Drilling in the Arctic waters of the U.S. may become as contested an issue as the Keystone Pipeline XL in up-coming months
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]]> For three months last summer, temperatures in Texas soared higher than at any time in recorded history, and the state is still coping with the most expensive drought in its history. But can the 2011 Texas heat wave be attributed to global warming?


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]]> The current trend of increasing ocean acidification, which threatens fisheries around the world, is driven mainly by man-made changes and is higher even than that seen at the end of the last ice age, some 11,000 years ago
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]]> GREENPEACE Petition! Our planet's largest remaining rainforest is under threat from changes to the laws that govern forest protection in Brazil. The new Forest Code bill being proposed severely weakens protections for the Amazon rainforest and opens up..
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]]> Tell the National Park Service (NPS) to stand up to out of state land rights extremists and protect not just the San Gabriel Mountains but also the Puente Hills-Chino Hills and portions of the San Gabriel River.
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]]> The central Andean province of Tolima in Colombia is currently at risk of becoming another casualty of big-mining, and the Colombian government’s increasingly lenient stance on the impacts of environmentally-damaging operations.
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]]> Four proposed alternatives recently outlined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will cause negative effects, such as noise exposure, ship traffic and potential oil spills,
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]]> very Wednesday the GLOBE Scientists' Blog takes you to a different part of the world to examine an environmental issue. In today's blog learn about what's happening to the trees in the Sahel region of Africa.
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]]> Environmental groups supporting the Great Bear Rainforest agreement said Tuesday that the B.C. government is not meeting conservation targets set six years ago in a landmark agreement that would preserve 70 per cent of the central coast forest but allow
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]]> Protected areas in the world's tropical rainforests are absolutely essential, but one cannot simply set up a new refuge and believe the work is done
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]]> It has been proven that the sonar used in military submarines interferes with whales echolocation, this disorients them and can lead to fatal outcomes. Sonar causes hearing damage, internal bleeding and bubbles in whales’ tissue; these are all symptoms
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]]> As long as only half of B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest is protected, the whole forest is still at risk. Science is clear that at least 70% of the natural old-growth forest needs to be off-limits to logging to save it from disappearing forever.
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]]> Whether you worked hard today or can’t seem to find work, let’s take a break from the stress. It’s cold and ugly outside in some places, so think about sea arches like a mysterious portal to another world of sunshine and warm tropical water.
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]]> Under pressure from the oil industry, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) intends to open the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas drilling under the agency’s draft 2012-2017 drilling plan.


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]]> A plan to fast-track the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline was passed by a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, as Republicans made yet another attempt to spur approval of the project that has become a major issue in the 2012 elections.
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]]> More than a million green turtle eggs were laid last year on one of the Turtle Islands in the Philippines, breaking at least three records since recording of nesting there started in 1984, according to Conservation International
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]]> Spain's new conservative government has announced changes in environmental policy that are a significant step backwards for environmental protection in the country, provoking an immediate, harsh reaction from the opposition and civil society.
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]]> About 100 people have gathered in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh.
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]]> Endangered Olive Ridley turtles may delay their mass nesting at Odisha's Gahirmatha beach, one of the world's largest turtle nesting sites. The reason: climatic changes.
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]]> President Barack Obama rightly denied a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline in January, but Big Oil is not taking his decision lying down. To please oil interests, Senate Republicans are pushing legislation that would reverse the president's decision...
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]]> The Harper Government is privately threatening Canadian charities that are helping people participate in the public hearings about Enbridge’s western pipeline and supertanker project.
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]]> Chicken of the Sea recently circulated a letter to people who were concerned about its fishing practices addressing the company’s "commitment to sustainability." Unfortunately, that letter was nothing but expensive PR spin.


