Tag: Biodiversity
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef at Risk from Uranium Exports
KEVIN GRANDIA — Now the largest and most well-known of these reefs, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of the province of Queensland, is under threat of becoming a shipping route for uranium—the radioactive substance used for …
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Movement to Label GE Foods Stronger Than Ever
FOOD & WATER WATCH — Despite the narrow loss of Proposition 37 last November, the movement to label genetically engineered foods in California is …
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The Shocking Truth About Seafood Fraud
OCEANA — Earlier this year Oceana made a splash with its National Seafood Fraud Report, a landmark investigation which found that a third of the seafood it tested nationwide had been mislabeled …
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An Uncertain Future for African Elephants
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE — Populations of elephants in Africa continue to be under severe threat as the illegal trade in ivory grows—with double the numbers of elephants killed and triple the amounts of ivory seized …