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04/30/2018 / By Janine Acero

Financial incentives to preserve tropical forests can’t compare to potential profits from clearing

Conservation of tropical forests take time, effort, and ultimately money. According to a study published in Nature Communications, efforts to protect tropical forests in Southeast Asia may fail due to low financial incentives. The study, led by researchers from the University of East Anglia, found that strategies developed to protect tropical forests such as a carbon finance scheme may not generate enough […]

03/19/2018 / By JD Heyes

BIZARRE: Al Gore says there are “flying rivers” caused by global warming

Upset by his narrow loss to Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush in 2000, then-Vice President Al Gore found solace not in challenging Bush four years later, but in becoming the biggest hawker of ‘global warming/climate change’ there ever was. It’s paid off for the former VEEP — literally. As noted by the UK’s Telegraph […]

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