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Which former game show host has given $7.5M to animal rights groups already in 2010? Are you a "save the wolves" conservationist, or a "kill it and grill it" conservationist? Is America's fear of the Prius psyching us out? Today's Eco-Beat has the scoop on all the latest green news and tips.

Bob Barker Gives Millions to PETA In the last three months, Bob Barker's been giving money to animal activist groups like it's going out of style and well ... it isn't. The "Price is Right" icon gave $5M to the Sea Shepherds in January and another $2.5 to PETA yesterday. Guess he likes the Shepherds twice as much.

Ashley Judd is Asks Obama to Stop the Wolf Hunt The Defenders of Wildlife have teamed up with Ashley Judd to produce a PSA that urges the President to stop wolf hunting, which they call "The War on Wolves" (interesting word choice). Says Judd: "This spring even pregnant wolves at their dens will be targeted."

Ted is a Nuge Climate Change Denier On the completely opposite end of the spectrum, "Kill It and Grill It" author Ted Nugent recently delivered a speech to his granddaughter's high school. Topping off his chat about avoiding drugs and alcohol, Ted told them: "Global warming is a fraud. Watch Glenn Beck."

The Prius Saga Continues Following weeks of bad news for Prius owners comes well ... more bad news in NY and CA. But this time, could the bad news be all in our heads? According to the AP, after so much negative press, we're more likely to blame the Prius for our own driving errors.

Who CAN You Trust? Shortly after the news broke that FDA was "concerned" about the effects of BPA, we found out that BPA was in the lining of pretty much all canned goods on the market -- minus a small few. Check out FitSugar's breakdown of which brands' cans are BPA-free.

Green in a Flash:

• Is Facebook's new data center really that bad?
• Will our super-efficient LED lamps one day broadcast WiFi signals?
• Check out this graph correlating Canada's water supply with the Olympic hockey game.

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