The Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests, a bipartisan, non-profit group of business, government, and conservation leaders released a report on October 7th asking the United States policymakers to cut emissions from tropical deforestation by half by 2020. The group is co-chaired by Lincoln Chafee, former US senator, Rhode ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell this week, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
This weeks CSR-Asia conference in Kuala Lumpur touched on several critical issues for the region. One contentious topic is palm oil. While organizations, like the WWF lauded Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), might have tried to add legitimacy to the notion that palm oil can be cultivated in a ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development (2 comments)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The pulse of dance-club music plays like a jungle beat, as thumping bass notes flirt with flashing lights, liquor and ecstasy of the pharmaceutical kind. Miles and miles away, a little-known multi-billion dollar battle is playing out in the remote wilderness of Cambodia, linking the club scene ... keep reading
Written by Sam Campbell in September, about Consumerism, Deforestation, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
I can’t believe what I read on Bloomberg.com, “International Paper’s ArborGen joint venture with MeadWestvaco Corp. and New Zealand’s Rubicon Ltd. is seeking permission from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to sell the first genetically engineered forest trees outside China.” What? International Paper? It can ... keep reading
Written by Cindy Tickle in September, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Genetic Modification, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Pollution
Courtesy of Chinadialogue: An agreement to curb deforestation is expected to be one of the major outcomes of this year’s global climate-change negotiations in Copenhagen. There is an extensive, often theoretical, debate about the merits of using market mechanisms to slow deforestation. But ahead of the negotiations in December ... keep reading
Written by Tan Copsey in August, about Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
China is proving one benefit of state control by doing what it has been suggested the US must do: close small inefficient coal-powered plants. A drop in electricity demand thanks to the recession has allowed the Chinese to close 7467 MW of coal-fired generation 18 months ahead of schedule, reducing ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Logging, Organic, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth, Water
The demise of consumerism? Americans should be required to pay for the carbon content of imported goods, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke suggests, saying that if US consumption caused emissions in other countries making goods to feed that demand then Americans should pay for them. Sixty-four containers filled with over ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Smart Growth
Vegetarians are less likely to develop certain cancers – notably of the blood, stomach, and bladder – than fish and/or meat eaters, a major UK/New Zealand study of over 60,000 people has found. Overall vegetarians develop cancer about 12% less than carnivores, with some cancers up to 75% less ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth
Less than two weeks after the release of the Greenpeace report “Slaughtering the Amazon”, which analyzes the Amazon cattle industry, Brazil’s three largest supermarket chains, Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Pão de Açúcar, decided to suspend contracts with suppliers found to be involved with deforestation in the region. Furthermore ... keep reading
Written by Mauricio Soares in June, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Logging
Biomass energy, or biopower, is electricity produced from a variety of plant and animal products, from food production residues and animal wastes to grasses grown specifically as energy crops. U.S. energy forecasters predict that by 2030, biomass will generate about 4.5 percent of the kilowatts consumed nationwide, compared ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell in June, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Logging
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