September 4th, 2010 
Tommy Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world’s largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.S.
Facebook – Greenpeace – Coal – Social network service – Mark Zuckerberg
Read more – msnbc.com: Environment
September 3rd, 2010 Tommy 
Corals, big mammals and many tropical species could all go extinct in the not too distant future, predict scientists who are attempting to forecast the fate of today’s animals by studying what happened to those in the distant past.
Mammal – Earth – Animal – Extinction – Paleontology
Read more – msnbc.com: Environment
September 2nd, 2010 Tommy A surprising number of GOP officeholders and candidates are on the record as skeptical of climate change or in downright denial that the science is conclusive enough for the government to act. So advocates’ best shot may be to wait until the heat of the campaign dies down to push for a bill.
Climate change – Environment – Newsweek – Republican – Activism
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September 1st, 2010 Tommy Japanese fishermen set out Wednesday on the first dolphin hunt of the season in Taiji, the Japanese village portrayed in the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove.”
Japan – Cove – Asia – Academy Award – Ric O’Barry
Read more – msnbc.com: Environment
August 31st, 2010 Tommy 
Greenpeace forced a Scottish company to stop drilling off Greenland on Tuesday by having four activists climb onto an oil rig.
Greenpeace – Greenland – Business – Oil platform – Energy
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August 30th, 2010 Tommy Scientists reviewing the acclaimed but beleaguered international climate change panel recommended on Monday major changes in the way it is run, but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the current leader.
Climate change – Environment – Impacts and Indicators – Climate Change: The Ipcc Response Strategies – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Read more – msnbc.com: Environment
August 30th, 2010 Tommy President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday ordered the government to suspend the clearing of a forest in the Moscow region, a rare boost for Russian environmental activists and the opposition forces that have joined their campaign.
Russia – Dmitry Medvedev – Moscow – Environmentalism – Administrative Regions
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August 29th, 2010 Tommy 
University of North Carolina Wilmington grad students and technicians have been living deep under water for nine days in the only seafloor laboratory and habitat in the world.
University of North Carolina Wilmington – Seabed – Water – United States – North Carolina
Read more – msnbc.com: Environment
August 28th, 2010 Tommy Engineers will soon start the delicate work of detaching the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing from BP’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico well and the hulking device that failed to prevent the leak — all while trying to avoid more damage to the environment.
Gulf of Mexico – BP – Oil – Business – Energy
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August 27th, 2010 Tommy Feds became visibly annoyed as BP executives were unwilling or unable to provide a clear picture of the firm’s hierarchy or say who was in charge of the rig leased by the oil giant the day it blew up.
BP – Business – Energy – Oil and Gas – Gulf of Mexico
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