"Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back
"A decade after the 'Save the Rainforest' movement captured the world’s imagination, Cargill and other food giants are pushing deeper into the wilderness."
Source: NY Times, 02/27/2017
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Forests Are Now Moving Away From Americans
"Over several decades in the past century, city populations swelled as Americans moved away from rural forests. Now the forests are moving farther away from Americans."
Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2017
As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond
Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?
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Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns
For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.
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Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses
Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.
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"Trump’s Agriculture Pick Could Undo National Forest Protections"
"Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue's policies in his state favored the timber industry and ignored the climate implications of the loss of forests, opponents argue."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/07/2017
"Goldman Prize-Winning Activist Slain In Northern Mexico"
"A Mexican indigenous leader who was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for his fight against illegal logging has been shot dead, less than a year after another winner of the award was slain in Honduras."
Source: AP, 01/19/2017
Carbon Storehouse: Scientists Map Vast Peat Swamps in Central Africa
"Scientists have mapped what they say is the largest peatland in the tropics, an area larger than New York State in the Congo Basin in Central Africa."
Source: NY Times, 01/12/2017
"Storm Topples Famous Drive-Through Sequoia"
"The historic Pioneer Cabin Tree, a former 'drive-through' giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Calaveras County, was felled in California's weekend storms."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 01/10/2017
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