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Warning: Arsenic in Our Forests
Environment  (tags: environment, habitatdestruction, habitat, ecosystems, trees )

Cal
- 6 days ago - canada.com
The B.C. Forests Ministry has produced a map of areas containing thousands of trees that the public and loggers are urged to avoid because of arsenic residue from the application of a pine-beetle pesticide no longer used in Canada
The Real Cost of Smoking (Smoking Cessation #1)
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Environment  (tags: smoking, quit, cigarette, smoke, cough, throat, cancer, lung, marlboro, ash, doctor, asthma, cold, addiction, nicotine, tobacco, medicine, health, beauty, fitness, home, advice, pollution, suffering )

Gregory
- 5 days ago - youtube.com
Need another reason to quit smoking? Smoking causes one out of five deaths in America. Once you understand the real costs of smoking, you'll be ready to put down that cigarette! If you cannot breath nothing else matters!
Arctic Sea Ice Decline Shakes Up Ocean Ecosystems
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, government, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, oceans, research, science, Sustainabililty, water, weather )

Robert
- 10 days ago - spacemart.com
Researchers: The Arctic is undergoing so many massive changes, that nobody knows exactly how this will play out!
Mini Nuclear Reactors to Power Homes By 2014
Environment  (tags: science, environment, technology, nuclear energy )

Ananya
- 11 days ago - money.co.uk
A New Mexico based company have started production on hot tub-sized nuclear generators designed to power communities across America.
Carbon Dioxide Levels Already In Danger Zone, Revised Theory Shows
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climate, climatechange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, globalwarming, greenhousegases )

Chris
- 12 days ago - sciencedaily.com
If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a study published in Open Atmospheric Science Journal by a group of 10 international scientists ...
Farming the Fragile Jewels of the Deep
Environment  (tags: coral, coral reefs, coral farming, business, endangered species )

Ombretta
- 15 days ago - features.csmonitor.com
Meet Steve Lowes, a farmer who raises sustainable coral for sale to aquarium supply companies and pet stores. His efforts, and those of others who do the same, are putting a dent in the amount of coral stolen from endangered living reefs.
Tell The Dirty 20 To Stop Rainforset Destruction
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, orangutans, protection, wildlife )

The Radic
- 22 days ago - ga3.org
From the Rainforest Action Network.Visit site to send a letter to the worst corporate despoilers and destroyers of the rainforests.These are companies,who use palm oil in everything from biscuits to soap.Such use may kill off orangatan polpulations.
Conclusive Proof That Polar Warming Is Being Caused By Humans
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climate, climatechange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, globalwarming, humans, greenhousegases )

Chris
- 20 days ago - sciencedaily.com
New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both polar regions.
Whale Wars - Interview With Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd
Environment  (tags: whaling sea shepherd )

Robert
- 22 days ago - greenmuze.com
Have you ever wondered just what kind of effort it takes to stop a whaling ship? An exciting (and somewhat controversial) new hybrid activist documentary/drama/reality show is airing on Animal Planet November 7th, 2008 - Whale Wars!
Risks of Global Warming Greater Than Financial Crisis: Stern
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, climate-change, environment, humans, globalwarming, CO2emissions )

Cal
- 25 days ago - reuters.com
The risks of inaction over climate change far outweigh the turmoil of the global financial crisis, a leading climate change expert said on Monday, while calling for new fiscal spending tailored to low carbon growth.
 
 
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