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Over 600 seals rescued off the coast of the UK in the past 10 years

Envirotec Magazine

Wildlife charity Sea Life has rescued and rehabilitated 636 seals over the past 10 years with its rescue teams based at Scarborough and Hunstanton, and is seeking to raise the profile of its work on International Day of the Seal (22 March). Staff have spent around 500 hours on average caring for each individual seal, says the group.

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Oil Industry’s Shift to Plastics in Question as Report Warns $400 Billion in Stranded Assets Possible

DeSmogBlog

Aldabra is a UN World Heritage Site that’s home to a stunning array of wildlife, including tens of thousands of wild giant tortoises, far more tortoises than in the Galapagos Islands. Tags: fracking plastic Fracking Plastics Sir David Attenborough, the documentary filmmaker, has called Aldabra “one of the wonders of the world.”

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Report: ‘No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health’

DeSmogBlog

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife and nature. Tags: Physicians for Social Responsibility fracking Dr. Sandra Steingraber public health Read time: 7 mins By Tara Lohan , The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revelator.

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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Utilizes Planet Data to Monitor Endangered Species Populations and Their Critical Habitat

Planet Pulse

The Missouri River Basin supports an abundance of wildlife, including the least tern and piping plover —shorebirds that are federally listed under the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service to the USACE. Each depends on the Missouri River for a nesting habitat. As part of their Missouri River Operations Mission, the U.S.

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Event celebrates the mineral products industry’s contribution to conservation

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental and conservation organisations joined members of the quarrying industry on 23 October at The Royal Society in London, for the Mineral Products Association (MPA)’s ‘Quarries & Nature 2019’ event, which aimed to explore and celebrate efforts by this industry to preserve and restore wildlife.

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Treasury mulls road-charging plan, as Number 10 preps early phase out date for fossil fuelled cars

Business Green

Ten "Landscape Recovery" projects will also be launched across England over the next four years to restore peatlands, woodlands, and create wilder landscapes, helping to restore the equivalent of over 30,000 football pitches of wildlife rich habitat.

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89 groups endorse the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act

Front And Centered

Defenders of Wildlife | Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition / TAG | E3 Washington | Earthjustice | Earth Ministry . Climate Reality Project – Snohomish County Chapter | Community Alliance for Global Justice. Community Development & Outreach Service Ministries | Community to Community (C2C).

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