On AlterNet: forests

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "forests"

Will Programs to Off-Set Carbon Emissions Fuel Further Conflict in Bolivia's Forests?

Kylie Benton-Connell, AlterNet. November 21, 2011.

The question in Bolivia and all over the Global South is whether forests should be protected, for a price, and who gets a share of that money.

California Carbon Trading Allows Timber Companies to Sell CO2 Credits for Their Worst Logging Practices

Eddie Scher, AlterNet. February 9, 2010.

California's race to be the first state to develop a carbon-trading program comes at an unacceptable cost for Sierra forests.

There Is More to Green Than Global Warming

Thomas Kostigen, Huffington Post. October 3, 2008.

We are facing crises of freshwater, food, deforestation, and ocean health. We need leadership in the protection of all our natural resources.

How an Indigenous Community Defeated a Logging Giant

Jessica Bell, AlterNet. June 23, 2008.

Grassy Narrows ran the longest-running blockade in North American history to stop logging on its land, but that wasn't all it took.

Bush's Agriculture Undersecretary May Be Headed for Jail

Liliana Segura, August 21, 2007.

Liliana Segura: Mark Rey faces contempt charges for ignoring the toxic effect of dropping fire retardant on wildfires.

Bush Flips Off Spotted Owls (and the Rest of Us)

Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. July 2, 2007.

The Bush administration's "owl-recovery" plan ends up making more trees -- in old-growth forests -- available to timber companies. The birds aren't the only ones who will lose out on industry's big win.