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Delhi\'s Unprecedented Haze Due to Increased Pollution
Environment  (tags: carbon monoxide, air pollution, cse, delhi, fog, health )

Sukhmeet
- 7 minutes ago - greencitizens.net
The level of particulate matter in the atmosphere - in other words, the pollution level - has trebled in Delhi over the past few days. The immediate effect is on health, especially on those with respiratory problems and probably even on the Commonwealth
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When the Twin Religions of 'Global Warming' and Shopping Collide...
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, energy, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, humans, nature, politics )

Judy
- 53 minutes ago - dailymail.co.uk
So that's it, then, we're all doomed. The chances of a new deal on 'climate change' at Copenhagen appear to be dead in the water, marooned like an albatross in an oil slick.Better start laying in supplies of baked beans and bottled water
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Fertilizer, Exhaust Tied to Alpine Lake Pollution
Environment  (tags: environmental, pollution, water, alpine, lake )

Katie
- 2 hours ago - msnbc.msn.com
Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.
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Take Action: Help Permanently Protect Americas Wildest Grassland
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, protection, humans, nature, habitat, environment, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, conservation )

Daphna
- 4 hours ago - action.wilderness.org
New Mexico's Otero Mesa is the largest and wildest Chihuahuan Desert grassland left on public lands in this country. Yet, this ecological gem has been under serious threat from potential oil and gas drilling since the beginning of the Bush Administration.
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Palm Oil in the Spotlight: Plantations Threaten Rare Cats, Peatland Emissions Increasing + A Small Victory
Environment  (tags: palm oil, deforestation, wildlife, big cats, habita, conservation, ecosystems, environment )

Simone
- 4 hours ago - treehugger.com
Three stories coming in focusing on deforestation, climate change and biodiversity: Scientists point out that when it comes to carbon emissions from peatland loss SE Asia leads the way; development of palm oil plantations on Borneo is threatening several
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Groups Press U.S. and China on Carbon Capture
Environment  (tags: carbon capture technology )

Dan
- 12 hours ago - nytimes.com
Three prominent research groups pushing for greater cooperation between Obama and China on climate change. Two governments should use carbon capture technology and create a market for carbon. Logged into Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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Forty Leaders Plan to Attend Climate Talks - U.N.
Environment  (tags: Climate talk, United Nations, globalwarming, environment, ecosystems )

Sophie
- 14 hours ago - in.reuters.com
About 40 world leaders plan to go to Copenhagen next month to improve the chances of clinching a U.N. climate deal, the United Nations said on Friday as preparatory talks ended with scant progress.
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Get Involved | Greenpeace Cool IT Challenge- Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, world, wildlife, pollution, protection, humans, nature, habitat, politics, globalwarming, environment, destruction, climatechange, CO2emissions )

Daphna
- 17 hours ago - greenpeace.org
1. Sign the petition "Google, IBM and Microsoft should use their influence in Washington to help get a strong international climate deal in Copenhagen. They should also publicly rebuke the US Chamber of Commerce for its opposition to climate change le
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Take Action- Keep Offshore Drilling Out of Climate Change Legislation
Environment  (tags: petition, world, wildlife, water, protection, humans, oceans, nature, globalwarming, environment, destruction, conservation )

Daphna
- 17 hours ago - takeaction.oceana.org
In an effort to pass his climate change bill, Senator Kerry has mentioned he would be willing to accept offshore drilling in previously protected areas in a race for 60 supporting votes. Unfortunately, if Congress follows through on its threat to expand
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My Forest - Trees For Our Future - Plant For Free
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, free, climate-change, conservation, nature, forests, trees, green, wildlife, habitat, GoodNews, ecosystems )

Mari
- 19 hours ago - apps.facebook.com
My Forest raises money to plant real trees. Part of the money we raise through advertisements and Green Coins is donated to the Trees for the Future, which helps communities around the world plant trees and restore tree cover to degraded lands.
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Trees For The Future
Environment  (tags: non profit, holidays, gaia, donations, fundraising, trees, treehuggerClimateChange, globalwarming, environment, nature, protection, habitat, animals, forests, wildlife, goodnews, green, conservation, ecosystems )

Mari
- 19 hours ago - plant-trees.org
Since 1989, Trees for the Future has been helping communities around the world plant trees. Through seed distribution, agroforestry training, and our country programs, we have empowered rural groups to restore tree cover to their lands.
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Climate War Gets Personal for Rudd
Environment  (tags: Australia, Kevin Rudd, ClimateChange, children, suffering, world, humans, animals, environment )

Sally
- 1 day ago - smh.com.au
KEVIN RUDD has launched a blistering attack on climate change sceptics and deniers in Australia and abroad, accusing them of a systematic campaign to sabotage global talks in Copenhagen and of being contemptuous towards the interests of the children
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Petition : Protect Govardhan Hill of Lord Krishna in Brijdham - Sukanya Kadyan
Environment  (tags: climatechange, environment, globalwarming, pollution, wildlife, nature )

Sukanya
- 1 day ago - thepetitionsite.com
Lord Krishna Goverdhan hills are in danger, environment as well. Illegal mining and crushers are openly spoiling the nature, which hurt our sentiments of all devotees to Lord Krishna, hence Please sign and support this petition to protest. Jai Shree Radhe
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Climate Bill Surges Forward in US Senate
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, ecosystems, energy, environment, globalwarming, greenhousegases, humans, pollution, suffering, world )

Dan
- 1 day ago - cbsnews.com
Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott to push a critical U.S. climate bill to passage. This bill will, for the first time ever, set mandatory limits on heat-trapping gases. Logged into Doomwatch Legacy by noted Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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Al Gore Denies He Is 'Carbon Billionaire'
Environment  (tags: Al Gore, America, Gloglobalwarming, carbon )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - independent.co.uk
Al Gore, the former American vice-president, yesterday hit back at critics who are labelling him the first "carbon billionaire" from his earnings as an investor in green technology, dismissing them as "global-warming deniers".
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Carbon Trading Welcomed, Criticised
Environment  (tags: environment, world, Sustainabililty, protection, globalwarming, climatechange, humans )

Cal
- 1 day ago - ipsnews.net
A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area.
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Tell Our Pennsylvania State Leaders You Want Real Action to Reduce Global Warming Pollution.
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, energy, globalwarming, Pennsylvania science, government )

David
- 1 day ago - action.sierraclub.org
Right now polluters are working to weaken the Climate Change Action Plan that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released for public comment. Tell our state leaders you want real action to reduce global warming pollution.
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Tell Newsweek to Stop Lobbying for the Oil Industry-Take Action
Environment  (tags: energy, Petition, government, humans, nature, pollution, protection, habitat, environment, world )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - change.org
Did you know Newsweek is being paid by the oil industry to host lobbying events in Washington DC? TPM Muckraker is reporting that Newsweek is partnering with the American Petroleum Institute (API)--the lobbying arm of the oil industry--to host a panel dis
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