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Michael Douglas to appear in PSA for Oral Cancer Campaign
Actor and producer Michael Douglas will appear in a public service announcement (PSA) for the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF), after battling the disease himself in 2010. The OCF is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those affected by the disease. Douglas has agreed to appear …
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Asian Black Bears continue to suffer for their bile
Bear bile farming is one of the most barbaric practices in the animal resources ‘trade’. The threatened Asian Black Bear (or ”moon bear”, following the cream coloured crest-shaped mark on its chest), which can be found across southeast Asia, the far eastern parts of Russia all …
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Jill Robinson on saving the threatened ‘moon bears’
The movement to strike at bear bile farming has had its successes in the past decade. Animals Asia has been at the forefront of campaigning against bear farms in China and now also in Vietnam. Animals Asia founder, Jill Robinson, who embarked on this mission …
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Loss of bees in the UK will cost nation £1.8 billion annually
On Wednesday, Friends of the Earth (FOE) organised ”The Bee Cause”, a campaign that is urging the government to preserve the rapidly diminishing bee species in the UK. FOE turned a concrete area in front of the National Theatre, London, into a 150 square meter wildflower meadow …
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Let’s Get Dirty with Ian Somerhalder
If you love your American TV shows, you must know about Ian Somerhalder, star of the CW’s hit-series The Vampire Diaries, and if you are aware of celebrity environmentalism, you must have heard about the Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF). The Hollywood heartthrob and his foundation …
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Ellen Degeneres meets Brad Pitt in New Orleans
Award-winning talk show host Ellen Degeneres recently visited Brad Pitt in New Orleans where he and his initiative, the Make It Right Foundation, have set out to rebuild homes lost due to Hurricane Katrina. Pitt gave Degeneres a tour in the Lower 9th Ward of …
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Warren Buffett to reach $9bn in solar and wind investment
Warren Buffett’s renewable energy empire has expanded with the purchase of three new wind-energy projects in Iowa, adding a total of 404.8 megawatt wind capacity to the eco baron’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings company portfolio. MidAmerican plans to build 176 wind turbines in Iowa by the …
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James Cameron sets world record deepest dive
James Cameron, Film Director and National Geographic explorer-in-residence, broke the record for the solo man dive earlier this week after venturing to the deepest point of our oceans, the Mariana Trench. It took about two and a half hours to descend and seven miles down …





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