Rethinking Climate, Forests, Wildfires, & Biodiversity NOTES FROM THE 88 FIRE CONFERENCE George Wuerthner I attended the 88 fires: Yellowstone and Beyond fire conference in Jackson, Wyoming. The conference went on for five days and had many simultaneous presentations, featuring some of the latest insights into wildfire ecology and fire… Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2008 10:10 AM CONTACT: The Cornucopia Institute Mark Kastel, 608.625.2042 Collateral Damage: Organic Farmers Being Squeezed Out Corporate Takeover Threatens Farmers, Mission CORNUCOPIA, Wis. – October 13 – Groups representing organic farmers and their customers are calling on consumers to help save the organic industry… Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2008 1:32 PM CONTACT: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Haiti’s Hurricane Victims Facing Homelessness and Food Shortages MSF Denounces Inefficient Emergency Response in Gonaïves GONAIVES – October 13 – Five weeks after a series of hurricanes struck Haiti, people in the city of Gonaïves are still… Continue reading
Pollution may hit Himalayan monsoon clouds Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:09pm EDT By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) – Higher levels of pollution in Asia may affect the formation of clouds high in the Himalayas, perhaps disrupting monsoons and speeding a thaw of glaciers, according to a study on… Continue reading