Archives for November 2011

Feds propose caribou habitat safeguards in N Idaho


Tuesday, November 29, 2011, www.seattlepi.com | “Nearly 600 square miles of land in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington will be designated critical habitat for a woodland caribou herd that has seen its numbers dwindle to less than 50, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday.”

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“~ 600 SQUARE MILES to be protected for WOODLAND CARIBOU in Northern Idaho, USA, thanks to the efforts of the Center for Biodiversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and others”
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Boulder County, Colorado Phases Out GMOs

Both the Food and Agriculture Policy Council and the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee of Boulder Country voted 5-4 to phase out GMOs”  — Anthony Gucciardi, NaturalSociety.comNovember 27, 2011

A Jaguar Again Roams Southern Arizona

   www.biologicaldiversity.org, 11/21/11. TUCSON, Ariz.— For the first time since 2009, a jaguar has been found roaming t…See More,  M.s. ReindorpChristine Van Den Meerssche and 2 others like this. 3 shares ,  Kieran Ballantyne Great photo, great news, posted by GoodNews FortheEarth

Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for ‘systematic human rights abuses’

November 16, 2011, www.theecologist.org | “The world’s major agrochemical companies, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations.

Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for ‘systematic human rights abuses’
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