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ZapRoot: Your Kid’s a Fatty

October 10, 2008 – 12:00 am

On this week’s episode: Obesity expands to European children. Ford increases green efforts. Robert De Niro’s restaurant servers an endangered species.

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ZapRoot: Bush Neuters Endangered Species Act

September 4, 2008 – 2:21 am

On this week’s episode: The Endangered Species Act is in grave danger. Turn your online searching green and charitable with GoodSearch. And, we bring to you all new Green Gadgets.

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Federal Government Delays Protecting Polar Bear

January 9, 2008 – 5:05 am

Earth Justice Global warming continues to destroy polar bear habitat January 7, 2008 Juneau, AK — The Department of the Interior announced today that it will delay its decision whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act due to the threat posed by global climate change. Climate change [...]

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Congress Urged to Act as Bush Administration Again Fails Pacific Northwest Salmon

November 2, 2007 – 4:42 am

Feds abandon only real salmon recovery strategy in new Columbia Snake plan           October 31, 2007 EarthJustice  Dam on Columbia River, Washington Photo by US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle, WA — Today the federal government released its latest plan for operating the dams and locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers in ways supposedly [...]

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Butterfly Back from the Brink of Extinction

July 24, 2007 – 4:38 am

TreeHugger Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, the rare and tiny El Segundo blue butterfly is back from the brink of extinction and taking up residence along the bluffs of a a popular beach south of the Los Angeles International Airport, says University of Southern California research assistant professor Travis Longcore. “In the national picture, [...]

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U.S. Takes First Step to Protect Emperor Penguin and 9 Others

July 12, 2007 – 12:49 pm

Climate Crisis Coalition U.S. Takes First Step to Protect Emperor Penguin and 9 Others By Felicity Barringer, The New York Times, July 11, 2007 “The federal Fish and Wildlife Service took the first step yesterday toward declaring that the emperor penguin and nine other species of penguin need the protections of the Endangered Species Act. [...]

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EarthJustice Beats Back Cheney Klamath Interference

July 4, 2007 – 6:26 am

From: EarthJustice Washington Post series implicates the Vice President in undoing roadless protections as well July 3, 2007   Seattle, WA — The Washington Post reported last Wednesday that Vice President Dick Cheney pressured federal officials to divert more water to Klamath Basin farmers in 2002. This came on the heels of a 2001 court [...]

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The Bald Eagle is Back in the Black

June 28, 2007 – 11:11 pm

TreeHuggerPhoto credit: Jim Frazier The American bald eagle is back after a four-decade fight for survival. The government has just declared that the national symbol no longer requires the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act. “Today I am proud to announce the eagle has returned,” Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proclaimed at a ceremony near [...]

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