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New green Twitter meme: #EcoMonday
Mon, May 11, 2009 8:36 AM by Shea Gunther
#EcoMonday, the latest green meme bouncing around Twitter and brainchild of Max Gladwell, got a start here at MNN.
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World's loneliest pig quarantined
Fri, May 08, 2009 7:52 PM by Shea Gunther
There is one pig in Afghanistan living in the Kabul Zoo. His life just got even more closed off after he was shut away in the face of swine flu fears.
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California fire sends 20,000 fleeing, burns 75 homes

Fri, May 08, 2009 2:17 PM by Steve Gorman, Reuters

Wildfires spread for miles, endangering the "entire community" of Santa Barbara, firefighters say.
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Shark attack
Fri, May 08, 2009 12:08 PM by PlentyMag.com
Overfishing of predatory sharks is taking a toll on shellfish populations.
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EDGE releases top 100 endangered list
Thu, May 07, 2009 2:30 PM by PlentyMag.com
Animals that made the 2007 list were both threatened and 'evolutionarily distinct.'
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Thousands flee as fire burns homes in Calif. city

Thu, May 07, 2009 11:15 AM by Raquel Maria Dillon, Associated Press

Fueled by high temperatures and high winds, flames engulf Santa Barbara and drive more than 13,000 people from their homes.
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The Prince's Rainforests Project
Wed, May 06, 2009 11:34 PM by Shea Gunther
Prince Charles tapped his very deep Rolodex to bring together some of the world's biggest stars to remind us that we still need to save the rain forests.
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Endangered Japanese crane outgrowing its habitat
Wed, May 06, 2009 5:06 PM by PlentyMag.com
What happens when a species' population rebounds but its habitat is still shrinking?
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Paul Watson: Whale warrior
Wed, May 06, 2009 2:00 PM by PlentyMag.com
The founder of the Sea Shepard Conservation Society and co-founder of Greenpeace talks about saving whales, sinking ships, and the documentary series Whale Wars.
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Bear bile farming
Wed, May 06, 2009 11:06 AM by PlentyMag.com
Bear bile is a valued and highly prized substance in the world of traditional Chinese medicine, but at what cost?
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Goodwill hunting
Wed, May 06, 2009 3:11 AM by PlentyMag.com
Big game safaris swap rifles for tranquilizer guns.
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Cry wolf
Wed, May 06, 2009 2:30 AM by PlentyMag.com
The once-endangered animal is back in big numbers, and not everyone is happy about it.
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Experimental project to clean Pacific Ocean garbage patch
Tue, May 05, 2009 11:18 PM by Shea Gunther
Project Kaisei is a bold attempt to filter out and recycle plastic from the continent-sized patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean.
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Brazilian tribes protest controversial dam
Tue, May 05, 2009 3:55 PM by PlentyMag.com
The new hydroelectric plant may flood homelands and require building more dams upstream.
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Tree planting group helps tribe sustain itself
Tue, May 05, 2009 3:20 PM by PlentyMag.com
International nonprofit organization provides fruit and nut trees to Havasupai tribe to create orchards for perennial source of nutrition.
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