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]]> The U.S. government will require natural gas drillers to disclose which chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing on public lands, according to draft rules crafted by the Interior Department.
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]]> An obstacle to greening L.A.'s energy portfolio is the DWP's contract with a Utah plant, which requires the city to buy coal power until 2027. The gritty fuel is now stoking controversy over energy policy, environmental damage and how much consumers shoul
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]]> The Canadian government plans to begin a large mining operation in Nunavut, a territory that is currently the largest untouched wilderness in the northern hemisphere. Canada’s government is determined to carry out its plans to mine despite likely adverse
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]]> For starters, the energy and environmental impacts of tar sands production are not limited to within the borders of Canada. But the trouble doesn't end there.
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]]> In 2008, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund called together a gaggle of Canadian charities -- groups, remember, that are supported by our government through special tax-break subsidies -- to plan a coordinated attack on Canada's oil industry.
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]]> Please take a moment and thank the Obama administration for conserving this American treasure. And ask the President to protect other national parks and special places by working with Congress to reform the 1872 mining law
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]]> Senators in the pocket of Big Oil are trying to bring back the Keystone XL oil pipeline proposal, thwarting President Obama's decision to reject the dirty and dangerous project.


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]]> The U.S. Congress is poised to roll back Wild and Scenic protections for the St. Croix River in Minnesota and Wisconsin despite its beautiful scenery, recreation opportunities for paddlers and anglers, and habitat for fish and wildlife.


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]]> Did you know that the natural gas industry is determined to keep the status quo on the pollution they dump in our air? We can't sit on the sideline as the industry fights to keep exploiting the Clean Air Act and sickening our communities.


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]]> Methyl iodide is a highly potent pesticide used to grow mainly strawberries.Urge Gov. Brown to revoke the approval of methyl iodide—“one of the most toxic chemicals on earth”—in California.
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]]> This land must be protected. The current North Dakota oil boom is threatening to wreck havoc upon the state’s natural beauty.
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]]> You might think that an agency called the "United States Forest Service" would be all about protecting forests from every attack. But you would be wrong. Since the 1980s, the Forest Service has tried every trick in the book to allow logging,
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]]> Don't allow another oil spill disaster to happen on our watch. We urge Senator Hutchison to say NO to reckless legislation that allows more offshore drilling.


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]]> Ask the Canadian government to overhaul its long outdated governance of fisheries, reducing the power of conflicted ministers and their departments and ensuring that long-term, scientifically based decisions are made.
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]]> Kazakhstan monkeys may be a little tipsy, but at least they’re not cold.
A Kazakhstan zoo fed its monkeys a wine concoction as a remedy against flu as overnight temperatures dipped to -27 Fahrenheit...
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]]> Around 80 percent of the Andes' most biodiverse and important ecosystems are unprotected according to a new paper ..
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]]> President Obama has already done the bidding of the American people by rejecting this destructive project. Please make sure that our government is not held hostage by a fossil fuel scheme that will enrich the oil companies while impoverishing our health
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]]> Puerto Rico has announced plans for a massive cull of an invasive species of iguana and for the sale of harvested meat
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]]> Help protect the Gulf's brown pelicans. Urge Congress to pass legislation to help restore the Gulf today.


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]]> At the meeting of the FFA, WWF and regional bodies of forest management came to the conclusion that the bill will actually help to reduce illegal logging and illegal timber trade. However, it needs to be expanded.


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]]> Offshore drilling is unsafe and poses a serious threat to our environment. Oil companies should not be rewarded for mistakes made when prioritizing profits over people. Please urge Congress to end tax write-offs for oil companies’ cleanup costs.
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]]> The Obama Administration has tentatively approved Shell’s plans to drill this summer in both of Alaska’s Polar Bear Seas. Tell Secretary Salazar to deny the company the final permits it needs to drill in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
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]]> A world at peace would have solved problems or be actively working on solving them. We are reminded what Rock and Roller Jackson Browne says, 'Every bullet is a mouthful of food stolen from a starving child.'
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]]> The future of human kind faces dire consequences due to arguably the first signs of dangerous climate change in the Arctic, says a leading international scientist from The University of Western Australia.
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]]> The president's nuclear weapons strategy review will help determine whether we continue to live with the threat of nuclear annihilation or move closer to a world without nuclear weapons. Click here now to put your support in writing, and ask the presiden
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]]> The Ocean River Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals and grassroots groups make a difference where they live and work through environmental stewardship, education, and citizen science.
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]]> The political news website Politico reported today that Gasland Director Josh Fox was arrested this morning after trying to film a House Science Committee hearing on hydraulic fracturing. Josh was led out in handcuffs by the Capitol police and said "I'm
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]]> A large contributor to global warming is open burning—a practice that scientists estimate creates 50% of emissions causing earth’s rising temperatures. Open burning refers to any type of open flame, whether it is an agricultural fire, a fire that burns
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