Hydroelectric dams are under assault for killing fish, biomass burning produces greenhouse gases just as fossils do, and geothermal power releases toxic ground and water contaminates.

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The July 2011 rupture of the 12-inch pipeline under the river near Laurel fouled 70 miles of the Yellowstone River's banks, killing fish and wildlife and prompting a massive, months-long cleanup.

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For example, freshwater systems polluted with excess agricultural fertiliser will suffocate with algae, killing off fish and making water unfit for human consumption.

BBC: Nature loss 'to damage economies'

Scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have found that organochlorine chemicals appear to be killing birds and fish near Lake Apopka, Fla.

CNN: Chemicals killing Florida birds, fish

Wonders such as mass-produced insulin, cancer-fighting drugs, pest-killing crops and glowing fish--they're simply the result of moving a single gene from one organism to another.

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