Age: The host of the Copenhagen international climate change summit has backed the Federal Government’s…
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Lots of advice, little cash for urban climate change
Reuters: The mayors of some of the world’s richest cities have a message on climate…
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Sainsbury’s purchase of fish fingers isn’t enough to sustain certified palm oil
Guardian: Palm oil is slippery stuff. It’s in biscuits and shampoo, biodiesel and margarine, soap…
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Mali: Drought threatens rare desert elephants
Mongabay: The worst drought in 26 years is threatening a rare herd of desert elephants…
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Voluntary carbon market doubles in 2008
Business Green: The voluntary carbon market is maturing fast and more than doubled in size…
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New data confirms US and EU carbon emissions fell last year
Business Green: New figures have revealed that carbon emissions across the EU and US fell…
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Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?
Mongabay: The Malaysian government’s federal land agency (FELDA) is now denying its well-documented plan to…
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U.S. CO2 emissions fall 2.8% in 2008
Mongabay: Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use in the United States fell 2.8 percent…
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Peru’s Garcia tussles with tribes over land rights
Reuters: Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s push to lure foreign investors to the Amazon basin has…
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Global warming might be worse than thought
United Press International: A Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysis suggests the impact of global warming…