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Healing from Global Warming May Take 100,000 Years

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by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Treehugger - 11. 2.10 When it comes to human-caused global warming, news of the long-term...

More Evidence Weather's Changing for the Worst

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Bruce Owen - Wpg. Free Press - 2/11/2010 VICTORIA BEACH, MANITOBA -- I came here on the weekend to see for...   The board walk at Grand Beach, MB.  BORIS.MINKEVICH@FREEPRESS.MB.CA

A Ghost Agreement

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By George Monbiot - the Guardian 2nd No.'10 Everyone agrees that the new declaration on biodiversity is a triumph. Just one snag: it doesn’t appear to exist.   (Above)  Prairie Dogs, now largely confined to nature preserves because of the  loss of tall grass prairie habitat. (r.) Honey bees, decimated by "colony collapse disorder." l.p. photos  

Japan Looks to Ancient Village Wisdom to Save Biodiversity

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The Independent Nov 1 - '10 Four decades ago the oriental white stork... As Japan hosts a UN conference  on biodiversity this week, the  high-tech nation is pushing the  initiative to promote some of its  ancient village wisdom as a way  to heal battered environments worldwide.  (photo by Flickr user pelican)

Sins of Greenwashing: 2010 Report Released

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29 Oct '10-The Green Pages More than 95 per cent of consumer products claiming...

Panel Urges Immediate Preservation for Nova Scotia Agricultural Land

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Staff - Manitoba Co-Operator - 10/27/2010 A provincial committee asked to consider...

Troubled Islands: Hurricanes, Oil Spill and Sea Level Rise

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ScienceDaily (Oc. 29'10) — The islands flanking...