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Tell Your Senators: Don't Nuke the Climate!-Please Take Action!!!!
Environment  (tags: Nuclear Energy, copenhagen, destruction, habitatdestruction, greenhousegases, government, environment, CO2emissions )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
As the Copenhagen climate negotiations begin and the world turns its attention to the climate crisis, it's time to remind our Senators that nuclear power is dirty, dangerous, and expensive, and has no place in U.S. climate legislation or international tr
Schools of Fish Inspire Dramatically More Efficient Wind Farm Design
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, energy, environment, globalwarming, goodnews, green, greenhousegases, Sustainabililty )

Dan
- 4 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
The patterns that schooling fish form to save energy while swimming inspire a new wind farm design that will increase the amount of power produced per acre by at least tenfold. Sunstroke author David Kagan has logged this into Doomwatch Legacy.
'Wake-Up Call' Over Threats to Natural Treasures
Environment  (tags: environment, habitatdestruction, habitat, humans, pollution, protection, forests, world )

Cal
- 4 days ago - yorkshirepost.co.uk
YORKSHIRE'S stunning natural environment is under threat from the twin pressures of climate change and over-development and needs better protection by planners, politicians and the general public, a report has warned.
Plastic Pollution Prevention ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, plastic, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 20 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Plastic is not fantastic! We must find a solution to plastic pollution! Why? Because all plastic that makes its way into our oceans will alter the natural state of ecosystems and harm wildlife. An estimated one million seabirds and 100,000 whales,
Protect the Arctic Refuge: America's Polar Bear Nursery ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, protection, nature, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 20 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Rising temperatures are robbing polar bears of vital habitat and melting the sea ice they use for hunting and raising their cubs. In response, the Interior Department has announced a proposal to designate more than 200,000 square miles of critical
Turning Desert Into a Garden/Food Forest
Environment  (tags: environment, desert, garden, habitat, nature, food, forest )

Cher
- 20 days ago - ecoworldly.com
About two kilometers from the Dead Sea and two from where Jesus was christened, in the country of Jordan, Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute and his crew created a near miracle turning desert into a lush permaculture
Support a Smarter Energy Grid ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, habitat, protection, grid )

Cher
- 23 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Chances are, your cell phone has more computing power than NASA had the day John Glenn orbited the earth. The system that delivers electricity to your house, on the other hand, is still based on technology that predates the Wright
Take Action for Cleaner Vehicles
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, CO2emissions, environment, energy, pollution, greenhousegases )

Tierney
- 24 days ago - action.citizen.org
The Obama administration has proposed new fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for motor vehicles could result in the most significant climate action ever in this country. To find out what the American public thinks about the standards, the National
Protect Yellowstone/Greater Rockies=Please Take Action !
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, destruction, forests, government, conservation, wildlife, trees, water, nature, habitat, protection )

Tierney
- 28 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Tell the Obama Administration to abandon its plan to hand over Wyoming's Red Desert lands to the oil and gas industry
Help Save Coal River Mountain -Please Take Action!
Environment  (tags: destruction, environment, trees, weather, water, nature, protection, habitatdestruction )

Tierney
- 26 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Last week, coal companies started setting off explosives on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia to prepare for a massive mountaintop removal coal mining operation which will destroy the local landscape and pollute surrounding communities
 
 
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