A Saga of Palm Oil, International Conflict, and Forest Destruction PoliticsBill LauranceApril 12, 2019 Comment
‘Apocalypse Now’ for Amazonia: Devastating Promises by Brazil’s President-Elect PoliticsBill LauranceNovember 14, 2018 Comments
Question: Which of These Primates Knows More About Climate Change? Politics, Most PopularBill LauranceNovember 2, 2018Donald Trump, climate change, global warming, Hilary Clinton, U.S. presidential election, China, Russia, greenhouse gases, coal, energy policy, environmental policyComment
Right-Wingers Humiliate Australia & Hammer the Earth PoliticsBill LauranceSeptember 2, 2018Australia, Liberal Party, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton, political conservative, right-wing, far-right conservative, climate policy, carbon tax, carbon emissions scheme, fossil fuels, coal, global warming, climate change, political instability, Donald Trump, USA, Indonesia, New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Tim Flannery, broadscale land clearing, Queensland, heat wave, drought, runoff, mangroves, mining lobbyComment
Turbulent Times in the Amazon PoliticsBill LauranceJanuary 20, 2018Amazon, deforestation, roads, Peru, Yaguas National Park, dams, hydropower, Michel Temer, John Terborgh, Philip Fearnside, BR-319, Manaus-Porto Velho Highway, Iquitos-Saramirizia Highway, Sentinel satellite, Beni Province, Bolivia, China railwayComment
Brazil's Amazon Sellout Threatens Critical Indigenous Lands PoliticsBill LauranceNovember 13, 2017Brazil, indigenous groups, Michel Temer, corruption, ruralist, impeachment, Brazilian Congress, protected areas, forest roads, illegal land claims, land-theft, modern-day slavery, fires, illegal logging, illegal mining, G-7 Pilot Program for the Brazilian Amazon, rainfall recyclingComment
Transforming Forest Killers Into Forest Savers PoliticsBill LauranceAugust 14, 2017Clay Ogg, farm subsidies, deforestation, carbon emissions, National Center for Environmental Economics, tropical forests, subsidies, Brazil, Indonesia, REDD, E.U., conservation-compliance program, trade agreement, fertilizer, farming, peat swamp, peat, peat bog, global warming, nitrous oxide, OECD, Southeast Asia, palm oil, government subsidies, decoupled subsidies, crop prices Comments
Brazil’s Politicians Unleash Illegal Loggers, Miners, and Land Thieves PoliticsPhilip FearnsideJune 18, 2017Michael Temer, Philip Fearnside, Ruralist agenda, Amazon forest, Transamazon Highway, Amazonas, BR-163, Santarem-Cuiaba Highway, Michel Temer, Jamanxim National Park, Jamanxim National Forest, APAs, grileiros, land thieves, MP 759, PLC 12/16, MP 158, Law 11, Law 11952, deforestation, land-thieves law, land-grabbingComment
Political Attack on Amazonian Protected Areas PoliticsPhilip FearnsideApril 20, 2017Brazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Para, deforestation, rainfall recycling, tipping point, Amazon dieback, PADDD, park degazettement, President Temer, rainfall, drought, Philip Fearnside, Thomas LovejoyComment
Australian Wins Egg-Frying Contest For Trump PoliticsBill LauranceFebruary 11, 2017Donald Trump, President Trump, Donald J. Trump, global warming, climate change, Australia, South Australia, Corey Bradshaw, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, egg-frying contest, ALERT, Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers, heat wave, eggsplain, carbon emissions, Chinese hoax, goanna, monitor lizard, goanna's gonads, ConservationBytes, White HouseComment
ALERT’s First Contest: Frying Eggs for Trump PoliticsBill LauranceJanuary 26, 2017Donald Trump, climate change, global warming, heat wave, White HouseComment
Brazil’s Surge of Environmental Threats Reaches New Heights PoliticsPhilip FearnsideJanuary 5, 2017Brazil, Amazon, Philip Fearnside, Brazilian Senate, Brazilian Congress, hydroelectric dams, Michael Temer, Sao Luiz do Tapajos Dam, Sawre Maybu indigenous land, Blairo Maggi, soy, IBAMA, FUNAI, indigenous people, deforestation, "ruralist" block, constitutional amendments, environmental licensing Comment
The Untold Environmental Costs of the Brexit Vote PoliticsBill LauranceJuly 16, 2016Brexit, Blood Gold, Pierre-Michel Forget, ATBC, French Guiana, Suriname, illegal gold mining, mercury pollution, cyanide pollution, deforestation, water quality, protected areas, gold mines, Nouragues Protected Area, gold prices, Columbus Gold/Norgold, Montagne d'Or, Amazon rainforest, Guianas Comment
Time for Action: Environmental Emergency in Brazil PoliticsBill LauranceMay 15, 2016Brazil, Brazilian Senate, PEC 65, Blairo Maggi, infrastructurer, infrastructure, deforestation, dams, roads, Brazilian Congress, Tapajos RiverComment
Will new mega-banks force a 'race to the bottom' for the environment? PoliticsBill LauranceApril 4, 2016AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, international lenders, infrastructure, roads, dams, hydroelectric dams, mining, logging, deforestation, human rights, indigenous peoples, developing nations, China, India, Russia, OECD nationsComment
News flash: Scheme to gut eco-safeguards being railroaded through Brazil's Congress PoliticsPhilip FearnsideFebruary 12, 2016Brazil, Brazilian Senate, Philip Fearnside, Senator Romero Juca, environmental safeguards, fast-tracking, environmental licensing, hydroelectric dams, Amazon Basin, deforestation, roads, power lines, Madeira River, Belo Monte Dam, Tapajos River Comments
Big fine for illegal forest-clearing in Sumatra Rainforests, PoliticsBill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, oil palm, Indonesia, Sumatra, forest burning, Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Tripa Peat SwampsComment
World's biggest oil palm producer criticized for breaking pledge PoliticsBill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014Wilmar, Balikpapan, deforestation, no-deforestation pledge, oil palm, Indonesia, NGOs, Kalimantan, rainforest, peat forest, peatlandsComment
European Commission seeks input on illegal wildlife trade Conservation, Politics, WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 11, 2014illegal wildlife trade, poaching, organized crime, European Commission, wildlife conservation, overhuntingComment
