Deforestation

Congress Set to Dump Public Lands into the Extractive Industry Feeding Trough

Alan Rowsome of The Wilderness Society says a recent change in a budgetary rule could see federal land handed off for logging and drilling.

January 5, 2017
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Illegal Logging Is Depleting the Amazon Rainforest 29% Faster Than Last Year

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From August 2015 to June 2016, 7,989 square kilometers (3,085 square miles) of the Amazon Rainforest have been destroyed, a 29 percent increase from last year. Deforestation threatens more than half of the total tree biodiversity in the forest, and harms the approximately 180 indigenous groups that live in and off the Amazon.

December 5, 2016
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Exxon’s fingerprints are all over these fires

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Right now two extreme California fires are destroying dozens of homes while threatening thousands more. They’ve forced hundreds to evacuate and have already claimed two lives. For me, as for many

July 28, 2016
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The Struggle Deep in the Forests of the Philippines

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Last week, 350 Pilipinas coordinator, Zeph Repollo, was part of an international solidarity mission to a remote village of the Dulangan People in Mindanao, Philippines.

July 28, 2016
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Norway is the first country to commit to zero deforestation

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Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation.

May 30, 2016
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