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GREEN – Fire damages forested area near Turkish ski resort
01/02/2012A fire started in a forested area of Uludağ Mountain in the northwestern province of Bursa yesterday at around 11 p.m.,…
Read MoreCrowdfunding Temporarily Halts Oil Extraction From Key Tract of Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador
01/02/2012by Rachel Cernansky, Ecuador had agreed last year to accept money in exchange for not drilling for oil in Yasuní National Park,…
Read MoreAnother Shady Land Deal in Africa, This One Assisted By the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
01/02/2012by Rachel Cernansky, Tree-planting in Mayange Village near Kigoma, Tanzania, where thousands of people would be displaced—some of them refugees from Burundi…
Read MorePlaneur gliding through Turkish rock scene with debut album
01/02/2012Planeur, formed by Onur Ataman and Serkan Modalı, released their debut studio album, Gelecek (Future), on Dec. 1 on the music…
Read MoreObama Administration Just As Bad On Environment As Bush, Says New Report
01/02/2012by Rachel Cernansky, If it was surprising when President Obama blocked stronger ground-level ozone standards a couple months ago, or when news…
Read MoreSyria oil production drops dramatically
01/02/2012Smoke rises over Syria’s Homs city on Dec 8 after an attack on a vital refinery. The sanctions on the has…
Read MoreObama’s Compromises on the Environment are as Destructive as Bush’s Ignorance
01/02/2012by Brian Merchant, A somewhat surprising new report shows that the Obama administration has been even more aggressive in rolling back…
Read MoreNo Wonder Obama Is Cool To Climate Action
01/02/2012by John Laumer, This post is about the potential for a growing divide between the relatively climate-impact-insulated wealthy nations and poorer,…
Read MoreBill Gates: U.S. Should More Than Triple Energy R&D Budget to $16 Billion
01/02/2012by Michael Graham Richard, Now’s not the time to cut! I’m not the biggest fan of the products that Microsoft has…
Read MoreWhy Is a Fast Food Giant Suing a Pro-Kale T-Shirt Artist?
01/02/2012by Alex Davies, You wouldn’t think that an artist hand-making t-shirts that promote organic produce out of his garage and a…
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