Deforestation

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I Fought the Law and the Law Won

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Timberland, Amazon Rainforest, Greenpeace Brazil, Timberland Greenpeace, Greenpeace, Deforestation, Brazil, Green News

Deforestation in the Amazon is not okay. But -- how is it our problem? We're a U.S.-based bootmaking business -- sympathetic to the cause, but certainly not responsible for it. Right?

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Green News Report - July 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Russia, Cap and Trade, James Inhofe, Arctic Ice Melt, Green News, Algae, Paul Krugman, Climate Change, Green News Report, Deforestation, China, Biodiesel, Global Warming, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News

U.S.-China summit begins today in D.C.; Arctic ice photos finally declassified... PLUS: Chicken feathers! For both biodiesel and Republican Senators..

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Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Citizenship, Vance Packard, Christopher Lasch, Whole Foods, Cheap, Chinese Factories, Outlet Malls, Wages, Craftsmanship, Cheap Eats, Globalization, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Reisman, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Wal-Mart, Shrimp Farming, Slow Food, Labor, Consumerism, Ikea, Michael Pollan, Betty Friedan, Local Food, Chinese Exports, Marketing, Sustainability, Deforestation, Pricing, Eric Schlosser, Red Lobster, Food, Green News

American consumers are being taken for a ride.

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Like a Diamond in the Sky

David Horton | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Global Warming, Environmental Degradation, Mountaintop Removal, Climate Crisis, Deforestation, Green News

Those who deny climate change believe that no environmental issue, no conservation cause, no piece of the natural world, must ever be allowed to get in the way of big profits for big business.

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Let's Not Go Backwards on Biofuels: Fixing the Climate Bill's Biofuels Provisions

Frances Beinecke | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Biomass, Biofuels, Biofuel, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Ethanol, Deforestation, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News

If we can repeal the last-minute biofuels amendments to ACES, we can instill a belief that biofuels done right can be a real, American-grown, global warming solution.

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Indonesia Agrees To Protect Forests In Exchange For Debt Forgiveness

The Wall Street Journal | Tom Wright | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Rain Forests, Conservation International, U.S. Tropical Forest Conservation Act, Sotuheast Asia, Endangered Species, Deforestation, Green News

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian debt in return for the large Southe...

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Supermarket Suppliers Destroying Amazon Rainforest

The Guardian | David Adam, Environment Correspondent | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Uk, Meat Companies, UK Supermarkets, Rainforest, Brazil, Beef, Green, Supermarkets, Cattle, Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Amazon, Green News

Brazilian authorities investigating illegal deforestation have accused the suppliers of several UK supermarkets of selling meat linked to massive dest...

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World Bank Withholds (Some) Funding for Deforestation

Rachel Cernansky | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Brazil, Meat, Beef, World Bank, Eating Matters, Environment, Green News

According to a Greenpeace report, Brazil's cattle sector "is the largest driver of deforestation in the world, responsible for one in every eight hectares destroyed globally."

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The Prince's Rainforest Project on this World Environment Day

Stefan Roberts | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Prince Charles, Prince's Rainforest Project, Deforestation, Rainforest, World Environment Day, Green News

This World Environment Day I have been drawn to the Prince of Wales' Rainforest Project -- a new awareness campaign set up by Prince Charles with support from a number of famous faces.

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Watch Earth Disappear In Time-Lapse Videos

Wired, NASA | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Amazon Rainforest, Aral Sea, Deforestation, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Green News

This is a big week for viewing the effects of humanity on Earth from above -- in addition to a documentary film coming out this Friday, Wired has used...

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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

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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Seedbomb: Raining Trees From The Skies

treehugger.com | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Deforestation, Seedbomb, Trees, Green News

The seeds are housed inside capsules made of artificial soil: they provide nourishment and moisture to the seed. As the sapling matures, the capsule d...

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Junk Mail's Endless Summer

Todd Paglia | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Postage Stamps, James-Terry-Consumer-Rights-League, Climate Change, Postal Service, Deforestation, Junk Mail, Direct Mail, Green News

Junk mail's waste and nuisance is obvious; the system supporting it is galling: Our standard postage subsidizes junk mail.

