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Boycott Bluefin Tuna & Let the Critically Endangered Fish Off the Hook

International efforts to reduce fishing quotas for Icritically endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna , or better yet ban the trade outright, may have failed (again…), but that doesn’t mean you can’t help take action to reduce demand. The Center for Biological Diversity has just launched a boycott campaign urging chefs, restauranteurs and consumers to not buy or serve the bluefin… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Boycott Bluefin Tuna & Let the Critically Endangered Fish Off the Hook

Climate-Related Deaths Doubled in 2010

Photo: DVIDSHUB , Flickr, CC In the first nine months of this year, more than 21,000 people perished around the world due to climate-related events, a new report from Oxfam finds. That’s more than twice as many died in all of 2009. This news should hardly be surprising to anyone who follows international news — the flooding in Pakistan , heat waves in Russia , and sea level rise in island nations like T… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Climate-Related Deaths Doubled in 2010

Real Housewives of New York: They Shoot Housewives, Don’t They? [Recaps]

On last night’s episode of this ever-crumbling lady soap, two new people were introduced to us. The tiny person that has leased Bethenny’s womb for nine months and the newest Housewife, a dandelion tuft named Sonja. More

Kal Penn: So Long, Obama, Hello, Kumar!

Kal Penn is ditching the White House for, um, greener pastures. Just nine months after ditching House to work for President Barack Obama’s administration, Penn is heading back to…

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Elizabeth Smart to Face Alleged Abductor in Court

Held captive for nine months as a teen, she’ll testify at a competency hearing for Brian David Mitchell

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