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Money Invested In Conservation Yields Enormous Returns

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Forests, Coral Reefs, Environmental Conservation, Un Climate Summit, Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Study, Environment, Conservation, Green News

Money invested in protecting nature can bring huge financial returns, according to a major investigation into the costs and benefits of the natural wo...

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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Clearcutting, Coal, Center for Public Integrity, West Virginia, Campaign, Coal Industry, Climate, Grassroots, Coal River Mountain, Climate Change, Virginia, Coal Lobby, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Environmentalism, JP Morgan Chase, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Wto, Mother Jones, Labor, Clean Energy, Congress, Green, Global Warming, Government, Mountains, Epa, Harlan County, Mines, Bush Administration, Blair Mountain, Tennessee, Climate Action Partnership, President Obama, Washington, Obama, Coal Czar, Bush, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Naacp, Appalachia, Workers, Climate Justice, Office of Surface Mining, Civil Disobedience, Kentucky, Henry Waxman, Forests, Department of the Interior, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Wall Street, Astroturfing, Coal Mining, Duke Energy, Green News, Mining, Water, Clean Coal, Osr, Appalachian Mountains, Activism, Protest, Massey Energy, Green News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

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Groups Rally To End Tongass Forest Timber Sales

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Tongass Forest, Tongass Logging, Tom Vilsack, Protest, Logging, Alaska, Deforestation, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Forests, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Nearly a dozen conservation groups are appealing to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put a stop to two timber sales...

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Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tree, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Blasting, Nancy Sutley, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Ceq, Forests, Coal, Osmre, Green News
Jeff Biggers

In a stunning blow to mountaintop removal blasting operations in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia this morning, two fearless protesters scaled massive trees and unfurled banners.

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Reading Lion Tracks: New York Times' Friedman on Vacation in the Bush

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Population, Thomas Friedman, Brad Pitt, Africa, Angelina Jolie, Science, New York Times, Environmentalism, Biodiversity, Forests, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

As long as we remain a bioilliterate populace of which only the wealthiest 0.1% can afford to have an expert interpret the hieroglyphics, and only lions and other celebrity species attract our interest, then we will continue to turn the dazzling diversity of life into cannon fodder.

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Save our Forests: Legalize Pot

Paul Korda | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana, Forests, Legalizing Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Politics News
Paul Korda

We are witnessing a widening of the War on Drugs. The enemy -- organized crime, particularly the Mexican Drug Cartel -- is following a Scorched Earth Policy, literally.

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Putting the Keystone Back on Our Wildlands Legacy

Carl Pope | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Logging, National Forests, Tom Vilsack, Roadless Rule, Logging-Rules, Obama Picks Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Deforestation, Forests, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Green News
Carl Pope

Vilsack acknowledged for the first time that climate change and fragmentation are a serious threat to the health of our forests.

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Obama's View from Yellowstone: Pines Killed by Climate-Fueled Beetles

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Montana, Yellowstone, Extinction, Whitebark Pine, Wyoming, Idaho, Forests, Global Warming, Obama, Climate Change, Green News
Frances Beinecke

When the Obamas visit Yellowstone National Park, they will witness the beauty for which it is known. Sadly, though, they'll also witness firsthand the domestic ravages of global warming.

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Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Accce, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Roadless Rule, Kimberly-Clark, President Obama, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Shipping, Bush Administration, Hybrid Cars, Water, Cash for Clunkers, Green News, Algae, Forests, Astroturf, Solar Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Cash for Clunkers' -- now with more cash!; 'Astroturfing' -- no...

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A Great Day for Forests and the Climate

Daniel Kessler | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama, Kleenex, Forests, Greenpeace, Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace Kimberly-Clark, Forest Degradation, Roadless Areas in National Forests, Rainforests, Deforestation, Roadless Areas, Green News
Daniel Kessler

North American forests have had a good day today. Kimberly-Clark announced stronger fiber sourcing standards, and a San Francisco court reinstated the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

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Green News Report - July 2, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Exxon Mobil, Epa, Green News Report, Exxon Valdez, Bush Administration, Waxman-Markey, California Emissions Standards, Green News, Environment, Fox News, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Food Recall, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Forests, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California wins one for a change; Where's the beef? Recalled!; Did EPA suppress study from global warming skeptic?... PLUS:...

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Cap and Trade Part 4: Forests, Farms, and Offsets

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Offsets, Cap and Trade, Economics, Climate, Climate Change, Agriculture, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Ecosystems, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Forests, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Many people have a hard time accepting that one can emit CO2 from a power plant in Ohio and offset those emissions by capturing methane on a North Carolina hog farm.

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Cleaning Up Our Forests

Carl Pope | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wildfires, Forests, Tom Vilsack, Environment, Forest Service, Roadless Areas, Thomas Vilsack, Green News
Carl Pope

We've spent $2 billion since 2000 without reducing the number of forest acres burned, homes destroyed, or firefighters killed. President Obama's new forest chief is badly needed.

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How To Find A Turd In The Woods

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 02.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Science, Evolution, Forests, Biology, Adaptation, Nature, Biodiversity, Dung, Dung Beetles, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

The fundamental challenge facing dung beetles is, unsurprisingly, finding dung. Time is of the essence -- arrive late and you might find that another poo pirate has stolen the prize.

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Darfur Conflict Ravages Environment

Reuters | Andrew Heavens | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: UNEP, Khartoum, Green News, U.N., Darfur, Environment, Logging, Kunduwa Forest, Sudan, Darfur Sudan, Forests, Deforestation, Green News

Sudan's Darfur conflict has devastated the environment in the region, stripping forests and destroying farmland, according to a U.N. report. People c...

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Poznan Forest Deal Gives A Voice To Residents

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Poznan, Poznan Climate Change Conference, Poznan Forest Deal, Forests, Deforestation, Environment, Green News

POZNAN, Poland — Negotiators broke an impasse Wednesday on including forest conservation in a new climate change agreement, guaranteeing a voice...

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Macedonians Plant Six Million Trees In Single Day

Reuters | Kole Casule | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Macedonia, Green News, Climate Change, Environment, Balkans, Deforestation, Forests, Global Warming, Trees, Green News

Thousands of Macedonians took to the hills and forests on Wednesday to plant six million trees in a single day as part of a mass reforestation drive i...

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Nobody Reads Nature: Why So Many Tree Species In The Amazon?

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Science, Environment, Biology, Biodiversity, Forests, Evolution, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

In many cases, the observed patterns in nature are indeed different from those expected under the assumption of randomness.

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Home Heating: Go Green Now to Save Energy in Winter

Bob Schildgen | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Home Heating, Green Living, Forests, Green Tips, Health, Green News
Bob Schildgen

Burning wood gives off chemicals as nasty as those concocted in factories, including sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, and dioxin. With older (or poorly maintained) fireplaces, a lot of these poisons can stay right inside your house.

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The Biggest Environmental Victory You've Never Heard About

Michael Brune | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Indigenous Rights, Forests, Climate Change, Green News
Michael Brune

On July 14th, the Ontario government agreed to prohibit development on at least half of the remaining wilderness areas in the region's northern boreal forest -- protecting about 56 million acres.

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"No, I'm Not From Here, But I Got Here Just as Soon as I Could"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Appalachia Coal, Appalachia, Big Coal, Salamanders, Coal, Coal Mining, Strip Mining, Forests, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

It's Eden in the Mountains here in Appalachian Virginia -- miles and miles of green, forested mountains in every direction. But these natural wonders are being devoured by the coal industry.

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