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Slower Population Growth To Help Environment: UN Study
Environment  (tags: climatechange, destruction, ecosystems, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, pollution, overpopulation, research, science, Sustainabililty )

Adam
- 18 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
AFP, Nov 18, 2009 - Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report published on Wednesday that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.
Help NPCA Secure a Huge Victory for Joshua Tree! -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, goodnews, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, trees, water, wildlife, nature )

Tierney
- 9 hours ago - act.npca.org
Recently, NPCA scored a landmark victory in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which invalidated a land exchange needed to proceed with the massive Eagle Mountain landfill--a proposed garbage dump surrounded on three sides by Joshua Tree National Par
On Warming, Peat Is the 'Elephant in the Room'
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, greenhousegases, destruction, coal )

Mamabear
- 1 day ago - msnbc.msn.com
Across a patch of pineapples shrouded in smoke, Idris Hadrianyani battled a menace that has left his family sleepless and sick -- and has wrought as much damage on the planet as has exhaust from all the cars and trucks in the United States. Against the ad
ACTION ALERT: Help Protect Oceans From Destructive Fishing Practices!!!!
Environment  (tags: environment, marine animals, oceans, fishing, destructive, habitat )

Simone
- 1 day ago - change.org
Irresponsible fishing practices are endangering fish, ocean habitat and marine wildlife. Massive trawl nets destroy seafloor habitat, while other gears such as longlines, trawls and gillnets indiscriminately capture hundreds of thousands of marine
Say No To Bad Wood - Please Take Action!!!
Environment  (tags: destruction, animals, environment, habitatdestruction, protection, forests )

Tierney
- 13 hours ago - saynotobadwood.org
Does your decking or furniture come from the home of the Sumatran orang-utan? Sadly, it might. Australia has no safeguards against illegally logged timber imports, so when you buy outdoor furniture, decking or other imported timber products, you have
Climate Change May Displaces 20 Million People
Environment  (tags: climate-change, sea level rise, Bangladesh, coastal belts )

Naoko
- 13 hours ago - bangladesh-web.com
State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said about 20 million people might be displaced from coastal belts as a result of sea level rise following climate change. He urged all, including government and non-government
Purple Mountains Majesty Gone
Environment  (tags: nature, environment, MOUNTAIJNS )

Bernadett
- 1 day ago - willienelsonpri.com
SAVE THE MOUNTAIN THEY ARE COAL MIING
The Nature Conservancy in Florida - Florida Home
Environment  (tags: habitat )

Larry
- 11 hours ago - nature.org
The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 1.2 million acres of critical natural lands in Florida.
Neighbors Complain About Homeowner About Hanging Out Laundry!
Environment  (tags: bizarre, culture, environment, Sustainabililty, energy )

Fred
- 10 hours ago - abclocal.go.com
A growing number of people are foregoing use of their clothes dryers in favor of old time outdoor clotheslines. It saves money and energy, but it's not always a popular move as a Homeowner has learned.
This Is Dave. He Wants to Talk to You About F- Gases -Please Take Action!!!
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, CO2emissions, climatechange, environment, greenhousegases, pollution )

Tierney
- 10 hours ago - greenpeace.org
F-gases, or HFCs, are the super greenhouse gases that cool our drinks, our cars, and our buildings. They are a growing threat to our climate. Eliminating them is low-hanging fruit in the fight against climate change, because the solutions are tried, test
RealClimate: On the Hacked Climate Email Servers (Its Still a Crime to Invade a Private Computer System!)
Environment  (tags: crime environment, globalwarming, ClimateChange )

David
- 4 hours ago - realclimate.org
The breaking into of computers and releasing private information is illegal, and regardless of how they were obtained, posting private correspondence without permission is unethical
Skeptics Claim Global Warming Is Fake After Top Scientists' Emails Hacked at CRU
Environment  (tags: environment )

Cowboss
- 1 hour ago - grist.org
Hackers recently broke into thousands of emails and internal documents from a leading climate research center and dumped them onto an anonymous Russian server. The hacked emails (160 MB worth, unzipped) came from the University of East Anglia's Climatic R
NPCA | Take Action: Help NPCA Secure a Huge Victory for Joshua Tree!
Environment  (tags: nature, trees for life, suffering )

Bernadett
- 1 day ago - act.npca.org
take action and save the on;y trre left and read about ok please forwards also
Last Chance to Save 10 Fish Species!
Environment  (tags: oceans, over fishing )

Mamabear
- 11 hours ago - care2.com
This weekend is your last chance to sign during a government comment period to save snapper and groper fish species. On Sunday, I'll be pulling a file of all the Care2 signers to my petition to end overfishing to be sent to the South Atlantic Fishery Mana
Oceans' Ability to Absorb Carbon & Protect Against Climate Change Weakening
Environment  (tags: environment, climate, climate change, oceans, nature, protection )

Cher
- 1 hour ago - ecoworldly.com
Oceans regulate our climate. They play a key role in keeping the world's "homeostasis" in tact. However, their ability to absorb carbon & keep the climate in balance is dwindling, a new report shows.
ENVIRONMENT: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, climatechange, climate, humans, nature )

