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 Stories About: biofuels AND climate AND habitat loss AND Papua New Guinea AND rainforests
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Papua New Guinea loses the moral high ground
PNG agrees to let palm-oil producers raze rainforest |
Joseph Romm |
28 Dec 2007 |
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| Everyone at Bali cheered when the Papua New Guinea delegate dissed the Bush team: We seek your leadership. But if for some reason you are not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way. Oh, snap! [Sorry, couldn't resist one last 2007 Daily Show-ism] Now comes the heartbreaking news:Malaysian company Vitroplant has been granted necessary permits by the PNG government to begin clearing 70% of the rainforests on biodiversity rich Woodlark Isl ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, climate, habitat loss, Papua New Guinea, rainforests (all these topics) |
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