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Help Greenpeace Deliver a Message to President Obama in Copenhagen-Take Action
Environment  (tags: climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, politics, protection, world )

Daphna
- 1 hour ago - act.credoaction.com
Greenpeace has asked for our help to deliver a message to President Obama. Be a part of something bigger than yourself. Tell President Obama that you still do have hope -- hope for the future and a belief that yes he can lead us to a solution on climate
Stop Dangerous Double Counting -Take Action
Environment  (tags: climatechange, environment, globalwarming, humans, nature, habitatdestruction, pollution, suffering, world )

Daphna
- 1 hour ago - one.org
Many leaders are promising to help people living in extreme poverty adapt to the effects of climate change. This sounds great, but unfortunately, on closer examination, it turns out most of this money could be double counted - it's money that has already
BIODIVERSITY: Plants Finally Get DNA Barcodes
Environment  (tags: green, greenliving, environment, flora, plants, Sustainabililty, world, ecosystems )

Cal
- 1 hour ago - ipsnews.net
Advances made in genetic profiling could be used to fight illegal timber trading, provide authentication of herbal medicines and map entire food chains, according to experts at a conference of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
Skeptics Claim Global Warming Is Fake After Top Scientists' Emails Hacked at CRU
Environment  (tags: environment )

Cowboss
- 3 hours 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
What Will It Take to Force Political Action on Climate Change?
Environment  (tags: government, politics, ClimateChange, environment, globalwarming, politics )

David
- 3 hours ago - scientificamerican.com
the U.S. Senate. After a hectic couple of weeks, filled with Republican walkouts and Democratic intransigence, the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee has pushed a bill to the Senate floor that would cut carbon dioxide.
Tell Canada to Stop Spreading the Tar Sands Now!
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, destruction, CO2emissions, climatechange, greenhousegases )

Tierney
- 3 hours 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
Oceans' Ability to Absorb Carbon & Protect Against Climate Change Weakening
Environment  (tags: environment, climate, climate change, oceans, nature, protection )

Cher
- 3 hours 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.
Climategate? Not Likely.
Environment  (tags: climate-change, globalwarming, environment, science, research, politics )

Brian
- 5 hours ago - scholarsandrogues.com
The leaked emails and documents from CRU climate scientists are much ado about nothing, and the deniers touting them are hypocrites and may become criminals by republishing them.
Tropical Rainforest Conservation - Mongabay.Com
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, destruction, conservation, energy, environment, forests, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, science, wildlife, world, Sustainabililty, animals )

Pirjo
- 10 hours ago - mongabay.com
Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development
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
- 11 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
This Is Dave. He Wants to Talk to You About F- Gases -Please Take Action!!!
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, CO2emissions, climatechange, environment, greenhousegases, pollution )

Tierney
- 12 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
Wild 9 Calls on Copenhagen to Protect Land
Environment  (tags: conservation, climate-change, environment, endangered, habitat, nature, protection, humans, wildlife, Sustainabililty, pollution, politics, ClimateChange, climate )

Elena
- 12 hours ago - manitobawildlands.org
In November 2009, Merida, Mexico hosted the 9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD 9). Wild 9's central theme of wilderness, people and climate change brought over 1500 delegates from 51 countries together and resulted in forty-two targeted resolutions being
Neighbors Complain About Homeowner About Hanging Out Laundry!
Environment  (tags: bizarre, culture, environment, Sustainabililty, energy )

Fred
- 13 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.
Say No To Bad Wood - Please Take Action!!!
Environment  (tags: destruction, animals, environment, habitatdestruction, protection, forests )

Tierney
- 15 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
Electrawinds Creates World's First Car That Runs on Animal Fats
Environment  (tags: Renewable energy, Wind power, Solar energy, Electrawinds, Biodiesel, Green electicity, Environment )

Alisa
- 20 hours ago - greendiary.com
For those of you who think that renewable energy is nothing more than wind power and solar energy here is an interesting piece of information. A group of people have come together to produce green energy from animal fats.
Prehistoric Jaws: Meet the Family of Crocs That Ate Dinosaurs 100million Years Ago
Environment  (tags: wildlife, Dinosaurs, Science, Environment )

Alisa
- 22 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.
ENVIRONMENT: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, climatechange, climate, humans, nature )

Cal
- 1 day 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
Russia Steps Up Pledge for Climate Action
Environment  (tags: environment, CO2emissions, climate-change, climate, humans, protection, world, pollution )

Cal
- 1 day ago - uk.reuters.com
Russia toughened its plans to curb harmful greenhouse gas emissions on Wednesday in a rare encouraging development before United Nations climate talks next month.
Armchair Spooks to Google Culprits Who Are Destroying Rainforests
Environment  (tags: trees, destruction, conservation, environment, habitatdestruction, protection )

Marty
- 1 day ago - timesonline.co.uk
Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite images of rainforests and report any illegal logging.
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.
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.
Purple Mountains Majesty Gone
Environment  (tags: nature, environment, MOUNTAIJNS )

Bernadett
- 1 day ago - willienelsonpri.com
SAVE THE MOUNTAIN THEY ARE COAL MIING
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
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.
   

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