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UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Transgenic plant may thrive under global warming-induced drought

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Nov 2007

Termites may produce cleaner biofuels

Mongabay.com 23 Nov 2007

Wind could supply baseline electrical power

American Meteorological Society 22 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2007

Past climate change triggered wars, population decline

Abby Vogel 21 Nov 2007

Biodiversity conservation will only work if local people benefit

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Nov 2007

Large-scale agriculture ‘compromises’ forest’s ability to recover

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2007

7-year old nature guide becomes Belize environmental hero as adult

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2007

Targeted payments to farmers could protect environment

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2007

New system tracks CO2 emissions of 50,000 power plants worldwide

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2007

Law enforcement key to saving Borneo’s rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2007

Sun Bears reclassified by IUCN as Vulnerable

Jeremy Hance 13 Nov 2007

Sun bear gets ‘vulnerable’ listing due to deforestation, poaching

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Greenwashing the palm oil industry

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Planned logging of Woodlark Island for biofuels opposed by islanders and scientists

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2007

China begins blocking river for second largest dam

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

In the Amazon, primary forest biodiversity tops that of secondary forest, plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2007

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2007

Proposed gold mine proves controversial in French Guiana rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Nov 2007

Carbon-negative bioenergy to cut global warming could drive deforestation

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2007

China’s coal pollutes the U.S.

Michael Casey 4 Nov 2007

Central Africa’s ‘Most Beautiful Waterfall’ to be destroyed

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2007

Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Agriculture is primary driver of mangrove destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Study reveals that nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil organic carbon

University Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign 30 Oct 2007

IBM finds recycling can cut solar cell manufacturing costs

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2007

China struggles with urban pollution

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2007

China to spend $14.4 billion clean up polluted lake

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2007

Avoided deforestation beats timber, palm oil, in tax revenue for Indonesia

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2007

Does palm oil alleviate rural poverty in Malaysia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2007

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