Smarter Farming Key to Saving Amazon Rainforest (www.washingtonpost.com)

Walking on a dusty field of cut rice that was once rainforest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how farming, the Amazon's biggest killer, can be turned into its best defender. At the government-run... More

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Testy Conflict With Goldman Helped Push A.I.G. to Edge (www.nytimes.com)

Billions of dollars were at stake when 21 executives of Goldman Sachs and the American International Group convened a conference call on Jan. 28, 2008, to try to resolve a rancorous dispute that had... More

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Talks With G.O.P. on Financial Bill at ‘Impasse,’ Dodd Says (www.nytimes.com)

The senator who is shepherding the Obama administration’s package of Wall Street reforms through Congress said on Friday morning that talks with his Republican counterpart had broken down.

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Brazil Celebrates 72% Drop in Deforestation, Credits It to Green Arch (www.brazzilmag.com)

An area of 247 square kilometers (95 square miles) of Brazilian rainforest was cut down in the months of October and November 2009, which may seem like a lot, but it was a significant drop in Amazon... More

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RPT-FEATURE-Saving endangered species: it's the economy (www.reuters.com)

In 2010 -- the International Year of Biodiversity -- the United Nations wants efforts to slow the accelerating pace of extinctions to reach beyond nature lovers, to companies and... More

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Forest conservation in U.S. climate policy: an interview with Jeff Horowitz (news.mongabay.com)

The Copehangen Accord signed in December is widely seen as a disappointment. The Accord set no binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions targets and did not even commitment to a legally binding... More

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The IPCC's problems have been compounded by its imperious attitude (www.guardian.co.uk)

The incorrect statement in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the Himalayan glaciers could completely disappear by 2035 is remarkable in many... More

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BIODIVERSITY: The Amazon Is Not Eternal (www.ipsnews.net)

PARIS, Feb 2, 2010 (Tierramérica) - The Amazon jungle "is very close to a tipping point," and if destruction continues, it could shrink to one third of its original size in just 65 years, warns... More

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