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Cows on the London Undergound: A Good Stunt, But What’s It For? (Video)

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Friends of the Earth UK What’s a herd of cows doing on the London Underground? Having enlisted singing cows to help fix the food chain , Friends of the Earth UK has now launched an underground (sorry!) “Moovement” to demand rainforest free meat and dairy. Click below the fold to see some very confused commuters. The only trouble is, I’m confused about the whole thing too…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Coral Species in Red Sea Barely Growing, Thanks to Global Warming

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A CT scan showing slow coral growth of a coral species in the Red Sea. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . Global warming is wreaking havoc on plant and animal populations around the world: Polar bear habitats are melting, giant trees in Yosemite are thinning , and

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Poachers Kill Last Female White Rhino in South African Reserve

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Mud-Eating Miracle Fish Holds Together Ecosystem in Southwest Africa

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Photo via Wikipedia The coastal waters off southwest Africa is going through troubling times, becoming effectively a dead zone with fish populations collapsing, jellyfish populations booming, and oxygen levels dropping. But one tiny fish, the bearded goby, seems to be perfectly adapted to these otherwise dead-end conditions, and is helping hold together and entire ecosystem by acting as an integral link in the food chain. As anchovies and sardine populations are wiped o… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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PETA Says: We Resort to Naked-Women-Gimmickry Because It Works

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Last week we wrote about PETA’s latest campaign that features Olivia Munn in the buff , intended to bring attention to the cruel treatment of circus elephants. We questioned the ad’s true effectiveness. PETA sent in a response to the post, expressing reasons why they feel the use of nudity works to further their cause. Thanks for making some points about Ringling’s cruelty to animals even though you don’t like PETA’s new anti-circus PSA featuring Olivia Munn. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mercury Levels on the Rise in Lake Erie After Decades of Decline

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Mercury pollution might not give fish three eyes, but it does make them dangerous to eat. Image credit: True/Slant Until 1970, mercury was not classified as a dangerous compound in the United States. Before the metal was regulated, it was used extensively in industry—especially in paper making and chemical refining processes. Much of this industry lined the banks of the Great L… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Good News-Bad News: Illegal Logging Declining – But Still a Huge Problem, New Report Says

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: iangbl via flickr Good news and bad news coming out of the think tank Chatham House today: According to their new report, Illegal Logging and Related Trade , the amount of timber chopped down and produced illegally has fallen 22% since 2002 globally–with some nations seeing as much as a 75% decline. That said, the report also notes that illegal logging remains a major problem, with illegal activiti… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Olivia Munn Strips for Circus Elephants; Another Facepalm Moment for PETA’s Campaign Strategies

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Image via Ecorazzi Olivia Munn is the latest animal activist to add her sex appeal to PETA’s clothes-less forces. PETA held an event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA to protest the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus, which reportedly has a terrible record for animal abuse. Munn stated, “When you look at something like the circus and everyone’s laughing and there’s color and there’s music and everything seems so great, but when you go right behind that door and they’re in these crates all day long and then they’re get… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Great Mini-Doc Highlights Ants as Invaluable "Invisible Majority" (Video)

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Killing Millions of Gassy Animals Could Really Cut Carbon, Study Says

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via chuck12600 If you hate carbon emissions, the Australian Outback may seem like a paradise, unless you’re a bit gassy, that is. According to a new study, the vast, sparsely populated Outback stores an incredible amount of carbon within its forests and grasslands, a whopping 9.7 billion tons of the stuff, in fact. As impressive as that is, researchers say the region could hold much, much more if certain measures were to be implemented, but there’s a catch — one calls for the culling… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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