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New Guinea No Place for Continued Industrial Primary Forest Destruction1 comment

laudyms wrote 1 hour ago: Rainforest Portal      Caption: “Sustainable Forest Management”, Papua New Guinea Style … more →

Tags: Bankers & other Crooks, economy. economics, Environment, Land rights, survival, Exploitation, Resource Wars

Rwanda: Water rationing warning as drought bites

dietvorst wrote 2 days ago: Electrogaz, Rwanda’s public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a pro … more →

Tags: Rwanda, Drought, rural water supply, urban water supply, water rationing, water shortage

Rep Peterson's Interview on Climate Bill

sugarcaneblog wrote 3 days ago: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) was a guest on the AgriTalk Radio Progra … more →

Tags: biofuels, Cellulosic, Climate Change, Corn, Deforestation, enviroment, ethanol, food vs fuel, ILUC

U.S. Lacey Act, the World's First Ban in Illegal Wood Products

Leigh wrote 3 days ago: I just listened to a fascinating webinar about The Lacey Act and how companies who knowingly (or … more →

Tags: sustainability, Wood, Tree

Green Do-Gooders: ReTree International Gets To The Root Of The Issue

littlegirlbigvoice wrote 3 days ago: Students receive planting instructions at Mpunguti School in Bujest village, Masoko Ward, Tanzania ( … more →

Tags: Africa Bridge, africa bridge harvest gala, Biodiversity, forest preservation, forests, replanting, retree, retree international

Using DNA to reveal extinct moas

eatmorecookies wrote 3 days ago: It’s only been a few hundred years since Maori settlers in New Zealand hunted moas and other b … more →

Tags: Links, Editorial, birds/nature, Paleontology, birding, Environment, Evolution, Skepticism and Science, History

Public Radio Critical of Biofuels for Land Use Changes

sugarcaneblog wrote 4 days ago: The public radio program, The World, produced by the BBC and others, put out a segment suggesting th … more →

Tags: Lobby, GHG, Cellulosic, ILUC, RFS, enviroment, sustainability, ethanol, biofuels

Silence

kanaiyaazhi wrote 4 days ago: Silence; into frame from Acadia national park, Maine, USA A deep silence . . . … more →

Tags: Learning photography, nature, acadia, Acadia National Park, deep silence, Lonely, Maine, Natural, Nature

Using Peer Pressure to Help the Enviroment

aaanimals wrote 4 days ago: The National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a press release on June 29th that explains how peer pre … more →

Tags: sustainability, China, Crops, Deforest, forest, NSF, Panda, recycling, WWF

Deforestation by need

mradimango wrote 4 days ago: Deforestation by large companies hungry for profit, for large scale farming, or for reckless pillagi … more →

Tags: Tanzania, Africa, Sub saharan Africa, Uganda, Kenya, East Africa

NYT: Senate Must Fully Account for Corn Ethanol's GHG1 comment

sugarcaneblog wrote 4 days ago: Today’s New York Times editorial calls on the Senate to pass the an improved version of the Climate … more →

Tags: Lobby, Cellulosic, ILUC, enviroment, ethanol, biofuels, Climate Change, Deforestation, Amazon

Facts about paper and the environment

donburdge wrote 5 days ago: With the focus of environmental groups on Do Not Mail campaigns, it is a good opportunity to arm our … more →

Tags: Environmental Impact of Print, Do not mail, Environment, paper, papermaking, pulp and paper industry

It's getting better...?

rrleonard wrote 6 days ago: I am encouraged by the number of people making efforts at conserving our world. Yesterday I brought … more →

Tags: Environment, Green, recycling grocery bags

Clearing Title (and Rain Forest)

danfarber wrote 1 week ago: Amazon Deforestation (BBC) On Friday, the day Waxman-Markey passed the U.S. House, another significa … more →

Tags: climate change, Amazon, rain forest

Mars Company Will Only Use Sustainable Cocoa by 20201 comment

aaanimals wrote 1 week ago: Chocolate companies are the largest purchaser of chocolate in the world.  And Mars Company has anno … more →

Tags: sustainability, Wildlands, Conservation, rain forest, farming, runoff, Crops, Food, Cocoa

Climate Change Bill Clears House, Uncertain Future in Senate1 comment

sugarcaneblog wrote 1 week ago: The U.S. House of Representatives approved landmark climate change legislation by a 219-212 vote, af … more →

Tags: RFS, enviroment, Corn, ethanol, biofuels, Climate Change, ILUC, corn ethanol, Subsidies

ILUC Exemption Risks Enviros Support Going Foward

sugarcaneblog wrote 1 week ago: While House Democrats appeared headed for a major legislative win this afternoon on a comprehensive … more →

Tags: biofuels, Climate Change, Corn, enviroment, ethanol, food vs fuel, GHG, ILUC, LCFS

Michael Jackson's "Earth Song"3 comments

Sarah Dowdey wrote 1 week ago: Today I brought in my “Michael Jackson Number Ones” to pay tribute to the King of Pop. W … more →

Tags: ScienceStuff, earth song, eco-anxiety, Elephants, MICHAEL JACKSON, Music video, number one songs, UK

Corn Ethanol Groups Statements on ILUC Deal

sugarcaneblog wrote 1 week ago: Here are the statements just released by various corn ethanol groups on the Climate Bill Compromise … more →

Tags: biofuels, Climate Change, Corn, ILUC, ethanol, growth energy, Renewable Fuels Association, American Coalition for Ethanol, climate change


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