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Morocco Building 500 MW Solar Power Project
Environment (tags: climate-change, climate, climatechange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, globalwarming, Morocco, solar, energy, solar energy, Sustainabililty, government, world, conservation )

Michael
- 11 hours ago - ecogeek.org

Morocco is a country that is bursting with solar power potential -- it gets 3,000 hours a year of sunshine -- but it relies heavily on the import of fossil fuels. That may be turning around with plans for a 500 MW solar complex.

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ARCTIC WILDLIFE & 23 MILLION ACRES OF LAND AT RISK! Plz Sign!
Environment (tags: climate-change, destruction, habitatdestruction, habitat, conservation, animals, protection )

Harshiita
- 12 hours ago - soe.salsalabs.com

The Bureau of Land Management is currently deciding what to do with 23 million acres of land in Alaska's Western Arctic. The oil industry is pressuring them to open this pristine land to reckless development, but the BLM is first giving the public a rare

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Baking Sands Worsen Leatherback Turtle Survival Crisis
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Andy
- 13 hours ago - simpleclimate.wordpress.com

Global warming will reduce the hatchling survival rate by at least half for the already endangered leatherback turtle, studying nests has told James Spotila from Drexel University and collagues.

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AUSTRALIA: Climate Change, Irrigation Threaten Murray-Darling Disaster
Environment (tags: climate-change, world, Australia, wildlife, protection, climatechange, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, conservation, climate, weather, water, green, habitat )

Cal
- 15 hours ago - greenleft.org.au

The rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin are dying. While average inflows decline due to climate change, extractions for irrigation remain at environmentally damaging levels.

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10 Eye-Opening Facts That Every Meat Eater Should Take the Time to Read
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Marika
- 1 day ago - thisdishisvegetarian.com

The 500 calories of food energy in a one pound steak requires 20,000 calories of fossil fuels, the majority of which is consumed through the crop cultivation process. (As an interesting and slightly related 'aside', half of America's entire water supply..

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