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Jaitapur Nuclear Reactor Park - Sign the Petition until April 26th

Posted by: Jenny, 24. April 2011 - 8:03
Source: http://www.greenpeace.in

Instead of ignoring and ruthlessly suppressing the protest against the Jaitapur nuclear reactor park, Prithviraj Chavan, Maharashtra Chief Minister, needs to scrap the project. We will deliver this petition to him on April 26, 2011, the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Read on

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Fight Against Extreme Poverty - petition

Posted by: Jenny, 30. March 2011 - 6:39
Source: http://www.thepetitionsite.com

Right now, the European Commission is making a decision that will have tremendous implications for the world's poor: how much of its €1 trillion overall budget will it spend in the fight against extreme poverty for the next 7 years. Read on

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KIBOU (HOPE) - Japan Relief Compilation by elektrax music, out on Beatport April 1st

Posted by: Jenny, 20. March 2011 - 9:34
Source: http://www.elektraxmusic.com

On Friday March 11th, 2011, the east coast of Japan was hit by an earthquake that tipped the scale at around 9.0 on the Richter magnitude charts, then devastated by a massive tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster. Read on

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Stop Dominion and SOCO From Drilling in Virunga National Park

Posted by: Julian, 10. January 2011 - 14:00
Source: http://www.change.org

Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is Africa's oldest national park and home to a variety of iconic and rare species, including hippos, chimpanzees, elephants and birds. Read on

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Ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to put people before profit - petition by Greenpeace

Posted by: Jenny, 9. January 2011 - 10:34
Source: http://www.greenpeace.org

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh needs to place public safety before foreign profit.The people of Ratnagiri district and over 28,000 people from across the country are not supporting the government’s plan. More and more people raising their voice against this plant will make it difficult for the PM to ignore this opposition. Read on

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Act Now to Save India's Tigers - petition

Posted by: Jenny, 9. January 2011 - 10:18
Source: http://www.ipetitions.com

The Bengal tiger of India is one of just 5 remaining species of tiger in the world today. Their populations are declining at an alarming rate and are threatened with imminent extinction in the wild. These declines have continued despite the tiger being listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Read on

Help the Indian 'Wildlife Protection Act' - Petition

Posted by: Jenny, 9. January 2011 - 10:06
Source: http://www.petitiononline.com

To: Shri. Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment & Forests, Government of India: India has lost valuable voiceless wealth in the form of environment degradation and loss of wildlife and its habitat in recent times despite having one of the MOST POWERFUL LAW IN THE WORLD- The Wildlife Protection Act' 1972

Is it time we brought a change? Read on

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Petition: Stop the import of dangerous nuclear reactors to India

Posted by: Jenny, 9. January 2011 - 9:50
Source: http://www.petitions.in

An appeal from greenyatra: The government is going to import untested nuclear reactors from the French nuclear corporation Areva. Areva has a dirty track record of nuclear contamination in the countries where their plants were functional like the La Hague facility in Europe. Read on

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Survival’s new petition for Botswana Bushmen goes global

Posted by: sarah-indra, 27. October 2010 - 10:06
Source: http://www.survivalinternational.org

A new petition calling on controversial holiday company Wilderness Safaris to move its luxury lodge off Bushman land in Botswana is gathering support from all over the world. While the Central Kalahari Bushmen are banned from accessing water on their own land, Wilderness Safaris erected its luxury lodge, with swimming pool and showers, on Bushman land without first seeking their consent. Read on

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Petition for the release of blogger and activist Shiva Nazar Ahari

Posted by: Jenny, 25. August 2010 - 10:09
Source: http://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de

Ms. Shiva Nazar Ahari is a blogger and a member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHHR). She was arrested for the second time in 2009 on 20th December 2009, and has been in prison since then.
She has been charged with three crimes: assembly and collusion to commit a crime, propagating against the regime and, the heaviest charge of all, „Moharebeh“ („enmity with god“). Read on

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Photo Petition – bring a UN commission of inquiry to Burma

Posted by: Jenny, 11. August 2010 - 13:21
Source: http://www.thebestfriend.org

The photo petition highlights individual human rights cases across Burma. Photos from individuals around the world will be collected in an online photo montage to deliver to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on 27 September, the 3rd anniversary of the Saffron Revolution. Read on

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Take action: The Energy [R]evolution Pledge

Posted by: Jenny, 25. July 2010 - 0:49
Source: http://www.greenpeace.org

Take the Energy [R]evolution pledge. Help accelerate an end to oil spills and the era of dirty, deadly fuels. Let's start creating a future powered by the wind, the sun, and the Earth now. Sign here

The Energy [R]evolution Pledge Read on

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Hands off Mother Earth! Stop Geoengineering!

Posted by: Jenny, 4. July 2010 - 11:36
Source: http://www.handsoffmotherearth.org

The failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference opened the door for corporations and governments to opt for other solutions than their overdue emissions reductions to stop climate change.

What they have come up with sounds like strange sci-fi ideas, but is dead earnest: Geoengineering. This means

-blasting sulfate particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun’s rays; Read on

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Institutions of higher education in Europe to take up sustainable procurement of computers: Online petition by Procure IT Fair

Posted by: sarah-indra, 30. June 2010 - 7:47
Source: http://goodelectronics.org

Sign now, and spread the word! Read on

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Army and police enter Bushman reserve - Sign the petition!

Posted by: Jenny, 31. May 2010 - 11:43
Source: http://www.survivalinternational.org

Trucks of soldiers and police entered the Central Kalahari Game Reserve on May 27th. Survival believes this is to intimidate the Bushmen, and perhaps even force them out, because:

1) Gem Diamonds wants to open a diamond mine on their land;
2) the Botswana High Court is now due to hear a Bushman application to reinstate their water borehole. Read on