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Obama to Reopen Offshore Oil Drilling in Shallow Waters

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Although it doesn't really matter because those dead animals will never get their lives back and who knows if the habitat will ever fully recover. Tags: oil drilling Obama 2010 oil spill. At least BP will hopefully get nailed with lots of penalties. From the Wall Street Journal.

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US Government Continues Subsidizing Meat Industry

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Hard to wean people off animals when the US government is propping up the industries, and especially when so much of it ends up on school lunch trays (laying the foundation for this nation's obesity problem in my opinion.) Too bad it continues under Vilsack and Obama. I also have problems with subsidies to big agribusiness.

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What does the Keystone XL Pipeline have to do with Birds?

10,000 Birds

President Obama has a very important decision to make in approving or rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline. Clicking on the map will take you to an explanation of this important biome, including its climate and its plant and animal species. Tar sands production is one of the world’s most environmentally damaging activities.

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Farm Sanctuary Wary about Tom Vilsack for USDA

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While the Humane Society was pretty happy with Vilsack as Obama's pick for the Department of Agriculture, the Farm Sanctuary is wary. Barack Obama has picked Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa, to be the next Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Bauer is the president and co-founder of the Farm Sanctuary.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

I'm excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don't usually subscribe to blogs. More >> Animals. You can search Animal Person's content (posted on AR Zone) using the search box on the right, under the AR Zone badge. Today is the launch of. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts.

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Global Warming

Animal Ethics

Global warming is an animal ethics issue. As the planet warms, fragile habitats that countless animal species depend on for survival will be destroyed. Loss of potable water threatens countless animal species including Homo sapiens. Matthews and Caldeira's findings suggest that the U.N.