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

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2009

Implications of the American Clean Energy and Security Act for conservation

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2009

Global warming bill passes the House

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2009

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

Jeremy Hance 22 Jun 2009

Peru revokes decrees that sparked Amazon Indian uprising

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2009

Brazil’s plan to save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2009

Political infighting in Brazil threatens the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

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

Jeremy Hance 31 May 2009

Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians

Mongabay.com 21 May 2009

Obama to increase fuel economy standard to 35 mpg by 2016

Mongabay.com 18 May 2009

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

Mongabay.com 17 May 2009

Obama administration overturns rule that weakened Endangered Species Act

Jeremy Hance 28 Apr 2009

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

Mongabay.com 21 Apr 2009

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

Jeremy Hance 21 Apr 2009

EPA finds CO2 a danger to public health

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2009

Brazil: ‘Soy King’, Environment Minister strike deal on Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2009

Hopeful conservation news emerges out of Madagascar political crisis

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2009

Hawaii continues to stand-by as sheep destroy critically-endangered palila bird’s habitat

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2009

EPA takes first step towards regulating global warming emissions

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2009

Will palm oil drive deforestation in the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Mar 2009

Historic US law now extends to illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2009

Deforestation blamed for tiger maulings in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2009

Illegal fishing estimated at $10-24B per year

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Feb 2009

Illegal timber trade to face tough penalties in the E.U.

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2009

France’s Suez liable for illegal deforestation, “dynamite fishing” in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2009

As sea ice retreats, swathe of Arctic closed to fishing

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2009

Malaysian government says forest reserve ‘plundered’ for oil palm development

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jan 2009

Obama pushes for better mileage standards

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

High coffee prices spurred deforestation in Sumatra but effective law enforcement slowed forest loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jan 2009

Rancher accused of ordering murder of American nun is arrested in Brazil

Mongabay.com 30 Dec 2008

Group may sue EPA under Clean Water Act to address ocean acidification

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2008

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