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Support the Climate Defenders in Indonesia -Take Action
Environment  (tags: petition, world, Sustainabililty, protection, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, environment, destruction, ecosystems, conservation )

Daphna
- 1 hour ago - greenpeace.org
Indonesian authorities have ramped up intimidation tactics this week against Greenpeace activists who are trying to prevent forest and climate destruction in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest, based at our Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar Penins
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Studies: Fighting Global Warming Reduces Diseases
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, globalwarming, environment, politics, pollution )

Marty
- 2 hours ago - my.att.net
Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, newly released studies say.
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Climate Change and Forests Workshop in West Africa
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, climatechange, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, forests, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, protection, pollution, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, research, politics, government )

Elena
- 2 hours ago - birdlife.org
Without effective intervention, climate change impacts on the remaining n the Upper Guinea Forest of West Africa will be catastrophic.
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Canadian Parliament Votes for Deep CO2 Emissions Cut
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, climate, climatechange, climate-change )

Alexander
- 3 hours ago - thegreeno.com
Canada's parliament on Tuesday passed a motion urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Tory government to adopt a deep carbon dioxide reduction target at upcoming international climate talks.
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Will Africa's Farmland Become a "Resource Curse"?
Environment  (tags: world, environment, agriculture, . resources, .green, ecosystems, humans )

Cal
- 9 hours ago - grist.org
A stampede of investors, ranging from governments like Saudi Arabia's to U.S. hedge funds, are moving in. And many of the region's pro-Westen, "modernizing" governments are inviting them.
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Global Warming Could Lead to Increased Flooding and Rising Food Prices in UK, Claim Leading Scientists
Environment  (tags: Climate Change Issue, Carbon Emissions, Flood, Environment, UKNewssuffering )

Alisa
- 9 hours ago - dailymail.co.uk
Three UK groups studying climate change united today to issue a stark warning of the need for action to cut carbon emissions.
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Climate Cash for Poor Countries 'Has Not Materialised'
Environment  (tags: Climate, poor countries, Environment, climate change, developing countries )

Leslie
- 10 hours ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found.
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Let's Make Downtown Condos BYOT
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, environment, government, habitatdestruction, politics, pollution, suffering )

Ryvre
- 11 hours ago - statesman.com
Forget new sewer lines; bring your own toilet, folks. When I heard that the City of Austin is fixing to spend $32 million to build a 3½-mile-long, 10-foot-wide sewer pipe under Lady Bird Lake,
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Restoring Saltwater, and Nature, to the Nisqually River Estuary
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, conservation, ecosystems, environment, green, habitat, nature, water, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, science, research, protection, pollution, politics )

Kimberly
- 13 hours ago - crosscut.com
While multiple agencies argue over the Columbia River system, changes are afoot in the Nisqually Delta north of Olympia. Already you can see a difference.
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Take Action - to Protect Polar Bear Habitat
Environment  (tags: petition, wildlife, world, water, protection, pollution, humans, nature, habitat, globalwarming, environment, destruction, endangered, climatechange )

Daphna
- 14 hours ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The Arctic is melting, putting polar bears at the brink of extinction. Every year, more and more bears are starving and drowning as they are forced to swim farther and farther to reach solid ice. Two-thirds of all polar bears -- including all bears in Ala
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Oceans Absorb Less Carbon Dioxide as Marine Systems Change
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, world, oceans, water, protection, nature, pollution )

Cal
- 15 hours ago - enn.com
The study, published in the current issue of Nature, is the first to quantify the perceived trend that oceans are becoming less efficient carbon sinks
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Top 10 Extreme Eco-Friendly Homes
Environment  (tags: Homes, Environment, Construction, Green )

Sophie
- 1 day ago - constructionmanagementdegrees.org
Eco friendly or green homes have come a long way in just a short time frame. From wind-powered electric turbines to solar panels and geothermal heating systems, these homes are not surprisingly becoming a favored universal trend.
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More Than 100 Icebergs Heading Towards N.Zealand
Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, globalwarming, icebergs )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - terradaily.com
More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.
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Antarctica Loses Ice From Eastern Sheet, Study Shows
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, ecosystems, oceans, globalwarming, politics, environment, destruction, climate-change )

Marty
- 1 day ago - bloomberg.com
Antarctica is losing ice from its larger eastern side as well as the western part, an indication the southernmost continent may add "significantly more" to rising seas, researchers in Texas said.
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Global Warming's Impacts on the Rise
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, ecosystems, endangered, globalwarming, environment, government, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, pollution, science, trees )

Jenny
- 1 day ago - azdailysun.com
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated -- beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
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Conservation International: Email - Copenhagen - No Jargon, No Bull
Environment  (tags: climate, CO2emissions, ecosystems, endangered, energy, habitatdestruction, protection, trees, world, environment, Sustainabililty )

Pirjo
- 1 day ago - getinvolved.conservation.org
Ok - it might not sound like a party, but we're looking forward to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Copenhagen, Denmark next month.
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Over 100 Icebergs Drifting to N.Zealand: Official
Environment  (tags: climate-change, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, water, world )

Juniper
- 1 day ago - news.yahoo.com
SYDNEY (AFP) -More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.
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