Sorted by: Date Source

Shade-grown coffee preserves native tree diversity

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 2 weeks ago

A new study finds that shade-grown coffee protects the biodiversity of tree species, as well as those of birds and bats. Published in Current Biology,...

Tags: reforestation study

European conquest of the Americas may have driven global cooling

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 3 weeks ago

Recovery of forests following the collapse of human populations in the Americas after the arrival of Europeans may have driven the period of global co...

Tags: carbon european report

Rainforests continue to fall but hope may rest in a market solution

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 4 weeks ago

Environmentalists attempting to preserve the vanishing Amazon rain forest now confront a stark paradox: Never before have they succeeded in protecting...

Tags: indonesia

Deal on forests falls short

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 4 weeks ago

A deal reached Wednesday in Poznan to include forests in future climate treaties is a positive step but falls short of the progress needed to get the ...

Tags: emissions kyoto

Macedonians plant six million trees in one day

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 4 weeks ago

While the world meets in Poznan, Poland to discuss actions related to global warming, the small Republic of Macedonia has already achieved an impressi...

Tags: global warming macedonia poland

Africa calls for full-range of bio-carbon as climate solution

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 4 weeks ago

A coalition of 26 African countries is calling for the inclusion of carbon credits generated through afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, reduc...

Tags: carbon sustainable

Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 4 weeks ago

Negotiators at U.N. climate conference have struck a deal to give forest-dependent people a voice in determining the role forest conservation will pla...

Tags: emissions forest conservation greenhouse gas

Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging

In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 5 weeks ago

As currently practiced, logging is responsible for large-scale destruction of tropical forests. Logging roads cut deep into pristine rainforests, ope...

Tags: china demand europe

Building a green economy

In GristMill - Posted 7 weeks ago

By Guest authorThis is a guest post by Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, senior researchers with the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research o...

Tags: afghanistan air pollution architecture carbon china climate change conservation economic economy energy conservation energy efficiency environmental issues europe european fossil fuel

OPINION: Building a Green Economy

In Worldwatch Institute - Posted 8 weeks ago

By Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, Senior Researchers When leaders of the 20 largest economies gather in Washington this week, a centerpiece of their...

Tags: afghanistan air pollution al gore architecture carbon china climate change conservation energy conservation energy efficiency environmental issues europe european fossil fuel fossil fuels

Featured Green Blogs

Clean Energy
Learn the facts and take action on global warming, clean air, green power, energy efficiency, clean water and nuclear...

Energy Balance
Energy Balance is a series of essays on the matter of future energy provision for the world, particularly against the...

Enviropundit
There will be three main topics of this blog: 1. Sustainable building. 2. Disproving the perceived dichotomy of envir...

Green Buildings NYC
Discussing sustainable design, urban planning, and green buildings, with particular emphasis on the LEED Green Buildi...

Maria Energia
Highlighting companies and innovations that are leading the world toward more efficient, reliable, and secure energy ...

MetaEfficient
MetaEfficient: We cover the latest green technologies and products...

R-Squared Energy Blog
Discussion of the serious energy challenges we face today and in the coming years....

TerraBlog
News and views from the global warming frontlines....

WattHead
WattHead delivers news and commentary focused on the critical transition to a sustainable energy future. A sustainabl...

More Blogs