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First RSPO-certified (“eco-friendly”) palm oil shipment to arrive in Europe

In final weeks, President Bush aims to extend his environmental legacy

EU’s sustainable biofuels push angers Malaysia, Brazil

South Africa auctions last of ‘legal’ elephant ivory to China, Japan

20 convicted for poaching Asiatic lions in their last refuge

Sharks in trouble after nations fail to create sustainable management programs

Obama may bring leadership, rather than obstruction, to climate change talks

Brazil triples endangered species list

Endangered wildlife in Malaysia falls victim to rampant poaching due to ‘outdated’ laws

Brazil charges 81 with illegal Amazon deforestation

Elephant ivory auction produces low prices, controversy

EU moves slowly towards a pact on illegal logging

Ozone hole is second-largest on record in 2008

Brazil to have high resolution imagery for 86% of the Amazon by year end

Environmental crime worth $10 billion per year

New Beijing law cuts 800,000 cars from roads per day

Chevron loses attempt to reduce payment in suit by Amazon rainforest natives

U.S. to ban oil drilling in new Arctic reserves for polar bears

U.S. needs environmental standards for biofuels

Brazilian government is biggest destroyer of the Amazon rainforest

Brazil plans to cut Amazon deforestation to zero by 2015

U.S. ignores laws on e-waste disposal

Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more

Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world’s rarest gorilla

Ghana becomes first country to sign sustainable timber pact with the E.U.

Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016

Indonesian raids on tiger traffickers yielding arrests in Sumatra

Amazon deforestation jumps 69% in 2008

Indian protesters win land rights battle against Peru’s President Garcia

Scientists condemn Bush plan for endangered species

Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

In Peru, a showdown between the president and tribes over mining and drilling in the Amazon

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