bloomberg.com - 6/2/2009
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Bloomberg: Protecting tropical forests and using land in ways that absorb greenhouse-gas emissions are "critical" to fighting climate change, the U.S. said. Funding to reduce logging rates should come from government and private sources, as well as from international carbon markets, ...
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Energy and Global Warming News for June 2nd: The seldom-seen devastation of climate change, Spain’s high-speed rail offers guideposts for U.S.
Climate Progress —
JR: I have been meaning to blog on the beautiful new book by fellow blogger Gavin Schmidt (RealClimate.org). Salon beat me to the punch. Click the photo for a slideshow of great pictures from the book.
The seldom-seen devastation of climate change
In our visual culture, climate change remains oddly invisible. Few people can glimpse melting glaciers or perceive that seas levels are rising. We may feel hotter, but we cannot see carbon rising through the atmosphere as we drive our cars around. This is one reason for our lethargic response to the problem: out of sight, out of ...
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theenergycollective.com 4/17/2009 — IUFRO press release :
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