pogue.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/17/2009
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Amazon removed purchased e-books from Kindles when a publisher had second thoughts about online distribution.
greenmonk.net - 7/22/2009
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greenmonk.net —
Cattle are responsible for about 80% of all
deforestation’ in the Amazon region. In recent years, on...
average one hectare of Amazon rainforest has been lost to cattle ranchers every 18 seconds. Analysis by Greenpeace of 2006–2007 satellite data and ...
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Greenpeace score big wins against illegal deforestation ...
theenergycollective.com - 7/22/2009
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theenergycollective.com —
Veteran conservationist David Cleary knows what's critical for
protecting the Amazon: beef. Cleary, the director of conservation...
strategies in South America for The Nature Conservancy, lived in the Amazon for over a decade and he knows that "the most important driver of deforestation in the ...
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Where's the Beef: Will Banning Amazon Beef Doom the ...
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Amazon Sends 1984 Down the Memory Hole
TreeHugger —
... and the Farenheit 451 police are not on to you, you are pretty secure in thinking that you own it. Not with a Kindle; it is much like that crappy Oxford pub, you don't own anything. David Pogue writes in the New York Times (and I do my biggest quote ever, it deserves it):
HOW TO - Read George Orwell's 1984 on your Kindle
MAKE Magazine —
... Citizen! If you bought a copy of George Orwell's “Nineteen Eighty-four,” (1984) for your Kindle it was deleted, it appears that the publisher changed its mind about digital versions and Amazon reached in and removed it off your reader, sorry for the inconvenience! So, what to do? Let's assume you're going to go on a nice trip, like Australia, and you really wanted to read 1984 - once you get there you can easily reload your Kindle with a copy of 1984, "little brother" will show you how... ...
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Where's the Beef: Will Banning Amazon Beef Doom the Rainfrorest?
greenskeptic.blogspot.com 7/22/2009 — Veteran conservationist David Cleary knows what's critical for protecting the Amazon: beef. Cleary, the director of conservation strategies in South America for The Nature Conservancy, lived in the Amazon for over a decade and he knows that "the ...
NEW KINDLE: Amazon Kindle 2.0 Available February 24
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2009: 2/9/2009 — Paperless media keeps getting better -- the second version of the Amazon Kindle is being shown off today, and will be available to consumers on February 24.
The new version is sleeker, holds more memory and has a longer battery life. It's also able to sync to old Kindles (and future Kindles) and can use your old data.
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World's largest beef exporter limits Amazon production
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Weary of feeling guilty for enjoying a hamburger? We're one small step closer to environmentally responsible beef. The world's largest meat exporter, JBS-Frisboi of Brazil, has limited the areas of the Amazon from which it will continue to purchase cattle. The company pledges it will no ...
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