Forests | Grist

Fashion for the Forests

Gucci Group commits to saving Indonesia’s rainforests 1
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago There’s a new fashion trend this fall: saving rainforests and preserving a livable climate.
Putin says climate deal must take Russian forests into account 2
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago A global warming pact to be agreed next month in Copenhagen must take into account the carbon dioxide absorption potential of Russia's sprawling forests, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
Montana faces 175 to 400 percent increase in wildfire burn area

Memo to Baucus: Your state’s trees are being ravaged 0
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago Media outlets trumpeted the fact that Baucus said he thought Boxer’s proposed bill was too strong. One part of the media focused on the real story that Montanans are increasingly concerned about: Climate change is already hitting their state hard now and is poised to devastate it utterly.
Hey, Look, a Forest!

Report: Forest conservation can be as reliable as other ways of reducing pollution 2
Posted 1 month ago Experts increasingly agree that pollution reductions from forest conservation are as easy or easier to track than those from other sources, such as energy.
What a 1-Degree Temperature Increase Means for Wildfires

Global warming, California, and wildfires 20
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The scientific literature paints a hellish future if we don’t quickly reverse greenhouse gas emissions trends.
Forest gumption

New Obama forest plan leaves roadless rule intact 5
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack laid out a broad vision for the U.S. Forest Service on Friday, promising strong conservation measures and an emphasis on restoring damaged forests.
Trees in the bank

Pacific NW landowners team up to market forest offsets 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
A national climate bill could create a huge market for forestry-based carbon offsets. Companies looking to cash in are pooling together relatively small parcels of forestland in the Pacific Northwest.
Signed. Sealed. Will they deliver?

ForestEthics mails Fortune 500 companies to kick off tar-sands campaign 1
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
ForestEthics has mailed letters to more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, warning that their continued consumption of fuels from Canada’s tar sands—the world’s dirtiest oil—puts their brands at risk.
Bygones

Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace hug it out 8
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
After five years of hectoring by Greenpeace and consumers, tissue-products giant Kimberly-Clark has announced a strong new sustainability policy. Let the lovefest commence.
How Waxman-Markey tackles climate change by saving forests 1
Posted 5 months ago
One of the little-known ingredients of the deal that allowed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454 to pass the Energy and Commerce committee was a breakthrough on protections for the world's vanishing tropical forests.
Dispatch from Bonn: Rainforest Action Network

The good, the bad, and the ugly at Bonn 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
I started thinking about the good, the bad and the ugly so far in the Bonn climate change negotiations around forests. Over dinner with some fabulous forest experts, we arrived at the following list.
The political economy of climate policy

Understanding offsets 6
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Carbon offsets have come under fire from critics who believe the Waxman-Markey climate bill is too weak.
Welcome to the Dollhouse

Don’t buy Kimberly-Clark’s latest ruse 2
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The world's largest manufacturer of tissue products has unveiled a recycled line -- but it continues to clearcut Canada's Boreal forest to make its signature brand, Kleenex. That blows.