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Birds In India Suffering From Heat, Deforestation (PHOTO)

Getty/AFP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, India, Animals, Deforestation, Green News

A recuperating Kite is fed multi-vitamins at the Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital in Mumbai. According to the Bombay Society for the Prevention of...

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Brazil Deforestation To Be Monitored By Satellites

AP | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Deforestation Satellites, Brazil, Deforestation, Green Technology, Green News

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil is expanding satellite monitoring of deforestation to the entire nation. Environment Minister Carlos Minc says that unt...

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Why Countries Like Haiti Matter to the Well-Being of Everyday Americans

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Environmental Degradation, Poverty, Marshall Plan, Illegal Drugs, Third World, Deforestation, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Breaking News, Immigration, International Security, Development, Un, International Republican Institute, Economic Development, Haiti, Barack Obama, World News

The world economy is not a zero sum game. For us to be richer, someone else doesn't have to be poorer. In fact just the opposite is true.

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Marriott To Drop Automatic Newspaper Delivery To Guests

environmentalleader.com | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Marriott, Newspapers, Deforestation, Reducing Waste, Green News

The company says that guest demand for newspaper delivery at more than 2,600 hotels in the U.S. has declined by about 25 percent. Marriott Rewards ...

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Brazil court orders jail, retrial in US nun death

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Dorothy Stang, Amazon Rain Forest, Crime, Brazil, Deforestation, Green News

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian court on Tuesday ordered the arrest and retrial of an Amazon rancher acquitted of orchestrating the murder of Ameri...

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Arbitrary, Thy Name is ARB: The Flaws in the California Air Resources Board Carbon Reduction Proposal

Bob Dinneen | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Indirect Land Use, Cellulosic Ethanol, California-Air-Resources-Board, Gasoline, Biofuels, Crude Oil, Oil, Ethanol, Deforestation, Green News

In the debate over how best to reduce carbon emissions, there are some who claim, without much scientific support, that continuing to burn petroleum is better than shifting to renewable biofuels.

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Recycled Toilet Paper Passes The Fox News Blind Test (VIDEO)

Fox News | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Recycled Toilet Paper, Poll, Toilet Paper, Waste, Fox News, Deforestation, Paper, Reducing Waste, Green News

Can you tell the difference in feel between recycled toilet paper and virgin forest toilet paper? Fox News can't, but forests can. America's Newsroom...

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Bush Administration's Logging Rule Reinstated

Los Angeles Times | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Mark Rey, Forest Service, Bush Environment, Logging, Deforestation, Green News

Matt Kenna, an attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, said he didn't think the portion of the opinion dealing with standing was broad eno...

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Fourth Sumatran Tiger Killed In Illegal Logging Battle, Says WWF

AFP | Posted 03.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Sumatran Tiger, Wwf, Logging, Endangered Species, Animals, Illegal Logging, Deforestation, Green News

JAKARTA (AFP) -- Indonesian villagers have trapped and killed a fourth endangered Sumatran tiger amid a spate of tiger attacks blamed on illegal loggi...

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Keep the Stimulus Package Green, and Save Old Forests

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Deforestation, Stimulus, Stimulus Package, Green News

Why is the government investing potentially as much as $50 billion in loans toward the nuclear power industry, while investing only half of that towards solar and wind power?

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Uniting Haves, Have-Nots On Deforestation Not Easy

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Dick Lugar, John Kerry, Environment, Copenhagen, Deforestation, Stuart Eizenstat, Green Politics, Green News

Grist reports that Senators John Kerry and Dick Lugar made it clear that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would be making the environment a big ...

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60 Percent Of Congo Logging Contracts Canceled By Government

TreeHugger.com | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Drc, Logging, Congo Logging Contracts, Deforestation, Congo, Green News

In an effort to deal with rampant corruption and rising deforestation, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reviewed and canceled so...

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