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Environment

Tell President Obama We Can't Afford to Wait for 450! - Take Action!: NRDC's Save BioGems
Environment  (tags: pollution, climate-change, ecosystems, destruction, globalwarming )

Kevin
- 7 hours ago - secure.nrdconline.org
"The level of heat-trapping CO2 has cracked the once-unthinkable barrier of 400 parts per million for the first time in at least three million years. "
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Keep the Leuser Protected Ecosystem Protected ACTION
Environment  (tags: orangutans, wildlife, palm oil, destruction, rainforest, Leuser, ecosystems, environment )

Nancy
- 10 hours ago - ran.org
Tell the Indonesian Government to reject a plan to un-protect vital rainforests
1 comment
TAKE ACTION: Urge Chevron to Clean Up Its Oil Spill in the Amazon
Environment  (tags: rainforest, Sustainabililty, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, world )

Beverly
- 13 hours ago - therainforestsite.com
Tell Chevron to take responsibility for the devastation it has caused in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
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TAKE ACTION: President Obama: Act to Curb Airline Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Environment  (tags: oceans, politics, pollution, nature, environment, destruction, conservation, climate-change, CO2emissions, Sustainabililty, greenhousegases, government )

Beverly
- 13 hours ago - therainforestsite.com
Urge President Obama to support an initiative that would help to limit airline carbon emissions.
9 comments
TAKE ACTION: Help Save the Environment: Pledge to Use Resuable Bags
Environment  (tags: pollution, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, oceans, nature, healthconditions )

Beverly
- 13 hours ago - therainforestsite.com
Paper and plastic bags cause some of the worst environmental destruction. Take action!
10 comments
The Plastic Ocean a Multispecies Catastrophe
Environment  (tags: conservation, destruction, environment, globalwarming, green, habitat, habitatdestruction, oceans, nature, water, wildlife, world, animals )

PJ
- 1 day ago - wateryonder.com
Article on the ongoing problems of plastic in our oceans.
4 comments
How to Reduce Plastic Usage
Environment  (tags: climate, conservation, ecosystems, destruction, environment, animals, habitat, habitatdestruction, oceans, nature, pollution, Sustainabililty, water, world )

PJ
- 1 day ago - wellabout.com
Simple tips and things that can be done to contribute to the reduction of plastic usage.
1 comment
TAKE ACTION: Save What's Left and Oppose the Big Wind Project on Lana'I
Environment  (tags: environment, endangered, conservation, destruction, habitat, Sustainabililty )

Beverly
- 1 day ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Native Hawaiian traditional practices, cultural sites, and iwi kūpuna are in danger of vanishing forever on Lāna'i, if the "Big Wind" project goes forward.
11 comments
Gobal Warming With Sheryl Crow   video
Environment  (tags: animals, climate-change, destruction, endangered, environment, healthconditions, nature, humans, protection, globalwarming, trees, wildlife, pollution )

Mm
- 1 day ago - youtube.com
A few ideas on how to help our Planet and all that live on it!
17 comments
Monsanto Vs. Mother Earth *** Please Sign ***
Environment  (tags: conservation, destruction, environment, Genetically modified, healthconditions, humans, protection, Sustainabililty )

Frans
- 1 day ago - avaaz.org
As concerned citizens, we urge you to take the lead to fix European patent law by calling on the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation to close the loopholes that allow corporations to patent plant varieties and conventional ...
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