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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 15th, 2011
Illegal Caviar Production Puts the Danube Sturgeon Population in Danger

Illegal Caviar Production Puts the Danube Sturgeon Population in Danger

Romania and Bulgaria fail in preserving their sturgeon population

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 14th, 2011
Coca Cola Used Its Influence to Fight Bottle Ban in the Grand Canyon Park

Coca Cola Used Its Influence to Fight Bottle Ban in the Grand Canyon Park

Coca Cola donated $3 million to the administration and managed to fight the bottle ban

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 14th, 2011
UK's Air Pollution Takes More Lives than Passive Smoking, Traffic Accidents or Obesity

UK's Air Pollution Takes More Lives than Passive Smoking, Traffic Accidents or Obesity

Air pollution caused 30,000 deaths in the UK only in 2008, according to the EAC officials

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 14th, 2011
Bambi Fans Will Fight Deer Culling in Scotland

Bambi Fans Will Fight Deer Culling in Scotland

Deer-overpopulated Scotland seeks for stricter regulations which include culling

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 12th, 2011
MIT Brings the ‘Farmville’ of Recycling to Life

MIT Brings the ‘Farmville’ of Recycling to Life

MIT powers an interactive, enjoyable recycling campaign in Cambridge

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 11th, 2011
While Complying with Standards, UK Beaches Still Hide Health Risks

While Complying with Standards, UK Beaches Still Hide Health Risks

The UK beach fans have one in seven chances of contracting gastro-enteritis

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 11th, 2011
Seven Countries Are Responsible for 60% of the Deforestation Operations

Seven Countries Are Responsible for 60% of the Deforestation Operations

Deforestation implies the disappearance of 50,000 species of plants and animals annually

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 11th, 2011
XRCC5 Gene Might Help People Cope with High Levels of Air Pollution

XRCC5 Gene Might Help People Cope with High Levels of Air Pollution

Apparently, there is a link between a gene and DNA modifications caused by air pollution

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 11th, 2011
Coca-Cola Makes the 2012 Olympics More Sustainable

Coca-Cola Makes the 2012 Olympics More Sustainable

The beverage company plans to turn plastic waste into 80 million brand-new bottles

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 10th, 2011
Court Decides Indigenous Communities Can't Fight the Belo Monte Dam

Court Decides Indigenous Communities Can't Fight the Belo Monte Dam

A judge decided that the lives of people won't be affected by the controversial project

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 10th, 2011
The Chinese Are Worried About Beijing's High Level of Air Pollution

The Chinese Are Worried About Beijing's High Level of Air Pollution

Experts claim that the atmosphere is polluted by a significant amount of PM 2.5

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 10th, 2011
Pharmaceutical Industry Makes the Himalayan Yew Tree Go Extinct

Pharmaceutical Industry Makes the Himalayan Yew Tree Go Extinct

Taxol is manufactured while killing Himalayan yew trees, in order to cure cancer

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 10th, 2011
Bluefin Tuna and Swordfish Are Facing a High Risk of Collapse

Bluefin Tuna and Swordfish Are Facing a High Risk of Collapse

Trying to solve the matter of illegal fishing, WWF wants to ban bluefin tuna farming

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 9th, 2011
Scientific Consensus Regarding Biodiversity Decline

Scientific Consensus Regarding Biodiversity Decline

Conservationists agreed that humankind threatens the ecosystems' biodiversity

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 9th, 2011
Single People with Higher Incomes Are Prone to Waste Food

Single People with Higher Incomes Are Prone to Waste Food

According to a report we are wasting 1.3 billion tonnes of perfectly good food every year

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 9th, 2011
Recycled Hotel Soap Fights Hygiene-Related Illnesses

Recycled Hotel Soap Fights Hygiene-Related Illnesses

Global Soap Project distributed 25 tons of soap in 20 counties affected by poverty, so far

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  • By Oana Grigoras
  • November 9th, 2011
The Balance of East Coastal Africa, Threatened by Illegal Timber Businesses with China

The Balance of East Coastal Africa, Threatened by Illegal Timber Businesses with China

The population is expected to double by 2030, putting the entire ecosystem under pressure

 
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