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Operation Charm: Dying for a Cure - MET Tackles Wildlife Crime
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1105 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
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1105 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
- 1105 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
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1103 days ago - esa.int
European scientists and policy makers met at the Baltic Sea and European Marine Strategy conference in Helsinki, Finland.
Happy People Catch Fewer Colds
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1105 days ago - livescience.com
Happy people are healthier people, research suggests.
Snail Venom May Hold Possible Pain Cure
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1107 days ago - livescience.com
University of Utah researchers have harvested a substance from the venom of a cone snail that shows promise in treating some human pain.
Seattle Activists Sue to Stop Logging
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1107 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.
Women Unaware Cervical Cancer Caused By Virus
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1107 days ago - livescience.com
Americans are in the dark about a virus linked to cervical cancer that can kill them, two new studies suggest.
Sweden Leaves Smallest Global Warming Footprint
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1106 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
- 1107 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.
 
 
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