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• Government Scientists in the U.S. Are Set to End Most Research Done On Chimps

  

  by George Dvorsky / IO9It has been a long time coming, but it looks like the vast majority of medical research performed on chimps in the United States is... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Wild & Weird: Can’t See the Factory Fire for the Smog

  

  by the Center for Biological DiversityPhoto by Feng LiOfficial air-quality readings in Beijing, China have topped out at nearly 40 times the World Health... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Lawsuit Filed to Stop Unregulated Fracking in California

  

  by the Center for Biological DiversitySAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity went to court today to compel California regulators to enforce an... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Bat-killing Epidemic Found at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

  

  by the Center for Biological DiversityMAMMOTH CAVE, Ky.— National Park Service officials announced today the discovery of the devastating bat epidemic known as... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Rattlesnake Slaughter Fest This Weekend

  

  Photo by Todd Piersonfrom a press release by the Center for Biological DiversityThis weekend Whigham, Ga., hosts its annual “rattlesnake roundup” — a lethal... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Hurdles Remain for U.S. Jaguar Habitat

  

  By Leslie Macmillan / New York Times Green[Fish and Wildlife Service] A jaguar observed last October by a camera trap in southern Arizona. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Common Pesticides ‘Can Kill Frogs Within an Hour’

  

  Golden poison dart frog / Joel Sartore by Damian Carrington / the Guardian Widely used pesticides can kill frogs within an hour, new research has revealed,... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Ethical Enbridge?

  

  The real story of Line 9 and the tar sands giga-projectBy Dave Vasey, Sakura Saunders, Sonia Grant| January 23, 2013, Rabble.ca Enbridge’s Line 9 reversal... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Protests Against Fracking Could Cripple Australia’s LNG Progress

  

  The following article by Quintella Koh is a product of Rigzone, a gas industry news outlet, and while the article is slanted in favor of gas development, it is... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Earth First! Climbers Guild Camp Spring 2013 – March 24-30, New York

  

  OUT OF YOUR HOUSES AND INTO THE TREES! Expand your ability to defend your home, your community, and the wild by learning the technical skills involved in... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Return of the Anti-Roads Protesters!

  

  Susanna Rustin / the GuardianCan today’s eco-warriors recapture the ferocious energy of the 1990s anti-roads protests? As a huge road-building programme gears... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Arabs and Jews Protest, Blockade Together Against Environmental Hazard

  

  by Hassan Shaalan / YnetHundreds of Jewish and Arab residents of Shaar Efraim, Qalansawe and Nitzanei Oz protested against an environmental hazard at the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Andean Glaciers Melting At ‘Unprecedented’ Rates

  

  Climate change could melt the Andean glaciers away altogether in coming years, says the new study. Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Nebraska Governor Approves Keystone XL Route

  

  Bloomberg NewsHOUSTON — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved TransCanada Corp.’s revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline, clearing the way for a final... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Sierra Club Announces Direct Action to Stop Tar Sands?!?

  

  Syncrude Operations effluent pipe and tailings, Alberta, Canada. Pic from Sierra Club websiteBig Green Plans Civil Disobedience for First Time in... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Is Lead to Blame for Death of Zion Condor?

  

  Poisoning from spent bullets undermines effort to recover North America’s largest flying animal.(Courtesy photo) by Lynn Chamberlain, Utah Division of Wildlife... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Activists Disrupt Arch Coal Corporate HQ In St. Louis

  

  Cross Posted from Itsgettinghotinhere.orgCREVE COEUR, MO — Seven protesters affiliated with the RAMPS campaign (Radical Action for Mountain Peoples’ Survival),... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• CPI(M) to Dissociate Itself from Eco Committee

  Cross Posted from The Hindu The State CPI(M) has decided not to cooperate with the panel constituted by the government to identify ecologically sensitive zones... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• ALEC Leads Attack on North Carolina Clean Energy with Duke Energy Funding

  

  From those same motherf**kers that brought us Arizona’s SB 1070, Stand Your Ground, and countless other rapacious “laws” comes yet another attack on the earth... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Our Violent Economy is Hurting Women

  

  There is a connection between the growth of unjust economic policies and the intensification of crimes against women.by Vandana Shiva from Common Dreams Dr. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT