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Operation Charm: Dying for a Cure - MET Tackles Wildlife Crime
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Amanda
- 1108 days ago - wwf.org.uk
A major Metropolitan Police initiative against the illegal sale of endangered species in London's Chinese medicine shops is launched today with the support of the Chinese community and Britain's leading wildlife charities.
Blair's Miserable Failure on Chemicals
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Amanda
- 1108 days ago - wwf.org.uk
Tony Blair's government has torpedoed attempts to control hazardous chemicals and has put the environment - and the health of current and future generations of people - at risk.
UK Fish Stocks in Crisis
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1108 days ago - wwf.org.uk
Unsustainable fishing, caused by poor management and wasteful, destructive fishing practices, is decimating UK fisheries.
EU Aims to Clean Up European Seas By 2021
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Amanda
- 1106 days ago - esa.int
European scientists and policy makers met at the Baltic Sea and European Marine Strategy conference in Helsinki, Finland.
Seattle Activists Sue to Stop Logging
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Amanda
- 1110 days ago - livescience.com
An environmental group has sued to block logging on 50,000 acres of private timberland, arguing the state's population of northern spotted owls has been reduced by half since the 1990s.
Sweden Leaves Smallest Global Warming Footprint
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Amanda
- 1110 days ago - livescience.com
Sweden, Britain and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report released Monday by environmental groups.
Bottom Trawling Hurts Ecological Systems
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1110 days ago - livescience.com
Fishermen who rake giant nets across the ocean floor to maximize their catch are destroying unique and unexplored ecological systems, according to a U.N. draft environmental report made public Wednesday.
Kofi Annan: Cut Emissions Now
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1109 days ago - livescience.com
Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. conference on climate change Wednesday that it's clear that the world will pay far less to cut greenhouse-gas emissions now "than to deal with the consequences later.''
'Nanoporous' Material Gobbles Up Hydrogen Fuel
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1110 days ago - newscientisttech.com
Hydrogen-powered cars could one day store fuel safely and efficiently using polymers filed with nanoscopic holes.
Wave-Powered 'Ducks' Could Purify Seawater
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1110 days ago - newscientisttech.com
Ocean waves could provide an energy-efficient way to desalinate seawater, say UK researchers.
 
 
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