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• 'Washingtonian' Magazine Partners with WHS on Pet Photo Contest
  Washingtonian Magazine and the Washington Humane Society invite the public and their four-legged cover pooch or feline to the Holiday Pet Photos with Santa Claus to benefit the Washington Humane Society. The winning dog and cat photos will be featured in Washingtonian Magazine’s February Pet issue.
• Caribbean Beach Resort and Spa Expands Organic Vegetable Gardens
  Paradise Bay, a recently opened Beach Resort and Spa in Grenada, Caribbean expands its organic gardens. In addition to serving the needs for Paradise Bay, a sustainable resort, the organic vegetables are also supplied to Real Value, a local supermarket recognising the demand from expats and St. George University students.
• Good News for the Forests: First Bible Printed on FSC-Certified Paper
  The Rainforest Alliance applauds the publication of the first Bible to be printed on paper from forestlands certified to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the global standard-setter for responsible forest management. This achievement resulted from a collaboration between Canada-based paper giant Domtar, Bible publisher Thomas Nelson, Inc. and environmental nonprofit Green Press Initiative.
• Court Settlement Requires Bush Administration to Address Hazards of Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Oxide Gases
  The Bush administration has agreed to a court settlement, finalized November 19th, requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review the environmental hazards of nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides and revise, as necessary, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for these two dangerous pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
• Cigarette Litter Down 54 percent Thanks To Keep America Beautiful's Prevention Program
  Keep America Beautiful Inc. reports this year that there has been an average nationwide reduction of cigarette litter of 54 percent - a six percent improvement from 2006 — in the communities implementing the KAB Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP). Some communities reported as much as a 65 percent reduction in cigarette litter in their hometown. The nation's largest program to combat cigarette-related litter seeks to educate adult smokers about the issue while offering access to pocket ashtrays and ash receptacles as a way to combat one of the most overlooked environmental problems.
• Mitigation of Impacts to Fish and Wildlife Habitat : Estimating Costs and Identifying Opportunities
  Every year, human activities cause significant harm to fish and wildlife habitat and the environment. A new report from the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) estimates that private and public expenditures for such compensation under key federal programs total up to $3.8 billion annually.
• Green Travel Just Got Simple
  said that they support businesses that "go green," but surprisingly enough only 13 percent of those same respondents (U.S. adults) said that they would be willing to pay more to support environmentally responsible travel services.
• Jane Goodall Institute sadly announces death of Gaia, Gombe chimpanzee and 'star' of recent Animal Planet show
  Even as many around the world are just learning about the fascinating life and recent trials of a chimpanzee named Gaia, we must already say goodbye, after the sudden, sad death of the 14-year-old chimpanzee last week.
• Lawsuits Challenge Political Corruption in Seven States; Could Protect 55 Species, 8.7 Million Acres
  The Center for Biological Diversity filed simultaneous lawsuits November 15th to protect six endangered species from Montana to Alabama. The suits, which are the first phase of a national campaign to challenge political interference by high-level Bush administration officials that have stripped protections for 55 endangered species and 8.7 million acres of land, address the Montana fluvial arctic grayling (MT) and Mexican garter snake (AZ, NM), along with the elimination of 109,382 acres of protected critical habitat from the Santa Ana sucker (CA), loach minnow (AZ, NM), and spikedace (AZ, NM), and lack of any habitat at all for the Mississippi gopher frog (AL, LA, MS).
• Fishermen Commit to Responsible Fishing Practices
  The Fourth International Fishers Forum, concluded yesterday, was held from 12-14 November in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. The conference co-hosts were the Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura (Costa Rica Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute) and Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.