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Arctic Wildlife Refuge is in danger
Sign Petition to Save Arctic Wildlife Refuge
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Wal-Mart To Pay $400,000 Fine, Cease Ozone-Depleting Refrigerants Sales
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The Justice Department has announced a settlement that resolves ozone-depletion violations of the Clean Air Act by various Sam’s Club stores in eleven states. Under the terms of a consent decree that was
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filed in federal court in Kansas City on January 22, Wal-Mart agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty. In addition, Sam’s Club stores nationwide will stop selling refrigerants that contain ozone-depleting substances. full story
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Number of Mountain Gorillas
on the Increase
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After years in which they were poached almost to extinction, the number of mountain gorillas in central Africa appears to be on the rise. The first survey in 15 years showed that despite wars, poachers, and human
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encroachment on their habitats, populations of mountain gorillas in a range of volcanos straddling the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have grown from 324 in 1989 to 380.
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