A Certified Path to Environmental Progress
A group pursues ways to certify that commodities are produced with the environment in mind.
View ArticleScientists See Big Impacts on U.S. Ecosystems from Global Warming
From fisheries to forests, American ecosystems are feeling the effect of human-driven climate change, with more to come.
View ArticleThe Invisible Ax – People, Profit and Progress on Humanity’s Planet
A look at the invisible connections between consumers and the planet's ailing resource frontiers.
View ArticleActivism at Its Best: Greenpeace’s Push to Stop the Pulping of Rain Forests
Old-style environmentalism shows its worth in the imperiled forests of Indonesia.
View ArticleSome Resilience Seen in Northern and Tropical Flora in a Warming Climate
From the Arctic to the tropics, studies find resilience in plants facing global warming.
View ArticleWhy Colorado’s Fires, Even with Global Warming, Need Not Be the ‘New Normal’
A deeper look at ways to cut risk and losses in America's wildfire red zones.
View Article19 Firefighters Fall on the ‘Wildland-Urban Interface’
The dangerous interface between humans and forests claims the lives of 19 firefighters.
View Article‘Harvesting the Biosphere’– Bill Gates on Vaclav Smil
Bill Gates explores a new book by Vaclav Smil tallying the growing human demands on the biosphere.
View ArticleThe Yosemite Inferno in the Context of Forest Policy, Ecology and Climate Change
The growing intensity of Western fires is the result of many factors, with a drying, heating climate high on the list.
View ArticleA Tonic for Computer Hell: Getting Lost in the Woods
A walk in the woods is a great tonic for computer trouble.
View ArticleCan Bhutan Achieve Hydropowered Happiness?
As Bhutan's young democracy evolves, the country is seeing growing conflicts over environmental and energy policies.
View ArticleReflections on the Killing of Chico Mendes 25 Years Ago
Twenty five years after the assassination of Chico Mendes, a campaigner for forests and the people who live in them, his legacy continues to shape conservation efforts on dangerous resource frontiers.
View ArticleIf Old Humans Grew Like Old Trees, Stand Back
A comprehensive tree survey finds that big old trees continue to grow at a rapid pace.
View ArticleTimber Thieves Threaten California’s Redwood Giants
Timber thieves force the nighttime closure of a road in a redwood refuge.
View ArticleA Fully Wrought Life – Stones Pianist, Tree Farmer, Green Blog Pioneer
A rock keyboard luminary talks about his environmental website and love of growing and using trees.
View ArticleArrests Made in Assault on Park Redwood Trees
Two men are arrested and charged in connection with wood poaching from giant redwood trees in a California park.
View ArticleForget the World Cup – Brazil Posts Double Win with Simultaneous Soy Boom and...
A new analysis sees many factors driving the extraordinary sustained drop in Amazon forest loss in Brazil even as soy production has boomed.
View ArticleSetting the Table for Migrating Monarch Butterflies
Property owners can help provide migrating and struggling monarch butterflies with a milkweed buffet and then map the insects' arrival.
View ArticleCan Peru Control the Murderous Resource Rush on its Forest Frontiers?
A fresh push builds for Peru to bring law and order to its violent Amazon forest frontier.
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