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Do We Want To Be The Generation That Destroyed Ourselves?

Trudie Styler | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Sting, Copenhagen 2009, Rainforest, Ecuador, Trudie Styler, Amazon Rainforest, Rainforests, Rainforest Foundation, Copenhagen, Green News
Trudie Styler

As we go forward to Copenhagen, the signs are not good. In the face of the greatest crisis our world has faced for generations, too many powerful people are behaving with shocking irresponsibility.

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Message In A Bottle: Sting Is Sending Out An SOS To Save The Rainforests (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: The Police, Sting, Video, Sos Rainforests, Copenhagen 2009, Sting Rainforest Video, Environment, Sting Save the Rainforests, Rainforests, Prince's Rainforest Project, Sting Message in a Bottle Video, Message in a Bottle, Green News

Sting is teaming up with The Prince's Rainforest Project on the 30th anniversary of The Police's song, 'Message In A Bottle' to spread the word about ...

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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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Shade Grown Coffee: How Much Does It Save The Rainforest?

thedailygreen.com | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Saving the Rainforest, Food, Coffee Farming, Shade Grown Coffee, Rainforests, Coffee, Rainforest Destruction, Food Politics, Green News

How much rainforest can one cup of coffee help preserve? For those who buy coffee grown in the traditional manner, under the shade of rainforest trees...

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How Do You Say "Gone"?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Geography, Livestock, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Environment, Land, Endangered Species, Rainforests, Animals, Agrigulture, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Next time you travel somewhere exotic, don't be surprised if you see fewer kinds of animals and hear fewer dialects

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The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Niger Delta, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Shell, Lima, World, World News, Environment, Politics News, Oil Spills, Peru, Peruvian Jungle Interethnic Development Association, Shareholders, Corporate Crime, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Amazon, Human Rights, Alberto Pizango, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Chevron, Africa, Royal Dutch Shell, Oil, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Pollution, Shell Oil, Center for Constitutional Rights, Rainforests, Ken Wiwa, Alan Garcia, Ecuador, Oil Companies, Genocide, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Ogoni, Ptpa, Aidesep, World News
Amy Goodman

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

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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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Cuomo: Is Chevron Misleading Shareholders?

Michael Brune | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Spills, Shareholders, Andrew Cuomo, Chevron, Climate Change, Oil, Rainforests, Oil Companies, Amazon, Green News
Michael Brune

For nearly 16 years, Chevron has been fighting a landmark oil pollution lawsuit brought by more than 30,000 residents from rainforest communities in Ecuador.

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Worst Job in the World: Defending Chevron

Michael Brune | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Tar Sands, Chevron, Ecuador, Oil, Climate Change, Rainforests, Oil Companies, Amazon, Green News
Michael Brune

An unlikely transnational coalition is putting Chevron on the defensive for exploiting the Ecuadorian people.

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The Hypocrisy of Green

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Earth Day 2009, Arbor Day Foundation, NBC Universal, Purchasing Habits, Future Resources, Social Responsibility, Mindfulness, Environment, Green Economy, Personal Sacrifice, Rainforests, Carbon Footprint, Greenisuniversal, Green News
Michael DeJong

Unfortunately, Earth Day for many has become yet another narcoleptic occasion to enact pointless environmental rituals while denouncing the greed and excesses they also find themselves ankle deep in.

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Why Bananas are a Parable For Our Times

Johann Hari | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Bananas, United Fruit, Rainforests, Bananas Dying, Johann Hari Bananas, Food Shortage, Food, Banana, Genetically Modified Food, Green News
Johann Hari

Bananas are dying. Soon -- in 5, 10 or 30 years -- the yellow creamy fruit as we know it will not exist.

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Brazil Adding 13,000 Troops, 28 Forts To Defend Rainforest

mercopress.com | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Rainforest Troops, Rainforests, Brazil, Deforestation, Amazon, Green News

Brazil plans to double the number of troops along the borders of its vast Amazon rain forest area in the framework of the "Protecting Amazon" project,...

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The Problem With Palm Oil

Michael Brune | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Human Rights, Rain Forests, Orangutans, Environment, Climate Change, Rainforests, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Hsbc, Matt Mckinney, Indonesia, Palm Oil Production, Malaysia, Agribusiness, HSBC Rainforests, Green News
Michael Brune

The ubiquity of palm oil in the United States and Europe is driving out the subsistence agriculture that people in Indonesia and Malaysia depend on for food.

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Flapping Butterfly Wings and the Land Use Debate

Bob Dinneen | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Indirect Land Use, Rainforests, Ethanol, Biofuels, Global Warming, Domestic Land Use, International Land Use, Direct Land Use, Green News
Bob Dinneen

The bottom line here is simple. The growth of the American ethanol industry has, at most, a marginal impact on the land use decisions of farmers around the world.

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Why Twinkies Destroy Rainforests and Cook the Planet

Michael Brune | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Fast Food, Sustainable Food, Environment, Food, Climate Change, Rainforests, Indigenous Rights, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Girl Scout Cookies, Green News
Michael Brune

Can we have our cake and our forests too? Palm oil is nearly everywhere -- it's used to produce everything from Cheez-Its, Oreos and Mrs. Fields cookies to Pop Tarts, Cool Whip and Ivory Soap.

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