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PEACE & JUSTICE --
LEYMAH GBOWEE: A POWERFUL VOICE FOR PEACE
by Kwami Nyamidie

LEYMAH GBOWEE'S NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE HELPED STOP THE LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR. SHE NOW HELPS OTHER WOMEN PROMOTE PEACE THROUGHOUT AFRICA.

GBOWEE, WHOSE WORK BECAME FAMOUS FOLLOWING THE 2008 DOCUMENTARY PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL, NOW LIVES IN ACCRA, GHANA, WHERE SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY NETWORK-AFRICA, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN PEACE AND SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA.

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MONGABY ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS



EU MANDATES BIOFUEL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
TO PROTECT FORESTS, WETLANDS
mongabay.com
June-July, 2010

THE E.U. TODAY MOVED TO ESTABLISH ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR BIOFUELS USED IN EUROPE, REQUIRING BIOFUELS TO DELIVER "SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS" IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND NOT RESULT IN CONVERSION OF FORESTS OR WETLANDS, ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

THE PLAN CALLS FOR INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS TO SET UP "VOLUNTARY SCHEMES" WHICH CERTIFY THAT BIOFUELS USED IN THE E.U. MEET SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA. THE "SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL CERTIFICATES" WILL BE POLICED BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

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GOOD NEWS DAILY


TURTLE LOVERS CHEERED BY NUMBER OF BEACH NESTS
~ HILTON HEAD ISLAND ~
By JOSH DAWSEY
Published: Jul. 05, 2010

BEAUFORT COUNTY SEA TURTLE LOVERS SAY NESTING IS NEARING RECORD LEVELS THIS YEAR, LEADING THEM TO HOPE EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE THREATENED ANIMALS ARE PAYING OFF.

ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, 163 NESTS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED SO FAR. THERE WERE 180 IN 2009. IN 1999, 218 NESTS WERE DISCOVERED, THE MOST IN ANY SEASON SINCE COUNTING BEGAN IN 1985.

“IT’S STILL REALLY EARLY IN THE SEASON,” SAID AMY TRESSLER, MANAGER OF THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND SEA TURTLE PROJECT. “WE’RE VERY, VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON THIS YEAR.” FRIPP ISLAND AND HUNTING ISLAND STATE PARK REPORT INCREASES OVER LAST YEAR, TOO. STATEWIDE NUMBERS ARE STRONG AS WELL, SAID DUBOSE GRIFFIN WITH THE S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

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