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- Amazon Indians lead battle against power giant's plan to flood rainforest - Americas, World - The In
  Posted by Damianmann from The Independent
  The Amazonian city of Altamira played host to one of the more uneven contests in recent Brazilian history this week, as a colourful alliance of indigenous leaders gathered to take on the might of the state power corporation and stop the construction of an immense hydroelectric dam on a tributary of the Amazon.
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- Glossy magazine wakes up on 'wheat sheets'
  Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail
  Paper-making development could help alleviate some of the pressure on Canadian forests. For the first time in North America, a glossy magazine will be published on paper made from the pulp of wheat straw, a development advocates say could herald the birth of a new resource industry that would alleviate some of the pressure on Canadian forests.
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- Subway cars find new life on ocean floor
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  Jeff Tinsman, Delaware's reef program coordinator, said a 600-car reef in that state's waters had increased the local fish population by 400 times, and boosted the number of angling trips to 13,000 a year from 300 before the reef was created.
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- Polar Bear to Be Designated As Threatened Species
  Posted by Jeff from Wall Street Journal
  The Bush Administration Wednesday handed environmentalists a major victory, determining there was sufficient scientific evidence to declare the polar bear a threatened animal under the Endangered Species Act, the Interior Department said.
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- America is rotting from the inside
  Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues
  Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act - and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.
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- Pollution a lifesaver for Midwest storm victims?
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Ah yes, stupid media headlines: environmental degradation saving lives ... some say!
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- More Choice for Women Means More Sustainability
  Posted by garrettmoon from World Changing
  Robert Engelman, Vice President at the Worldwatch Institute, in his new book More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want Suggests that expanding the capacity of all women to choose when to bear children is thus the surest route to achieving an environmentally sustainable population.
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Damianmann comments on:
Bush set to relax rules protecting species

filibuster…

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3:01 am 11/20/08
lonet comments on:
Bush set to relax rules protecting species

he Bush administration has until Friday to publish new rules in order for them to take effect before President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in. Otherwise, Obama can undo them with the stroke of a pen. A rule eliminating the mandatory, independent advice of government scientists in decisions about whether dams, highways and other projects are likely to harm species looked likely to meet the deadline, leaving the only chance for a quick reversal to Congress.
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2:58 am 11/20/08
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Bush set to relax rules protecting species

He has no shame.

You know what this is about right? Drill baby Drill. The only thing really holding them back is the endangered species act and wildlife protections. Right?

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11:16 pm 11/19/08
littleowl comments on:
It Is Time to Change from Fighting Against Something to Fighting for Something

There is information on the internet you may not be aware of, that is answering this need. For example: http://www.the-alternative.org.uk is offering over 800 pages of relevant information - all available for free download. Have a look!

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3:05 pm 11/14/08
Jeff comments on:
David Letterman's Global Warming Rant

This was pretty amazing.

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4:36 pm 10/01/08
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Voters in Ecuador Approve Constitution and Rights of Nature

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"Ecuador is now the first country in the world to codify a new system of environmental protection based on rights," stated Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.

"With this vote, the people of Ecuador are leading the way for countries around the world to fundamentally change how we protect nature," added Mari Margil, Associate Director of the Legal Defense Fund.

Article 1 of the new "Rights for Nature" chapter of the Ecuador constitution reads: "Nature or Pachamama, where life is reproduced and exists, has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution. Every person, people, community or nationality, will be able to demand the recognitions of rights for nature before the public bodies."

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9:53 am 9/29/08
thaimat comments on:
We've Got One Week Left to Stop One of Bush's Worst Environmental Attacks

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/battle-of-endangered-species-act-changes-heats-up-2008-09-08.html

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7:04 pm 9/14/08

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