Brazil Adding 13,000 Troops, 28 Forts To Defend Rainforest
Brazil plans to double the number of troops along the borders of its vast Amazon rain forest area in the framework of the "Protecting Amazon" project,...
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Bush Crony's Law To Turn Forests Into Housing Subdivisions
The Boston Globe | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green
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LOS ANGELES -- The Bush administration appears ready to push through a change in Forest Service agreements that would make it far easier for mountain ...
5 Dangerous Green Myths
Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 12.17.2008 | Green
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Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...
Merriam-Webster's Word of 20...12: "Avoided Deforestation"
Matthew Owen | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green
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Reaching for my crystal ball, let me be the first to tell you -- today -- what Merriam-Webster's word of 2012 will be: "Avoided Deforestation."
Darfur Conflict Ravages Environment
Reuters | Andrew Heavens | Posted 12.10.2008 | Green
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Sudan's Darfur conflict has devastated the environment in the region, stripping forests and destroying farmland, according to a U.N. report. People c...
Poznan Forest Deal Gives A Voice To Residents
AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.10.2008 | Green
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POZNAN, Poland — Negotiators broke an impasse Wednesday on including forest conservation in a new climate change agreement, guaranteeing a voice...
The Problem With Palm Oil
Michael Brune | Posted 12.09.2008 | Green
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The ubiquity of palm oil in the United States and Europe is driving out the subsistence agriculture that people in Indonesia and Malaysia depend on for food.
Rain Forests to Headline at Poznan...
Bill Chameides | Posted 12.03.2008 | Green
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Dr. Bill Chameides, recently appointed to America's Climate Choices, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the dean of Duke University's...
Amazon Deforestation Increases
BBC News | Posted 11.29.2008 | Green
Satellite images show 11,968 sq km of land was cleared in the year to July, nearly 4% higher than the year before. The government said the figure was...
A Federal Cap-And-Trade System: More From The Summit
Paige Donner | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business
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What's interesting about the governor's climate conference is that you normally would think that international negotiations or solutions are all about Heads of State talking to each another.
Governors' Global Climate Summit: Thinking As One Planet
Paige Donner | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
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What was heard at the Governor's Global Climate Summit, held earlier this week in Los Angeles, was a chorus of international voices.
Macedonians Plant Six Million Trees In Single Day
Reuters | Kole Casule | Posted 11.19.2008 | Green
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Thousands of Macedonians took to the hills and forests on Wednesday to plant six million trees in a single day as part of a mass reforestation drive i...
Cocaine Kills Colombian Forests
AP | MEERA SELVA | Posted 11.19.2008 | Green
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LONDON — Does white powder damage your green credentials? Colombia's vice president said Tuesday that Britain's middle classes, who recycle and...
Politicians Save
Reuters | Deborah Zabarenko | Posted 11.19.2008 | Green
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Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this ...
What Conservatism Taught Us About Conservation
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 10.22.2008 | Green
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Is presenting a unified front really a prerequisite for getting what you want in the political sphere?
Cost of Forest Loss Exceeds Current Banking Crisis
Janet Ritz | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green
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The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.
UN Launches Plan To Save Tropical Forests
Treevolution | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green
The United Nations launched a programme this week to help nine developing countries - among them three African states, Zambia, Tanzania and the Democr...
Life Cycle: Zen and the Art of Producing Chopsticks
Simran Sethi | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green
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People have been impressing their dates with chopstick dexterity since the Shang Dynasty. But the throw-away version of chopsticks is a less romantic yet marvelous invention.
Why Twinkies Destroy Rainforests and Cook the Planet
Michael Brune | Posted 08.21.2008 | Green
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Can we have our cake and our forests too? Palm oil is nearly everywhere -- it's used to produce everything from Cheez-Its, Oreos and Mrs. Fields cookies to Pop Tarts, Cool Whip and Ivory Soap.
A Setback In The War On The War On Trees
New York Times | Robbie Brown | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green
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ATLANTA -- So proud are Atlantans of their sprawling canopy of dogwoods, magnolias and pines -- and, of course, peach trees -- that builders must pay ...
Life Cycle: Life After Desk
Simran Sethi | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green
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Often, the greenest consumer route is not buying new products made with Earth-friendly methods but rather scoring used products made with traditional, possibly heinous methods. Reduce, reuse, then recycle.
Where's My Orangutan? Why Biofuels Don't Kill Apes
Josh Tickell | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green
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The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.
Pulse of the Planet: U.S. Whiffs on Climate Change While Rain Forests Burn
Bill Chameides | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green
Farmers and developers are cutting and burning the rainforests at an alarming rate in order to make a living. We must provide them with sufficient financial incentive so they choose to preserve their forests.
Life Cycle: Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em
Simran Sethi | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green
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Deforestation is the most direct environmental repercussion of the approximately ten gazillion cigarettes smoked in the world daily. Wood is used just about every step in production--to cure tobacco, to wrap the leaves with paper, to box them up with cardboard.
New Google Earth Layer Shows Global Deforestation
Treehugger | Kimberly D. Mok | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green
We've already alerted readers to the awesome new features available on Google Earth's Outreach back in April. Now, check out this new Google Earth KML...
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