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Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Private equity firm to sell biodiversity offsets from rainforest conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Aug 2008

Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2008

Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2008

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2008

U.N. raises thermostats to cut emissions, save money

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2008

Deepest-ever lake dive searches for new energy sources

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2008

Loggers, palm oil firms eye remote rainforests of Papua for development

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2008

Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2008

Fertilizer prices increase 235% over past year

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2008

Secret power plan would devastate Sarawak’s rainforest with 12 new hydropower plants

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2008

Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2008

Shell Oil funds “open source” geoengineering project to fight global warming

Mongabay.com 21 Jul 2008

Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2008

Amazon timber industry declares ban on illegal logging

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2008

Orangutans persist in islands amid a sea of oil palm plantations

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Beyond high food prices, little to show for $11B/yr in biofuel support, says OECD report

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Moving species may be only way to save them from climate change

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2008

Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Gore launches second campaign… for Earth

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

Forests cover 1/3 of U.S. but are responsible for 2/3 of its water supply

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2008

U.S. dead zones may reach record levels this summer

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2008

Using farm waste for ethanol may hurt crop yields in some areas

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2008

First carbon map of America released by NASA

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2008

Biofuels, food demand may doom tropical forests

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Birds face higher risk of extinction than conventionally thought

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2008

Warming will trigger cycle of increased energy use, heat waves in California

John Davis 11 Jul 2008

$4 gas translates to fewer driving deaths

Mongabay.com 11 Jul 2008

Breakthrough in solar energy: ten times more effective solar power may be available in three years

Jeremy Hance 10 Jul 2008

Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 9 Jul 2008

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