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                    [ArticleID] => 1338085
                    [Title] => US mayors to use nature to fight climate change
                    [Summary] => 

Mayors from the GOP-dominated states of Texas and Arizona are calling on cities to use nature to fight the impacts of climate change, even while Republican governors and lawmakers repeatedly question the science that shows human-caused pollution contributes to global warming.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-23 07:12:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664890 [AuthorName] => Ramit Plushnick-Masti [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 798634 [Title] => Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia [Summary] =>

Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-20 17:29:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 747707 [Title] => Survey: Indonesians killed 750 orangutans in year [Summary] =>

 Villagers living on the Indonesian side of Borneo killed at least 750 endangered orangutans over a yearlong period, some to protect crops from being raided and others for their meat, a new survey shows.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-14 11:46:07 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 747706 [Title] => Indonesians killed some 750 orangutans in a year [Summary] =>

A new survey says villagers on the Indonesian side of Borneo killed at least 750 endangered orangutans over a yearlong period, some to protect their crops and others for the apes' meat.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-14 11:43:23 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 743544 [Title] => Orangutans slaughtered for meat in Borneo, Indonesia [Summary] =>

As many as 691 Borneo orangutans were slaughtered in Kalimantan (borneo) island of Indonesia, most of them being eaten by residents, report has said. 

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-02 14:22:24 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 660988 [Title] => Phl among 27 nations vulnerable to coral reef degradation, report says [Summary] =>

The coral reef system of the Philippines and those of 26 other countries are vulnerable to degradation, according to a report backed by the United Nations.           

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 519985 [Title] => Disney Co. spending $7M on conservation projects [Summary] =>

Seeking to help fight climate change, the Walt Disney Co. says it will spend $7 million in partnership with three conservation groups to protect tens of thousands of acres of forests lands in the Congo basin, the Amazon basin and in two regions of the United States.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-04 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 462406 [Title] => Disney to plant 2.7 million trees for 'Earth' [Summary] => LOS ANGELES (AP) – Walt Disney Studios is turning box-office cash from its nature documentary "Earth" into seed money to plant trees in the rain forest. [DatePublished] => 2009-04-30 09:20:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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