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Climate Change: Too Much At Stake

Jim Selman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Desertification, Copenhagen 2009, Carbon Dioxide, An Inconvenient Truth, Recycling, Clearcutting, Climate Treaty, Acid Rain, Famine, Extinction, Kyoto Protocol, Sustainable Future, Environment, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Al Gore, David Suzuki, Global Warming, Living News
Jim Selman

To the extent that we speak from our hearts about the world we want to create, we will attract energy, resources and support--and inspire others to act.

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Dust Storms Spread Deadly Diseases Worldwide, But May Ease Effects Of Climate Change: Researchers

The Observer | John Vidal | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Australia, Desertification, Diseases, Africa, Flu, Sahara, Health, Influenza, Climate Change, Asthma, Drought, Desert, Storm, Dust Storms, Health Effects, Emissions, Valley Fever, Epidemiology, Dust, Deforestation, Environment, Green News

Huge dust storms, like the ones that blanketed Sydney twice last week, hit Queensland yesterday and turned the air red across much of eastern Australi...

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Farouk El-Baz: From Egypt's Deserts to the Moon and Back

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Desertification, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lunar Landing, Ain Shams University, Lebanon, Arab Forum for Environment & Development, Alfred Worden, China, Arab World, Beirut, From the Earth to the Moon, AT&T, Indonesia, Center for Remote Sensing, Saudi Arabia, Apollo 11, Russia, Empty Quarter, Peter Dorman, Space Shuttle, Farouk El-Baz, European Countries, Earth, Inc., Copenhagen, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Japan, Tom Hanks, Hbo, Boston University, American University of Beirut, Nasa, South Korea, Water, Malaysia, Arab Environment 2009, Oil, Environment, India, Apollo 17, Geology, Bellcomm, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

El-Baz plans to highlight the issues of sustainable development and self-preservation at the Arab Environment 2009 conference in Beirut, Lebanon this November

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Climate Change and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Urbanization, Sandstorms, Desertification, Environmental Degradation, World Bank, Food-Insecurity, Turkey Dam, Green News
James Denselow

A forgotten story is how the destruction and painfully slow reconstruction of the Iraq state is occurring against the backdrop of a deteriorating natural environment.

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Can You Spare a Drop of Water?

Sarah Newman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Natural Resources Defense Council, Drought, Australia, Desertification, Water, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Los Angeles, Global Warming, California, Water Waste, Climate Change, Environment, Bottled Water, Green News
Sarah Newman

Although I live in Los Angeles, warnings of droughts seem to be a mere blip on most people's radar screens. Global warming doesn't know boundaries and California is next in line.

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