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Whaling Threats to Japan 'Laughable'
Environment  (tags: australian government, greens, whaling, japan, whales, slaughtered )

Simone
- 6 hours ago - abc.net.au
The Federal Opposition is urging Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to act on his threat of legal action over Japan's continued whaling, while the Greens labelled the threats as 'laughable'. Yesterday, Japan confirmed its plans to continue whaling as usual
Atlantic Ocean Is Rising Faster Than Previous 4,000 Years
Environment  (tags: atlantic oceans, seal levels, studies, coast, habitat, environment )

Simone
- 13 hours ago - ecoworldly.com
An international team of scientists has determined that the Atlantic Ocean rose faster in the 20th century than at any time in the last 4,000 years, but not uniformly along the coast.
Has Climate Change Affected Sunderbans?
Environment  (tags: global waming, climate change, habitat, forests, mangrove forest, bengal tiger, wildlife )

Simone
- 8 hours ago - ptinews.com
With reports of rise in the water level in the Sunderbans because of global warming, foresters have demanded a proper study of climate change in the world's largest mangrove forest stating that the royal Bengal tiger and other wildlife might be affected
ACTION ALERT: STOP Road 66A - Save Retezat Intact Forest Landscape!!!
Environment  (tags: romanian carpathians, home, habitat, wildife, bears, lynx, mountains, forest landscape, protection, environment, nature, habitatdestruction )

Simone
- 3 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Romanian Carpathians are home to about 50% of all bears, 35% of all wolves and 30% of all lynx in Europe (excluding Russia). Retezat mountains in the SW Carpathians shelter the last intact forest landscape (IFL) of the European temperate climate zone.
Resolution: Plant 50 Trees in 2010
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, forests, trees )

Chris
- 1 day 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
Homes Emptied, Vehicles Trapped Amid Calif. Storm
Environment  (tags: climate, destruction, mudslides, winter weather )

Lone
- 12 hours ago - foxnews.com
LOS ANGELES -- Rocks and debris trapped cars on Los Angeles area roadways and fears of muslides forced dozens out of their homes as California was hit with a wintry storm that inundated lowland areas with rain and
Hackergate Is Bogus: The Climate Crisis Is Real ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Please take action today. Email your members of Congress. Let them know: Hackergate is Bogus. The Climate Crisis is Real.
Japan Could Face Court on Whaling: Rudd
Environment  (tags: whaling, Japan, Rudd )

Claudia
- 2 days ago - news.smh.com.au
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has reissued a threat to Japan to cease whaling or else face legal action.
Reforestation to Stop Global Warming ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, reforestation, habitat, nature, protection, trees )

Cher
- 2 days ago - change.org
Reforestation fixes carbon, increases aquifer recharge, and reduces soil erosion. Deforestation has been a major cause for the increased rate of global warming, carbon emissions, and the extincion of many plant and animal species.
Australia Shipping Alert Over Massive Iceberg
Environment  (tags: icebergs, ships, dangerous, water, environment )

Lone
- 2 days ago - news.yahoo.com
- Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast. The Bureau of Meteorology said the once-in-a-century cliff of ice, which dislodged from Antarctica about a deca
 
 
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