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Are CO2 Emissions From Deforestation Exaggerated?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Nov 4, 2009 at 2:14 PM

It's easy to shrug off climate change deniers who use incomplete or inaccurate data in their arguments, but it's a harder pill to swallow when supposedly reputable organizations dupe us with exaggerated claims. Yet that's exactly ...READ»

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Google Earth Uses the Cloud to Fight Deforestation

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Dec 10, 2009 at 2:46 PM

It's not just for spying on the neighbors anymore!READ»

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Seven Ways to Cut Carbon Emissions, Courtesy of Tony Blair

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 93
Mon Jul 6, 2009 at 4:19 PM

Instead of taking the Dubya route of departing public life, former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair is going the way of Al Gore and championing climate change solutions. Blair's "Technology for a Low Carbon Future" report, part of his ...READ»

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Greener Mountain Coffee

Relevancy Score: 65
Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 11:52 AM

"How can we even think of saving chimpanzees if the humans around them are struggling to survive?" That was the question posed by Dr. Jane Goodall, who's devoted 47 years of her life studying chimps in the Gombe Stream National Park ...READ»

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Are American Energy Companies Investing in a Bolivian Carbon Offset Scam?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 61
Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 4:23 PM

Carbon offsets are often derided as a modern-day form of the Catholic indulgence. Pollute as much as you want, pay for someone else to offset your emissions, and feel good at the end of the day. But polluters might not feel so great ...READ»

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World Forestry Congress

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 56
Sun Oct 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM

Every year, the loggers and farmers of the world chop and burn an area of forest the size of New York State. That's bad news for the creatures who live in those woods, but it's also grim for the rest of us: Deforestation accounts for ...READ»

Forest Credits Would Crash The Price of Carbon, Greenpeace Says

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Forest Credits Could Crash The Price of Carbon, Greenpeace Says

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 51
Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 11:28 AM

Carbon cap-and-trade efforts are becoming one long chain of unintended consequences. To whit: Greenpeace released a report arguing that allowing official trade in carbon credits representing forest preservation would crash the price ...READ»

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Hold the Styrofoam

BY Josie Swindler
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

In Spain, a "sustainable" conference.READ»

Topic: Deforestation and Forest Health