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Frances scraps 1500 pesticides licenses....It all started in February...:)

PARIS (Reuters) - France will ban the sale of more than 1,500 pesticides from February 1 as part of a larger plan to cut by 50 percent the use of phytosanitary products in the next 10 years, the farm ministry said.
U.N. sees world climate change deal in 2009

"The United Nations hopes to go beyond Kyoto by getting all countries to agree to curbs on emissions of greenhouse gases that fuel global warming.

Only 37 rich nations were bound to cut emissions under Kyoto. The United States, one of the world's biggest polluters, refused to join the agreement."

Come on America! We need you!!
3 seals found shot dead near San Simeon
From the LA Times
A $5,000 reward is offered for information in the killings of the animals, protected under the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act.
By David Pierson
UN condemns biofuels growth

The United Nations is expected to reveal a new battle plan to tackle the growing crisis in global food provision.
Monday's meeting in Switzerland follows a warning from the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, who says developed countries and the biofuel industry are largely to blame for the current food shortages.

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Salmon need a lot of help

Submitted by Aviad on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 10:19.

It is good news that salmon fishing was closed.

After 150 years of battering salmon habitat and overfishing, it's about time we gave that incredible creature a break. We have conducted a systematic and unrelenting assault on this spectacular and delicious fish.

What are you doing to stop global warming as far as your eating habits?

Submitted by AltGlobe on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 23:43.

Not eating meat

51% (19 votes)

Eating less meat

16% (6 votes)

Eating only chicken

16% (6 votes)

Eating only leaves

11% (4 votes)

Not eating at all

5% (2 votes)

Total votes: 37

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Earth day and Steaks

Submitted by Aviad on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 23:06.

There are many issues that need to be dealt on Earth Day, I choose to focus this year on the biggest problem. It causes climate change, harms the purity of water, is responsible for the plundering millions on millions of acres, damages and destroys the body's natural defense systems, and lastly but not least, makes people more aggressive and mentally unstable – meat eating.

First, let's admit that more than 1,250 authors, 2,500 scientists from more than 130 countries are not wrong in the assessment that Global Warming