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The Hidden Costs Of Environmentally-Damaging Businesses

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | Green
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OSLO, April 15 (Reuters) - Coal-fired power generation in Asia and cattle ranching in South America are the most damaging businesses for nature with...

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Is Rising Wealth In Asia Driving Overexploitation Of World's Fish Stocks?

AP | Posted 01.24.2012 | Green
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MANILA, Philippines -- Rising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies are among factors driving overexploitation of the world's fish resources, while fis...

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Larger Predator Fish Rapidly Vanishing

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Over the past 100 years, some two-thirds of the large predator fish in the ocean have been caught and consumed by humans, and in the decades ahead the...

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Natural Value at Bargain Prices

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Kiyotaka Akasaka

2010 was supposed to be the year that the world reversed the loss of biodiversity. Countries have failed to reach this target, however, and species a...

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Scientist: Mass Extinction Happening Unlike Anything The World Has Seen Since Dinosaurs Disappeared

guardian.co.uk | John Vidal, Environment Editor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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According to the UN Environment Programme, the Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of life. Scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plant, ...

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Greening the Blue

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Kiyotaka Akasaka

This year, the UN is launching a new public web site that records the carbon footprint of just about every UN agency. The first step in solving a problem is figuring out its true scope and being transparent about it.

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