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Groups Move To Protect Expanse Of Deep Sea Coral
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August 18, 2009 - redOrbit
| | Environmentalists are pushing for the protection of a large swath of coral reef off the Southeastern US coast. The underwater expanse of creatures and coral lies at the bottom of the Atlantic and spans about 23,000 square miles from North Carolina to Florida. But the collective is under threat from overfishing and energy prospects, and environmentalists are moving to push legislation that would protect the region.
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Eastern Aral Sea Receding
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July 10, 2009 - redOrbit
| | The eastern portion of the Aral Sea has shrunk by 80 percent since 2006, the European Space Agency reported on Friday. Using Envisat images, the ESA revealed a massive decrease in shoreline between July 1, 2006 and July 6, 2009 for what was once considered the world’s fourth-largest inland body of water. The Aral Sea was split into two portions during the 1980s – the Small Aral Sea, found in Kazakhstan, and the Large Aral Sea, which is found in both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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Tasmanian Devils Listed as Endangered in Australia
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May 22, 2009 - USA TODAY
| | Canberra, Australia -- The Tasmanian devil, a snarling fox-sized marsupial, was listed in Australia as an endangered species because of a contagious cancer that has wiped out most of the wild population. Devils do not exist in the wild outside Tasmania, although mainland zoos are breeding captive populations as a strategy against total extinction.
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Oyster Reefs Among Hardest-Hit Ecosystems
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May 21, 2009 - Google News
| | Bangkok -- Overfishing and unchecked coastal development have resulted in the disappearance of 85 percent of all oyster reefs, making the ecosystem one of the most severely affected marine habitats in the world, according to a new study.
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Obama Shelves Bush-era Species Rule
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May 3, 2009 - MSNBC
| | Washington -- In December, the Bush administration finalized regulations that allow agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm animals and plants listed under the Endangered Species Act. However, on Tuesday Obama signed a presidential memorandum to put on hold the regulation until the Interior and Commerce departments complete a review of it.
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Salazar Reviews 'Midnight' Endangered Species Rule
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April 18, 2009 - Yahoo! News
| | Albuquerque, N.M. -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to overturn a controversial Bush administration regulation that limits the reach of the Endangered Species Act.
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Obama Renews Protection for Endangered Species
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March 3, 2009 - Google News
| | Washington -- President Barack Obama restored rules aimed at saving endangered species from harm by government projects, in his latest move to undo Bush-era laws seen as damaging to the environment.
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Senate Boosts Wilderness Protection Across U.S.
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January 11, 2009 - MSNBC
| | Washington -- The Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness. The measure — actually a collection of about 160 bills — would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range to Oregon's Mount Hood, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia.
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Measure to Provide Better Treatment of Farm Animals Passes
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November 5, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
| | Voters passed Proposition 2 as California became the first state in the nation to outlaw confining cages for egg-laying hens and ban restrictive pens for veal calves and pregnant sows. Because there are few veal producers in the state and the largest pork producer here voluntarily plans to eliminate small crates, the law will mostly affect the state's 20 million egg-laying hens. It does not go into effect until 2015.
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Brazil: Deforestation Rises Sharply as Farmers Push Into Amazon
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September 1, 2008 - The Guardian
| | Approximately 3,145 square miles of the Brazilian rainforest were razed between August 2007 and August 2008, which was a 64% increase over the previous year. Rising commodity prices and demand for soy and cattle is pushing farmers deeper into the forests.
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Arctic Could See First Ice-Free Summer This Year
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June 27, 2008 - ABC News
| | There is distinct possibility that the North Pole could be free of sea ice for the first time in recorded history. Scientists predict that there is a 50 percent chance that ice at the highest point in the Arctic will melt by the summer's end.
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Polar Bear Put on Endangered List
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May 15, 2008 - The Detroit News
| | The Bush administration has designated the polar bear as threatened with extinction, making it the first creature added to the endangered species list primarily because of global warming. The designation invokes federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
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US Corn Biofuels Will Expand Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone': Scientists
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March 10, 2008 - Google News
| | Vancouver, Canada -- Growing enough corn to meet US biofuel goals set for 2022 would increase nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers by 10 to 34 percent. The additional nitrate pollution will significantly expand the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone, which already covers 20,000 square kilometers.
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Study: Key Western Reservoirs in Danger
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February 13, 2008 - ABC News
| | Phoenix -- Climate change and a growing demand for water could drain two of the nation's largest manmade reservoirs within 13 years, depriving several Southwestern states of key water sources. Researchers determined that there's a 50 percent chance that lakes Mead and Powell will dry up by 2021, and a 10 percent chance the lakes will run out of usable water by 2013.
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