Boreal Forest

Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Won't Ease Gas Prices; Senate Must Reject It

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.07.2012

Frances Beinecke

Pipeline supporters and their allies in Congress are trying to capitalize on rising gas prices by claiming the pipeline would lower prices at the pump. That is patently false.

Lingering Doubts About Obama's Keystone Pipeline Decision

Carl Safina | Posted 03.25.2012

Carl Safina

We need to generate visible public excitement not just about what could be stopped, but about what we need to create, and what can positively be accomplished.

I Am the Lorax, And So Are You: Five Reasons to Love Forests

Todd Paglia | Posted 05.25.2011

Todd Paglia

In terms of battling climate change, forests are tough to beat: they're not waiting for government seed funding or venture capital for research; they don't require a senate supermajority.

World-Class Forest Protection

Steven Kallick | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven Kallick

If you're someone who cares about the environment, you're probably ready—really ready—for some good news right now. Despite decades of dispu...

Will Climate Talks Give Trees the Brush Off?

Todd Wilkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Todd Wilkinson

Conservation biologists now suggest the vast belt of forest and bogs enwrapping Canada, Scandinavia and Russia has largely been overlooked as important catchments for Earth-warming carbon dioxide.

Obama Should Tell Canada's Prime Minister No Thanks on Tar Sands Expansion

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Frances Beinecke

My hope is that Obama will not sign on to any joint statements that will help Harper ramp up tar sands production -- a process that accelerates global warming and denudes Canada's great boreal forest.

Report Says U.S. Birds in "Widespread Decline," Need Help

Scott Dodd | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Dodd

Nearly a third of the 800 species of birds in the United States are endangered, threatened or in decline. The decline of birds is a warning sign about the overall health of our environment -- or lack thereof.

Is Your Ass Worth One Million Trees a Year?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Jennifer Grayson

If every U.S. household swapped out just one four-pack of traditional bath tissue for the recycled version, it would save approximately one million trees a year.

President Obama: Don't Give Canadian Tar Sands a Free Climate Pass

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Frances Beinecke

Tomorrow President Obama is traveling to Canada. Prime Minister Harper wants to discuss giving Canada's dirty tar sands fuel a pass from greenhouse gas limits.

The Birds on the Tar Sands

Susan Cosier | Posted 05.25.2011

Susan Cosier

Harvesting oil sands in Alberta could impact up to 170 million birds that breed in the boreal.

Politicians Save

Reuters | Deborah Zabarenko | Posted 05.25.2011

Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this ...