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Brown accuses Garrett of deserting environment (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Greens Leader Bob Brown says the Opposition’s environment spokesman Peter Garrett has turned his back on the portfolio over the Tasmanian pulp mill issue.
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Deadline looms for Farm Environment Awards (Scoop.co.nz)

Canterbury farmers are being strongly encouraged to enter this year’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
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Kennedy talks environment (The Western Courier)

Saving the environment is not about protecting the fish and the birds, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It is about protecting the human race.
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Pitt to study health effects of genetics, environment (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health has been selected to participate in a 21-year study to determine how genetics and environment affect health, from the womb to …
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John Bailey: Global warming requires local solutions - Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)

John Bailey: Global warming requires local solutionsMinneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN -2 hours agoAs cities look for global-warming solutions, they should start looking no further than their own back yards. If the federal money ever does come in, …Price of pollutionMinneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)all 2 news articles

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Activists seek protection of species threatened by global warming - San Jose Mercury News

Activists seek protection of species threatened by global warmingSan Jose Mercury News,  USA -1 hour agoAP SAN FRANCISCO—Environmentalists are suing the federal government for failing to track populations of marine mammals threatened by global warming. …

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Junk Science: Global Warming’s Trillion-Dollar Turkey - FOX News

Junk Science: Global Warming’s Trillion-Dollar TurkeyFOX News -2 hours agoBy Steven Milloy A trillion dollars doesn’t buy what it used to — at least when it comes to global warming, according to a new analysis from the …

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Interfaith class to focus on religion, environment (East Brunswick Sentinel)

Temple B’nai Shalom of East Brunswick will host “Splendor,” an interfaith class on spiritual life, ethics and nature, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, 15 and 22 at the temple, Fern and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick. The three-week introduction to the intersection of religion and the environment, developed and taught by GreenFaith (www.greenfaith.
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Activists seek new data on mammals threatened by global warming - International Herald Tribune

Activists seek new data on mammals threatened by global warmingInternational Herald Tribune, France -29 minutes ago… Thursday for allegedly failing to adequately track populations of polar bears, walruses, sea otters and manatees threatened by global warming. …

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Pataki named to global warming task force - Newsday

New York Press

Pataki named to global warming task forceNewsday, NY -3 hours agoHe and Thomas Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa, will lead a task force of 30 people to examine the science, economics and politics of global warming and …George Pataki to Co-Chair Task Force on Global Climate ChangeEarthtimes.orgall 13 news articles

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