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The Humane Society of the United States and the Fund for Animals Join ForcesWashington DC - Today, The Humane Society of the United States (The HSUS) and The Fund for Animals (The Fund) announced that they will join forces in an unprecedented and historic combination. This is the first time in the history of the animal protection movement that two national, high-profile organizations have united in order to advance their common mission. |
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Thousands of marine species discoveredWashington DC - An international coalition of scientists has detected 13,000 new marine species in the last year. |
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Catalina Foxes Back After Near ExtinctionAvalon, California - A unique subspecies of fox that is about the size of a house cat is back from the brink of extinction on Santa Catalina Island and can survive on its own thanks to a captive breeding program, the head of a nonprofit group that manages most of the island said Tuesday. |
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Dolphins save swimmers from sharkNew Zealand - It emerged yesterday that four swimmers were saved from a great white shark by a pod of altruistic dolphins, who swam in circles around them until the humans could escape. |
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Disabled dolphin gets artificial finOkinawa, Japan - Fuji, a female dolphin that lost 75% of her tail due to a mysterious disease, is jumping once again with the help of what is believed to be the world's first artificial fin, developed by Bridgestone Corp. |
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Scientists See Hope Amid Coral Doom and GloomBangkok, Thailand - Even though nearly two thirds of coral reefs are now officially endangered, some are bouncing back despite warmer oceans and pollution, giving hope the marine marvels are not completely doomed, scientists said on Friday. |
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EU to Boost Protection of Endangered Bird SpeciesAmsterdam, Netherlands - European countries agreed on Tuesday to expand protected bird territories to help save species threatened by intensive agriculture and climate change. |
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Breeding proposal to save antelopesSrinagar, India - Conservationists in the Indian Himalayas want to set up a programme to breed an endangered Tibetan antelope that is slaughtered in huge numbers to make super-fine shahtoosh wool. |
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Wildlife treaty moves to protect Asian hardwoodBangkok, Thailand - The global treaty regulating trade in threatened wildlife moved to protect ramin, the Asian hardwood whose forests and their inhabitants have been devastated by rampant commercial logging. |
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South Africa moves to protect coral reefsSouth Africa - South Africa is set to play a leading role in developing a continent-wide plan to improve the protection of coral reefs, the most complex ecosystems in the oceans. |
evironmental news headlines
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- EU parliament eases road for hydrogen cars
- Ghana, EU clinch deal to crackdown on illicit timber trade
- New era for sustainable investing
- New giant clam species found
- Beijing air measures ‘must stay’
- Ghana’s grass-roots bid to save country’s last forests
- Bombs away!—innovative concept of planting tree saplings
- Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming
- World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary Proposed by U.S.
- A New Biopesticide For The Organic Food Boom
- Denmark’s approves 400 MW offshore windmill park
- Wrapping up the problem of broken light bulbs
- Biodegradable Plastics Are Good for Atmosphere, Too
- Hawaii Recycles Record 72 Percent of Beverage Containers
- Little robin from Gabon is world’s newest species
- Pacific dives recover novel fish
- Eco-tower rising in Lower Manhattan to include hotel and meeting space
- Auto Painting Goes Green
- Some big whales recovering since 1980s hunt ban
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