Profilactic Mashup - timothyb

Digg: As China's Pollution Toll Grows, Protesters, Media Push Back

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:48:09 GMT

In recent months, protests over the severe illnesses caused by China's heavy industries have resulted in a crackdown on polluters. Leading the charge has been the state-run media, which the central government is now using to gain control over corrupt local authorities and powerful commercial enterprises.

Digg: Greenpeace stages water "die-in" at DENR

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:48:05 GMT

Greenpeace activists staged a “die-in” at the compound of the Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) today, three days before World Water Day celebrations, to emphasize the need for better management of the Philippines’ fresh water resources, which are greatly threatened by climate change and by domestic and industrial pollution.

Digg: Bugs off: Habitat loss killing Europe's butterflies, beetles

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:47:56 GMT

With fewer places left to breed and live, European butterflies, beetles, dragonflies and damselflies are dying in droves, according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . The Red List update finds that 9 percent of Europe'

Digg: Britain's rarest wildflower returns from the dead after 23y

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:47:50 GMT

It is the most mysterious wildflower in Britain, the strangest, the rarest, the hardest to see, and it was given up for lost. But like a wandering phantom, the ghost orchid has reappeared.

Digg: Could McDonald's Replace Beef Burgers With Seitan?

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:47:01 GMT

McDonald's could replace all its beef with beef-flavored seitan and NO ONE would notice the difference. McDonald's would save a fortune, health would be improved, and the carbon and resource footprint of McDonald's would be massively slashed.

Digg: This week's green book -True Green Life in 100 everyday ways

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:46:41 GMT

Today we review a green book that was released this week and is full with great tips and beautiful photos from National Geographic!

Reddit: Canadian and Inuit leaders say they're relieved that a U.S.-backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear parts was defeated at a UN wildlife conservation meeting in Doha, Qatar

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:20:42 GMT

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Reddit: Texas Coal-Fired Power Plants Release More Mercury Than Those In Any Other US State

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:41:51 GMT

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Reddit: enviro redditors: Know an innovator in the sector? Take a minute to nominate them for one of these awards

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:36:02 GMT

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Reddit: The Bluefin Tuna Tragedy: Why the Fish May Go From Endangered to Extinct -- Thanks to lobbying pressure from Japan, the fish will not be banned from international trade, which means it's likely headed toward extinction.

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:50:37 GMT

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Reddit: The Human Library - Borrow People Instead of Books

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:39:06 GMT

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Reddit: Mitchell and Webb: Vegetarians, from the other point of view

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:50:02 GMT

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Reddit: PepsiCo to cut sugary drinks from schools worldwide by 2012

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:25:44 GMT

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Reddit: The Cove - A documentary about the mass slaughtering of Dolphins in Japan and how a team goes undercover in an attempt to dismantle their operation. (WARNING: Graphic Footage)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:46:03 GMT

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Reddit: Living Root Bridges in India

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:09:24 GMT

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Reddit: Easy fix for your 2010 Toyota Prius brake problems. Amazing documentary. [Vid]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:30:51 GMT

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Reddit: We may see 25% of DETROIT turn into semi-rural FARMS

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:59:29 GMT

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Digg: Sea Lions Killed for Eating Too Many Salmon

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:56:12 GMT

A California sea lion last week became the first salmon predator to be euthanized this year under a program that has been denounced by those who say there are far greater dangers to salmon -- including the series of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia

Reddit: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to notify the public that atrazine, a weed killer, had been found at levels above the federal safety limit in drinking water IN AT LEAST 4 STATES.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:32:13 GMT

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Reddit: Feeding grain to cattle has got to be one of the dumbest ideas in the history of western civilization. "Cows, sheep, and other grazing animals are endowed with the ability to convert grasses, which those of us who possess only one stomach cannot digest, into food that we can digest."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:03:49 GMT

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