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.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green
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.
Jennifer Grayson | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green
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.
Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
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.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
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.
Susan Cosier | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
Harvesting oil sands in Alberta could impact up to 170 million birds that breed in the boreal.
Reuters | Deborah Zabarenko | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green
Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this ...
Todd Wilkinson | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green