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Amazon Deforestation

Nike Fights Deforestation, Won't Use Leather From Amazon-Bred Cattle

AP | STAN LEHMAN | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Amazon Leather, Nike, Brazil, Environment, Nike Leather, Amazon Rainforest, Greenpeace, Amazon, Green News

SAO PAULO (AP) - Sportswear giant Nike Inc. announced Wednesday that it will stop using leather from cattle raised in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, sayi...

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"A Plastic Bag Is a Pain in the Butt"

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Ikea, Brazil, Phosphates, Sao Paulo, Marks & Spencer, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Plastic Bags, Carlos Minc, Wal-Mart, Afroreggae, Green News
Andrew Winston

Nothing compares to the coordinated global attack on plastic bags. Once your product is declared a pain in the butt, where do you go from there?

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The Amazon Rainforest is More Important than Electric Cars

Levi Novey | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Rainforests, Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Deforestation, Rainforest, Deforestation, Amazon, Ecuador, Peru, Electric Cars, Neil Young, Guyana, Brazil, Green News
Levi Novey

Since the Amazon Rainforest is so important, we must ask ourselves: "Why have we (or at least the media) become so bored of discussing the Amazon and deforestation?"

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Amazon Deforestation Increases

BBC News | Posted 12.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Deforestation, Amazon, Green News

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...

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