Guardian: The leaders of the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters – Barack Obama and…
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Health Care Accounts For Eight Percent Of US Carbon Footprint, Calculation Finds
ScienceDaily: The American health care sector accounts for 8 percent of the country’s carbon dioxide…
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UK climate target seen too optimistic by decades
Reuters: Britain will miss its ambitious 2050 target for an emissions cut by decades unless…
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World leaders ‘must not use recession to delay action on climate change’
Guardian: World leaders cannot use the global recession as an excuse to delay action on…
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Hope for Copenhagen: Campaign inspires public to call for climate action
Scientific American: Politicians and journalists tend to be jaded about international agreements aimed at improving…
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Countries that invest in conservation will see higher financial returns, argues report
Mongabay: A new report issued by the The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative…
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Green energy vs. food security in Mozambique biofuels debate
Agence France-Presse: Nico Strydom probably knows as much as anyone about jatropha, the poisonous tree…
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Indonesia: “Responsible” palm oil producers pledge not to develop endangered Sumatra rainforest
Mongabay: Members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an initiative developing criteria to…
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Brazil releases official Amazon deforestation figures for 2009
Mongabay: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell nearly 46 percent to the lowest annual loss…
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Clinton: No binding climate deal at Denmark talks
Associated Press: Next month’s climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a…