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Philadelphia activists rally & risk arrest to tell the EPA no more MTR via It's Getting Hot In Here March 1st, 2010 at 20:25

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Internet to Chase: Stop Destroying the Mountains via It's Getting Hot In Here February 18th, 2010 at 07:11

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ALERT! Global Ecological Emergency: Brazil Must Succeed in Keeping Soybeans Out of Amazon Rainforest via Forest Protection Blog February 12th, 2008 at 16:40

image TAKE ACTION! Only soy products that do not directly or indirectly destroy ancient rainforests, or intensify climate change and other problems inherent with large-scale industrial monocultures, will be tolerated in international markets.The greatest emerging threat to Amazon rainforests and communities is industrial soy plantations. Huge mechanized, soy monocultures destroy tropical ecosystems, accelerate climate change and cause human rights abuses primarily to produce agrofuel and livestock feed. The soya industry wipes out biodiversity, destroys soil fertility, pollutes freshwater and displaces communities. Soybean production expands the agricultural frontier not only through fire and deforestation to clear ancient rainforests, but more importantly by pushing cattle ranches and...

Global Ecological Emergency: Brazil Must Succeed in Keeping Soybeans Out of Amazon Rainforest via Earth Blog February 12th, 2008 at 16:40

image TAKE ACTION! Only soy products that do not directly or indirectly destroy ancient rainforests, or intensify climate change and other problems inherent with large-scale industrial monocultures, will be tolerated in international markets.The greatest emerging threat to Amazon rainforests and communities is industrial soy plantations. Huge mechanized, soy monocultures destroy tropical ecosystems, accelerate climate change and cause human rights abuses primarily to produce agrofuel and livestock feed. The soya industry wipes out biodiversity, destroys soil fertility, pollutes freshwater and displaces communities. Soybean production expands the agricultural frontier not only through fire and deforestation to clear ancient rainforests, but more importantly by pushing cattle ranches and...