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Cross-posted at Grist Bukit Tigapuluh Forest is truly one of those special places. It’s got three endangered species, two minority groups of indigenous people and a superlative: it’s the last remaining stand of tropical lowland forest left on the island of Sumatra. Funnily enough, it’s also about to be cut down. Notorious rainforest destroyer Asia [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, September 9 2009
More good news from the palm oil world. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (the government agency that regulates advertising) has banned the Malaysian Palm Oil Council’s new advertising campaign, citing false advertising. The advertising campaign, called “The Green Answer” claimed that: Palm oil is the only product able to sustainably and efficiently meet a large portion [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, September 1 2009
In an op-ed in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, Marshall Saunders of the Citizens Climate Lobby makes a compelling argument for a carbon tax rather than the current convoluted cap and trade proposal currently making its way through Congress. We couldn’t agree more that the current climate change bill is faulty – with 300 (ish) other organizations, [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, August 24 2009
This weekend, the Saturday New York Times featured a lengthy article on efforts in Brazil to save the Amazon rainforest by paying farmers NOT to cut down forests. The article does justice to what is undoubtedly a complicated situation, pointing out the difficulties in putting a monetary value on standing forests, the complications of persuading [...]
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The UK Guardian today is reporting that longtime rainforest defender (and former RAN awardee) Marina Silva has resigned from Brazil’s ruling Worker’s party in protest over the current government’s willingness to sacrifice the rainforest for political gain. In her resignation letter to the president of the Workers’ party, Silva said her decision was an attempt [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, August 14 2009
Today was the last day of the third round of climate negotiations in Bonn – another interim step on the way to the high level treaty negotiations in Copenhagen in December. To this point, many countries have made a lot of noise about the REDD component of the treaty, acknowledging the fact that protecting intact [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, July 17 2009
Al Jazeera English reports today on the ways that corruption is fueling deforestation in Southeast Asia and the consequences for people on the ground. It’s a great spot – check it out.
Continue reading...By Margaret, July 2 2009
A fun video put together by youth producer John Cooney to start off the holiday weekend - A little effort can go a long way towards reversing global warming.
Continue reading...By Margaret, June 24 2009
A few weeks ago, I blogged about a critical bill waiting to be signed by Brazil’s President Lula de Silva, one that could devastate the Amazon forest by legalizing development of over 600,000 square kilometres of protected Amazon forest. After hearing from activists around the world – Lula seems to have postponed his decision from [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, June 24 2009
According to reports from Grist today, House Ag committee chief Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) is becoming a key obstacle to passing strong climate change legislation this year, threatening to unite the 26 Ag committee Democrats against the pending Waxman-Markey bill unless the final version contains huge handouts to the agribusiness industry in the form of bogus [...]
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By Margaret, September 29 2009
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