deforestation
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Obama’s International Climate Budget Proposal Would Make Key Investments
President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2012 budget request that will invest in global efforts to reduce carbon pollution, tap into the growing global demand for clean energy, and make countries more resilient to the impacts of global warming. It takes a scalpel to the international funding at a time when we need more international […]
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The ‘greenest Olympics’ actually an environmental catastrophe
If the Sochi Olympics are green, then this logo is compelling to look at.Like a downhill skier that crashes right out of the gate, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has a lot of catching up to do if it wants to earn a gold medal for “the greenest Olympics.” World Wildlife Fund Russia and Greenpeace […]
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Ask Umbra on avoiding candles connected to carcinogens and deforestation
Are the candles you're using at home contributing to indoor air pollution? Or might they contain palm oil connected to mass deforestation?
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Top five forest stories of 2010
In the context of an overall bleak 2010 for the planet, forests offer a bright point for some celebration.
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EIA projects climate catastrophe
The EIA has projected that the United States will lead the world into catastrophic global warming over the next twenty five years.
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The Climate Post: Cancun climate talks limp to a compromise at close of hottest year on record
It's official, at least according to NASA: worldwide, 2010 was the hottest year on record.
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World Bank President Zoellick on the need for REDD: "We don’t want silent forests"
Robert Zoellick has been pushing hard on a REDD agreement, primarily as a vehicle to fund impoverished programs to preserve biodiversity.
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The Climate Post: Some progress in Cancun climate talks, but mostly a morass of competing interests
Cancun climate talks negotiators got down to brass tacks. There were comic relief moments, like the removal of climate skeptic Christopher Monckton from a luncheon
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Indonesia’s billion-dollar climate experiment
Can rich nations pay Indonesia, a corruption-riddled government, to protect its rainforests?