* Experts in Congo for talks on saving big three forests * Poor countries need incentives to save forest By Jonny Hogg GEMENA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 31 (Reuters) “Environmental experts from 35 countries were meeting in the Congo Republic, DRC’s smaller neighbour, on Tuesday for a week-long summit seeking ways to protect […]
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We think the Wall Street Journal is right in criticizing the IPCC’s report on Renewable Energy.
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The US Department of Energy announces a Manhattan Project for improved cookstoves. The goal? To produce cookstoves that reduce emissions by 90% and produce fuel savings of 50%.
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Researchers warn that East African plants that could cure malaria could disappear before scientists have a chance to study them.
A new book by scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre, “Common Antimalarial Trees and Shrubs of East Africa,” identifies 22 tree and shrub species that traditional healers in East Africa use to fight the disease.
But, the researchers say, they are being cut down for cooking fuel and other uses and could disappear before scientists have a chance to study them.
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