Possible Breakthrough: Indonesian Oil Giant Promises Zero Deforestation
Potential good news for orangutans, tigers, and the climate: Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) ... Read More »
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Commentary - Avoided Deforestation Partners
Selling the Forests that Saved Britain
Mongabay.com, Feb-15-2011 | Article
I confess that British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to auction off all 650,000 acres of England’s national ... Read More »
Bolivia, the Saudi Arabia of obstruction
UPDATE: The delegates at Cancun have approved a deal that makes important progress on forest protection, clean technology, adapting to global warming, measurement ... Read More »
Forests poised for major progress in Cancun—if Hugo Chavez and U.S. don’t get in the way
If successful, the Cancun negotiations could mark a giant step towards fixing that calamitous error -- and drastically reducing deforestation on the ground... Read More »
Richard Goldman, founder of the Goldman Prize, dies at age 90
The planet lost a great and generous hero on Monday when philanthropist Richard N. Goldman died at the age of 90 Goldman is most famous for cofounding the Goldman Prize... Read More »
Our Rinky Dink Scandal Culture
Huffington Post , Oct-11-2010 | Article
The Wall Street Journal front page today featured a breathless report that 72 senior staffers for members of Congress had traded stocks in companies over which their ... Read More »
Obama: We May Need to Solve Climate Change in 'Chunks'
In a newly released interview, President Obama told Rolling Stone magazine that he wants to make energy and climate "one of my top priorities next year," but that "we may... Read More »
The Energy Fetish
The Hill, Mar-09-2010 | Article
As Congress scrambles to cobble together the votes for legislation that addresses climate change, some are advocating “energy-only” options that could entirely ... Read More »
