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Amazon Rainforests Pay the Price as Demand for Beef Soars
"The cattle business is expanding rapidly in the Amazon, and now poses the biggest threat to the 80% of the original forest that still stands. Where loggers have made inroads to the edge of the forest in the states of Para and Mato Grosso, farmers have followed.A report today from Greenpeace details a three-year investigation into these cattle farms and the global trade in their products, many of which end up on sale in Britain and Europe." [The Guardian]
Ranchers Driving Wind Revolution
"The great river of wind that flows from Texas to the Canadian border is one of the finest renewable energy reserves in the world and the American Wind Energy Association estimates that it could power America twice over... The profits are so easy that while energy investments have been plummeting worldwide, the high plains have been distracting the footloose energy giants from their planned offshore wind projects in the UK." [BBC News]
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160 Syrian Villages Deserted 'Due to Climate Change'
The report drawn up by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) warns of potential armed conflict for control of water resources in the Middle East." [AFP - Google]
The Dutch Strive to Make their Country 'Climate Proof'
"Can we actually save the Netherlands? Or should we abandon part of the country?" This is the basic question Dutch leaders were asking themselves within the context of global warming after witnessing Hurricane Katrina's devastating blow to New Orleans in 2005...Partly for this reason, the Dutch government appointed a commission -- the second Delta Commission -- in 2007...to evaluate the potential effects of climate change in the Netherlands and to propose measures to "climate-proof" the country: keep it safe from flooding, while preserving its status as an attractive place to invest in, work and live." [ClimateWire - New York Times]
