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Eating less meat could cut climate costs

Jim Giles New Scientist Cutting back on beefburgers and bacon could wipe $20 trillion off the cost of fighting climate change. That’s...

Brave new climate

Puts the fires issue into perspective. http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/02/10/heatwave-update-and-open-letter-to-the-pm/

Sustainable forestry solutions exist

Peter Brenner I COME from a country with a well-balanced compromise forestry policy that is regarded as highly successful by all stakeholders,...

Hormone-altering chemicals

Dr Alison Bleaney A new window into hormone-altering chemicals. A new interactive database, including a timeline showing how human fetuses develop, displays...

The fight to get aboard Lifeboat UK

James Lovelock When someone discovers, too late, that they are suffering from a serious and probably incurable disease and may have no...

Early warning

Barnaby Drake WHILE in France about three years ago, late in the night we were awakened by the sound of an old...

Ta Ann Group Mulls Certification For Planted Forest

The American ruling class

Tom Eley Millions of workers who voted for Obama are now coming face to face with the fact that his administration will...

The most fatal approach

Bob McMahon There is a third option in addition to moving away from plantations imposed on the inhabited landscape, or staying and...