oil Output
Environment  (tags: Oil, Ecuador, environment, business )

Doug
- 34 days ago - reuters.com
Germany, Spain and France have expressed interest in a pioneering Ecuadorean plan not to pump oil from under a tropical forest in return for international compensation, Ecuadorean officials said on Tuesday. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa...
Start An Indoor Herb Garden
Environment  (tags: herbs, growing herbs indoors, indoor gardening, spices, herb garden, chives, oregano, parsley, sage, thyme, basil, spearmint, peppermint, coriander (cilantro), marjoram, dill, rosemary )

Joanne
- 34 days ago - examiner.com
One very "green" thing that avid gardeners and new gardeners alike can do, beginning now, is to grow an herb garden indoors for the winter. Herbs are easy to grow, and you don't need a lot of space.
GE to Power World's Largest Carbon Sequestration Project
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, GoodNews, world, globalwarming, climatechange )

Pirjo
- 39 days ago - ens-newswire.com
PERTH, Australia, October 22, 2009 (ENS) � The world's largest carbon dioxide capture and storage project under Barrow Island off Australia's west coast, will be powered with compression equipment supplied by GE Oil & Gas, the company announced today.
 
 
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