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Some guitar makers in pursuit of sustainable manufacturing

Stephan Boissonneault 20 Apr 2021
NASA Landsat image of agriculture in the Nevada desert.

Population and consumption: challenges we can win (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 20 Jul 2020

Trendy, cheap, and dirty: Fashion is a top global polluter

Liz Kimbrough 23 Apr 2020

Coconut farmers in Southeast Asia struggle as palm oil muscles in on them

Nithin Coca 30 Mar 2020
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

2019: The year rainforests burned

Rhett A. Butler 27 Dec 2019

The tropics are in trouble, warn scientists

Rhett A. Butler 14 Aug 2018

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2017

Why we can’t lose hope: Dr. David Suzuki speaks out

Glenn Scherer 11 Sep 2017

Pangolin hunting skyrockets in Central Africa, driven by international trade

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2017

‘Running out of time’: 60 percent of primates sliding toward extinction

John Cannon 19 Jan 2017

Beef consumers’ role in causing deforestation in South America (commentary)

Asha Sharma 13 Sep 2016

Drink beer, help the ocean?

Julia John 14 Jun 2016

Fiery end for the last of the toothfish pirates

Cory Rogers 6 Apr 2016

Conservation and birth control: a controversial mix?

Roz Evans 14 Mar 2016

Eaten to extinction? India’s purple frog faces another threat

Apoorva Joshi 26 Oct 2015

How much water is in your shirt?

Mike Gaworecki 16 Sep 2015

Ongoing overkill: loss of big herbivores leading to ’empty landscapes’

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2015

Jane Goodall: 5 reasons to have hope for the planet

Rhett A. Butler 19 Nov 2014

Demand for rhino horn drops 38 percent in Vietnam after advertising campaigns

Jeremy Hance 22 Oct 2014

Demand for shark fin plunging

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

The beef with beef: how 12 strategies could drastically cut agricultural emissions

Jeremy Hance 25 Apr 2014

Indian food giant to source deforestation-free palm oil

Mongabay.com 19 Mar 2014

35 pictures of the sharkfin trade that will shock and dismay you

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2014

China destroys 6 tons of elephant ivory

Mongabay.com 6 Jan 2014

Average American consumes 50,000 pounds of raw materials annually for the stuff they buy

Tanya Dimitrova 10 Dec 2013

Renewable energy revolution will require better management of metals

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2013

‘Sustainable’ tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2013

Advertising campaign changing minds in China on ivory trade

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2013

Organization proposes climate change warning labels at the gas pump

Jordanna Dulaney 5 Sep 2013

Humanity consumes this year’s resources 133 days too early

Jeremy Hance 20 Aug 2013

Foodies eat lab-grown burger that could change the world

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2013

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