Fracking is dirty and dangerous, and the new Bureau of Land Management rules regulating it are woefully inadequate to keep people safe. We cannot allow gas companies to continue to expand fracking operations on federal lands, putting thousands of
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]]> Imagine an open pit mine in the remote wilds of Alaska that covers an area 50 percent larger than Manhattan, with dams the height of Hoover Dam, and the potential to hold more than 7 billion tons of waste.

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]]> Notorious Malaysian illegal loggers Rimbunan Hijau have diversified into mining in primary rainforests, in East Sepik threatening unique nomadic cave-dwellers and their 20,000 year old ancient stenciled cave art. Support the local resistance ...
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]]> Fewer than 400 Kermode bears, (also known as Spirit Bears), inhabit the Great Bear Rainforest on on the coast area of British Columbia, Canada, that stretches from the Alaska panhandle southwards to the northern tip of Vancouver Island.
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]]> The time for study is over! Tell the EPA to finalize its assessment and stop the Pebble Mine.


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]]> We urge you to do everything in your power to stop oil and natural gas drilling in our National Forests.
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]]> Notorious Malaysian illegal loggers Rimbunan Hijau have diversified into mining in primary rainforests, in East Sepik threatening unique nomadic cave-dwellers and their 20,000 year old ancient stenciled cave art. Support the local resistance and demand an
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]]> PLEASE SIGN! To protect the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve in the northern part of Nicaragua; a tropical forest designated in 1997 as a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
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]]> The million-strong OCA and its allies in the organic and natural health movement are warning incumbent Senators and House members, Dems and Repubs alike, that thousands of health and environmental-minded constituents will work to drive them out of offic
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]]> By taking the pledge you are making a commitment to yourself, your community, and the environment to bring about positive change. A cleaner, greener, planet starts with you. Are you ready? Take the pledge!

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]]> Threatened by a massive open-pit mine, the pristine Bristol Bay Rivers in Alaska were #2 on the list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2011. The battle has continued in this region that is host to one of the last great salmon fisheries on earth.
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]]> Putting profit first when it comes to tar sands could mean 'game over' for the planet.
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]]> Big Oil is taking our money and standing in our way -- but still gets taxpayer subsidies. Tell Congress: No more Big Oil bailouts
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]]> Human development has put this blind shrimp, or prawn to be more precise (Typhlocaris Galilea), at severe risk of extinction. The prawn is found in a remarkable habitat: It lives in one chamber of an ancient Roman cistern in a forgotten city on the north
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]]> New research shows that humans have been transforming the earth and its ecosystems for millenniums — far longer than previously believed.
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]]> When does one plus one not equal two? When mounting evidence says glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, does more damage to our health and environment than we thought.
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]]> California is the largest producer of food in the U.S. Fracking and farming cannot co-exist. If we frack California's farms, we put the entire country's food supply at risk. Please stop auctioning off California's public lands to the oil and gas industry
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]]> Retailers should stop the sale of neonicotinoid pesticides to protect honey bees and other pollinators essential to our food supply and the environment.
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]]> The Toxic 100 Water Polluters index identifies the top companies and Federal agencies responsible for industrial water pollution
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]]> A study featured in the current issue of Nature reveals that ocean warming has already affected fisheries around the world over the past four decades as fish populations shift in response to changing sea temperatures.
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]]> It turns out that he report was written by a contractor with deep ties to the oil industry. What’s worse, State Department employees attempted to hide these ties.
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]]> Congratulate McLerran on an agreement with Seattle greatly reducing sewage pollution to the city’s surrounding waterways
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]]> Stop the development of the Keystone XL pipeline on historic Native American land
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]]> Secretary of State John Kerry has always been a climate champ, not a climate chump. Tell him not to flip-flop now, and to stand strong by halting the Keystone XL process until a full investigation can be completed!

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]]> In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's claim to millions of hectares of forest land, potentially giving indigenous and local communities the right to manage their customary forests
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]]> This is an Old Song, but so true in what is going on. Song from the 1970's and frankly so fitting, and so SAD!
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]]> The BLM is accepting public comments on its proposed fracking rules for 30 days. We need to let the administration know that these rules are totally inadequate. The administration needs to ban fracking on public lands – not cave to the industry and endang
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]]> The US State Department has been essentially acting as of de facto global-marketing arm of the ag-biotech industry, along with high-ranking figures like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mouthing industry talking points as if they were gospel
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]]> Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper-Snapple all use fuel from tar sands refineries in their delivery fleets. Take action now to tell these three soda pop CEOs that you want them to steer away from tar sands immediately.
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]]> The California coastline is threatened by a desalination facility proposed to create fresh water from the ocean. The California Coastal Commission will decide whether to permit the proposed project in Huntington Beach as early as June!
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]]> North Carolina’s state Senate has approved legislation (Senate Bill 515) that would violate the Clean Water Act and put the drinking water supply of almost half a million North Carolinians at risk.

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]]> Next week, governments from around the world are meeting to negotiate new measures combating carbon pollution from aircraft.
Tell United Airlines: consumers support pollution caps. Stop fighting action on climate change.
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]]> It’s 2013 and the world did not end by meteorite or by Mayan calendar. But fear not: we might just be able to get the job done ourselves. Join Robert Foster as he sets out to discover where Civilisation™ is making the fastest progress towards annihilation
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]]> Through use of a regulatory loophole, pesticides have found their way into a variety of consumer products, from blankets to toothpaste. The vast majority of these pesticides have made it into these everyday products without adequate oversight by the EPA t
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]]> The Canadian government has decided to take advantage of the destructive temperature changes in the polar region. As the ice melts, shipping routes open up, making oil and mineral exploitation easier.
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]]> State and provincial governments should have the right to ban environmentally destructive practices like fracking, without having to worry about the intimidation tactics Lone Pine Resources is attempting to employ.
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]]> British Columbia’s provincial parks cover 13.5 million hectares – providing vital refuge for wildlife, protection against climate change, and an opportunity for people to reconnect with nature. But right now, this public legacy is in trouble
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]]> Tell the White House and the EPA that everyone deserves clean water. Urge them to act now to protect Appalachia from mountaintop removal mining!
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]]> The updated proposal eliminates protections included in the version proposed last year and fails to include safeguards demanded by environmental and public health advocates.
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]]> Edit and send a message to the Army Corps of Engineers, urging them to thoroughly review the risks from proposed coal export terminals in the Northwest.
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]]> tell the federal government to keep the Arctic pristine and not jeopardize our natural heritage and local communities over risky oil exploration.
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]]> Please write now to help stop BC’s Lower Mainland from becoming the biggest exporter of climate-changing pollution in North America!
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]]> EPA is underestimating fracking’s impacts on climate change
Urge EPA: use the latest, best science when calculating methane’s impacts on global warming
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]]> The Krishna River is the third largest river in India, supplying as much as a third of the adjacent states' clean drinking water. This river is a source of prosperity for Indian agriculture and urbanization alike.
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]]> Right now, communities across the country are already fighting climate change and the fracking industry for clean air and clean water. And the stakes have gotten even higher the potential for more fracking so the natural gas industry can export
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]]> Prime Minister Stephen Harper is destroying Canada's environment, and now he's threatening the Arctic with oil spills.

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]]> New scientific evidence has led to an EU ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam) which are thought to be a major factor in the decade-long decline in global bee populations.
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]]> Proposed plan for old growth redwoods in Big Basin State Park would spell extinction for Marbled Murrelets in Central California
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