Tagged With Rainforests
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The Negotiators
The Non-Concession concession? 1
Posted 1 week, 4 days agoHenry Waxman and Ed Markey seem to have mastered the art of the non-concession concession: striking deals with potential opponents in ways that meet their needs while minimizing (though not entirely eliminating) the negative impacts.
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How Waxman-Markey tackles climate change by saving forests 1
Posted 1 week, 5 days 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.
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Would you like frogs with that?
Frogs in the forest: the new canaries in the coal mine 4
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago
Today Grist devoured frogs for lunch -- well, not exactly. We sat down with conservation biologist Dr. Kerry Kriger of the newly minted nonprofit Save the Frogs! on his stop in Seattle during a country-wide speaking tour. As one of the lone voices raising the alarm for amphibians, Kriger dished about the worst disease ever to hit wildlife, why it's such a big deal that one-third of amphibians are threatened with extinction, and just how many people actually are having frogs for lunch.
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The political economy of climate policy
Understanding offsets 6
Posted 1 month agoCarbon offsets have come under fire from critics who believe the Waxman-Markey climate bill is too weak.
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Cocaine production threatens Peruvian rainforest 2
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Prince Wales on Deforestation
Princes, frogs partner to save rainforests 0
Posted 2 months ago
Prince Charles, along with his princely sons, celebs, and frogs, has launched an international online campaign to save the rainforests. Savvy with social networks like MySpace, the Prince's Rainforests Project connects tropical deforestation with the battle against climate change. Watch His Royal Message.
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Prince of Wales annexes MySpace to save the rainforests 0
Posted 2 months ago -
The Green Divorcee
Environmental Organizing as Solution to Family Discord 0
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Prince Charles introduces his rainforests project 0
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Letter from Europe
A teaching moment at the G20 summit 0
Posted 3 months ago
While G20 leaders at the London summit failed to take climate change seriously, Prince Charles told it like it is at an event calling for protection of rainforests.
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You Can Bank on It
World Bank approves $1.3 billion for Brazilian eco-projects 1
Posted 4 months ago -
Amazon Drain Forest
Drought threatens Amazon, speeds global warming: study 0
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Biosphere still being fed to our cars, threatening rainforests 0
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Biofueling Climate Change
Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming: study 2
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago -
More Bad News for Forests
Experts plead to save tropical forests in peril 3
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago -
Planting trees and managing soils to sequester carbon 19
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago -
Die Another Day
Hundreds of Brazilian eco-activists at risk of assassination, report says 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago -
The Log of War
Giant mob protests Brazil crackdown on illegal logging 1
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago -
Rain, Dear
Umbra on rainforest-protection gifts 6
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North-South deal has states cooperating on rainforest protection 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago