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France announces carbon tax

Concerns over deforestation may drive new approach to cattle ranching in the Amazon

Could DNA barcodes help fight the commercial wildlife trade? [warning: graphic image]

Van Jones resigns amid controversy

Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries

The Pope: “creation is under threat”

World’s largest bat threatened with extinction due to legal hunting

Gold mining threatens world’s most infamous reptile, the Komodo dragon

Environmental disappointments under Obama

Idaho to allow 25 percent of its wolf population to be killed in one season

Despite legal protection, Indian turtles are poached for restaurant trade

Madagascar issues fines for timber stolen from national parks during political crisis

Alcoa mine to clear 25,000 acres of rainforest, suck 133,407 gallons of water per hour from the Amazon

Chinese companies to be held liable for environmental damage caused overseas

Chevron expects to lose $27B suit but will refuse to pay damages

China to support greener palm oil

Indonesia releases revenue sharing rules for REDD forest carbon projects

Multinational corporation continues destruction of orangutan habitat in Indonesia

Brazil approves land tenure law that grants 260,000 sq mi of rainforest to settlers, speculators

Implications of the American Clean Energy and Security Act for conservation

Global warming bill passes the House

Scientists call on Obama for ‘maximum personal leadership’ to combat global warming

Peru revokes decrees that sparked Amazon Indian uprising

Brazil’s plan to save the Amazon rainforest

Political infighting in Brazil threatens the Amazon rainforest

US responsible for 29 percent of greenhouse gas emissions over past 150 years

Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians

Obama to increase fuel economy standard to 35 mpg by 2016

Brazil moves closer to legitimizing illegal land-grab in the Amazon

Obama administration overturns rule that weakened Endangered Species Act

U.S. climate change legislation may cut energy costs – report

New legislation in Brazil opens up road-paving across country, threatening Amazon

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