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• Asia-Pacific leaders drop emissions cuts from Copenhagen agenda

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  Leaders of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) dropped the reference to greenhouse gas emissions cuts from their declaration released Sunday, reports Reuters.
  6 hours ago

• ICCAT fails to protect critically endangered tuna—again

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  The International Commissions for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) ignored the advice of its scientists to end fishing of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Instead ICAAT set a quota of 13,500 tons of fish, which is only a ten percent reduction from last years quota of 15,000 tons. This is not the first time ICCAT ...
  10 hours ago

• Brazil pledges to restrain emissions growth

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  In a move that some observers say could provide a path forward on a future climate agreement that includes emissions cuts in developing countries, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country will aim to reduce emissions 14 to 19 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.
  12 hours ago

• On Our Radar...

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  The E.U. hits its Kyoto climate targets and other energy and environment news from around the Web.
  2 days ago

• Countries that invest in conservation will see higher financial returns, argues report

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  A new report issued by the The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative makes a strong case for valuing the planets ecosystem services. The report calls for investments in "ecological infrastructure" to protect wildlands and the services they provide; market-based valuation of ecosystem services; ...
  2 days ago

• Banker Seeks to Put a Price on Nature

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  A new study suggests that in the battle against climate change, conserved natural resources should be given a price.
  2 days ago

• Senators Seek CO2 Scrubbing Technology

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  Two senators introduce a plan to offer awards for extracting carbon dioxide from the air.
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• A Battle in Canada Over Drive-Through Idling

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  Should the drive-through lanes at Tim Hortons, a doughnut and fast-food chain, be part of an anti-idling ordinance in Kingston, Ontario?
  3 days ago

• Group Urges Protection of Northern Forests

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  A coalition of conservation groups is urging global climate negotiators not to forget the northern boreal forests of Canada, Scandinavia and Russia.
  3 days ago

• New report: boreal forests contain more carbon than tropical forest per hectare

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  A new report states that boreal forests store nearly twice as much carbon as tropical forests per hectare: a fact which researchers say should make the conservation of boreal forests as important as tropical in climate change negotiations. The report from the Canadian Boreal Initiative and the Boreal Songbird ...
  4 days ago

• Declaration calls for more wilderness protected areas to combat global warming

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  Meeting this week in Merida, Mexico, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9) has released a declaration that calls for increasing wilderness protections in an effort to mitigate climate change. The declaration, which is signed by a number of influential organizations, argues that wilderness areas—both terrestrial ...
  4 days ago

• UN singles out US as the most important nation for global warming negotiations

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  Visiting Washington DC, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stated that the United States was the worlds most important actor when it comes to negotiations for a new climate change treaty, while urging the Senate to move forward on legislation.
  4 days ago

• Public Input: Where is the public?

  
  sixtyfivewhatnow — Authority: 121
  Our school board had a public meeting last Monday, to gather input on our yearly goals.  We met at the local library, in a big, comfortable room. The library is new and attractive, warm and airy. It sits in the middle of town, with plenty of parking and accessible to most people simply by walking. Meeting notices had ...
  4 days ago

• Forum Reflects Copenhagen Divisions

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  A forum in Washington on Tuesday echoed the division that are likely to animate, and perhaps stall efforts next month to hammer out a new climate treaty.
  4 days ago

• Costa Rica proposes to downgrade Las Baulas National Park, threatening leatherback sea turtles

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  Costa Rica is considered by many to be a shining example of environmental stewardship, preserving both its terrestrial and marine biodiversity while benefiting from being a popular tourist location. However, a new move by the Costa Rican government has placed their reputation in question. In May of this year the ...
  5 days ago

• Ahead of Copenhagen Climate Talks, Voices of Hope and Discord

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  With the approach of a conference on a new global climate treaty, discord rules the day. Green Inc. asked business leaders, lobbyists and government officials for their thoughts on the likely outcome.
  5 days ago

• Nations vulnerable to global warming present demands: carbon levels below 350ppm and billions in aid

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  A group of nations especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change have released a declaration calling for developed countries to keep CO2 emission below 350 parts per million (ppm) and to give 1.5 percent of their gross domestic product to aid developing nations in adapting to the myriad impacts of climate ...
  5 days ago

• Prime Minister of Kenya urged to ban lion-killing pesticide after child dies from ingestion

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  On Monday October 26th a three-year-old girl mistakenly ate the pesticide Furadan (also known as carbofuran) in western Kenya. Her father, a teacher at a primary school, said that he had no knowledge of how dangerous the pesticide was, which he had purchased to kill pests in his vegetable garden.
  5 days ago

• Financing Challenges for Geothermal Power

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 734
  A study by an Icelandic bank assesses the potential for geothermal power development in the United States.
  5 days ago

• Why I’m becoming an almost-vegetarian

  
  Philobiblon — Authority: 109
  I’ve kind of known I would take this step for a while, but the recent spurt of publicity about the carbon impacts of the meat industry (and reading Prashant Vaze’s The Economical Environmentalist ) has finally driven me to a decision: I’m going to become an almost-vegetarian. Using the Guardian’s carbon ...
  5 days ago

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