Cal
- 23 hours ago - ipsnews.net
Future firefighters have their work cut out for them. Perhaps nowhere does this hit home harder than in Australia, where in early 2009 a persistent drought, high winds, and record high temperatures set the stage for the worst wildfire in the country's his
Prehistoric Jaws: Meet the Family of Crocs That Ate Dinosaurs 100million Years Ago
Environment  (tags: wildlife, Dinosaurs, Science, Environment )

Alisa
- 20 hours ago - dailymail.co.uk
A family of five terrifying prehistoric crocodiles - including one with teeth like the tusks of a wild boar - have been discovered by fossil hunters.
Take Action: Support Cleaner Cars, Close the Loopholes!
Environment  (tags: Fuel Efficiency, green cars, CO2emissions )

Hans
- 9 hours ago - ga3.org
The Obama Administration has proposed vehicle emissions standards that will make vehicles sold in the United States cleaner and more efficient. This will take our vehicle standards out of the 1970s and into the 21st century,
How Global Warming Is Already Affecting Us and the Tough Choices We Have to Make.
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, climate, ecosystems, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, habitat, science, wildlife, weather, water, trees, oceans, forests, animals )

Rodger
- 7 hours ago - marketplace.publicradio.org
Expert Views:Scientists studying climate change discuss the impacts we will experience as the Earth continues to heat up.
Noctilucent Cloud Formed Out of Asteroid Debris Over Colorado
Environment  (tags: Noctilucent, cloud, asteroid, debris, Colorado, meteorology, science, climate, astronomy, NASA, weather, space )

Johnny
- 5 hours ago - examiner.com
Early on Wednesday, November 18th,  an asteroid hit the atmosphere and exploded over Colorado and Utah in a flash of light that surprised onlookers in at least eight states.
Massey Cited for Blasting at Coal River Mountain
Environment  (tags: coal, mountaintop removal mining, pollution, habitatdestruction, wildlife, energy )

David
- 4 hours ago - blogs.wvgazette.com
the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection quietly cited Massey subsidiary Marfork Coal Co. for using too large a load of explosives in its blasting operations at Bee Tree mine.
Plight of the Humble Bee - PATH LESS TRAVELLED
Environment  (tags: pollinators, honey bees, bumble bees, food, habitat destruction, sustainability )

Karen
- 3 hours ago - earthkeeperfarm.blogspot.com
It seems that the news about disappearing bees isn't that bad after all.<br /> It's worse!
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- 1 hour ago - tvworld-news-video-online.blogspot.com
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Tell Canada to Stop Spreading the Tar Sands Now!
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, destruction, CO2emissions, climatechange, greenhousegases )

Tierney
- 1 hour ago - ran.thetarsandsblow.org
Big Oil and greedy banks are working to prevent a strong and just global climate framework in Copenhagen - protecting their profits at the expense of people and our planet. Chief among those are Canada's biggest oil companies and Royal Bank of Canada (RB
80 Year-Old Bookkeeping Error Causes First Species to Be Fished to Extinction
Environment  (tags: extinction, endangered, skate )

Cozette
- 1 day ago - treehugger.com
It's a simple clerical error that was made almost 8 decades ago--and it appears to have lead to the irreversible decline of a now-endangered skate.
Skate May Be Fished to Extinction
Environment  (tags: Marine fish, Extinction, Environment, Science, Skate )

Alisa
- 1 day ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A species of skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, say scientists.
Environmental Coalition Questions Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant Tritium Leak
Environment  (tags: energy, pollution, protection, Nuclear Energy )

David
- 1 day ago - app.com
A coalition of environmental groups that opposed the relicensing of the Oyster Creek Generating Station issued a statement accusing the power plant's owners of not taking corrective action that may have prevented leakage of tritium last spring.
Plundering Appalachia - The Tragedy of Mountaintop Removal
Environment  (tags: Appalachia environment, habitat, pollution, energy, suffering, destruction )

David
- 1 day ago - plunderingappalachia.org
Plundering Appalachia is a searing exposé, in words and images, of the greatest ecological calamity now being wreaked upon America--an outrage justified by the desire for "cheap" power
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, Risk to Human Health and Wildlife Survival, Are Polluting Lake Mead
Environment  (tags: climatechange, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, pollution, habitat, protection, Sustainabililty, animals, forests, research, suffering, wildlife, water )

Suzybell
- 1 day ago - biologicaldiversity.org
The Center for Biological Diversity submitted condemning evidence to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection today demonstrating that Lake Mead, Las Vegas Bay, and Las Vegas Wash are being polluted by unregulated endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
Historic Decision To Limit Poisoning of Waterways | the Earthjustice Forum on Environmental Issues
Environment  (tags: EPA pollution, water, environment, runoffhabitatdestruction, Sustainabililty )

David
- 1 day ago - unearthed.earthjustice.org
Even though a large group of polluters tried to derail it, Earthjustice won this week a historic settlement--with nationwide implications--that requires the Environmental Protection Agency to set legal limits for the widespread nutrient poisoning.
 

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