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Dutch to limit forest biomass subsidies, possibly signaling EU sea change

Justin Catanoso 9 Mar 2021

To fight climate change, save the whales, some scientists say

Michelle Carrere 1 Mar 2021

500+ experts call on world’s nations to not burn forests to make energy

Justin Catanoso 15 Feb 2021

Will new US EPA head continue his opposition to burning forests for energy?

Justin Catanoso 4 Feb 2021

New study warns that sea levels will rise faster than expected

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2021
Planted mangrove seedlings. Image by Irwandi wancaleu via Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0)

In mangrove restoration, custom solutions beat one-size-fits-all approach

Mark Hillsdon 30 Oct 2020

Atlantic trends can predict Amazon drought 18 months away, study finds

Jennifer Ann Thomas 23 Oct 2020
Grey-headed fish eagle. Image by David Li.

Singapore embarks on a million-tree planting spree to protect its future

Claire Turrell 9 Oct 2020
Tree planting effort in India. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

New study shows where we should grow more forest to fight climate change

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Sep 2020

‘Off the chart’: CO2 from California fires dwarf state’s fossil fuel emissions

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Sep 2020
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of avoided deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Sep 2020

Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds as biomass burning surges

Justin Catanoso 31 Aug 2020
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, is just one region where fires are burning throughout Russia in 2020. Image by Greenpeace International.

Photos show scale of massive fires tearing through Siberian forests

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Jul 2020

COVID-19 may worsen burning and haze as Indonesia enters dry season

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jul 2020

British Columbia poised to lose ‘white rhino of old growth forests’

Justin Catanoso 22 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020

Economists put a price tag on living whales in Brazil: $82 billion

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 May 2020

Scientists warn U.S. Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral

Justin Catanoso 13 May 2020

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, NGOs urge the same for biomass energy

Justin Catanoso 17 Apr 2020

Arctic permafrost moving toward crisis, abrupt thaw a growing risk: Studies

Gloria Dickie 18 Mar 2020

Climate fix? ‘Fertilizing’ oceans with iron unlikely to sequester more carbon

Monica Evans 4 Mar 2020

‘The tipping point is here, it is now,’ top Amazon scientists warn

Shanna Hanbury 20 Dec 2019

COP25: EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review

Justin Catanoso 16 Dec 2019

COP25: Wood pellet CEO claims biomass carbon neutrality, despite science

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2019

Hopes dim as COP25 delegates dicker over Article 6 and world burns: critics

Justin Catanoso 9 Dec 2019

COP25 may put climate at greater risk by failing to address forests

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2019

Conserving wildlife is key to tropical forests’ carbon storage, study finds

Nanticha Ocharoenchai 18 Nov 2019

UN and policymakers, wake up! Burning trees for energy is not carbon neutral (commentary)

Mary Booth 16 Sep 2019

Two studies provide dueling looks at where trees should go

Gabriel Popkin 4 Jul 2019
Drained, cleared, and burned peat forest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Study: Vast swaths of lost tropical forest can still be brought back to life

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jul 2019

Carbon to burn: UK net-zero emissions pledge undermined by biomass energy

Justin Catanoso 19 Jun 2019

Plants are working hard to keep pace with increasing carbon dioxide

Shreya Dasgupta 23 May 2019

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