“At the 2009 climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the United States, Britain, Norway, and other developed countries committed $4.5 billion to launch a global initiative that would begin to assess the value of the world’s tropical rain forests. Four years later,… — Mark Schapiro Copy Share Image
“(This of course would be laughable were it not for the fact that the country’s largest timber company, Sierra Pacific Industries, successfully demanded that… — Mark Schapiro Copy Share Image
“A “tax or emission trading scheme on livestock,” they argued, “could be an economically sound policy that would modify consumer prices and affect consumption… — Mark Schapiro Copy Share Image
“At the 2009 climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the United States, Britain, Norway, and other developed countries committed $4.5 billion to launch a global initiative… — Mark Schapiro Copy Share Image
“The “they” in this case was “us”—meaning those who do not live in the Amazon, namely Americans and Europeans who have come to recognize… — Mark Schapiro Copy Share Image
“In other words, turning a tree into a desk just slows down the release of carbon dioxide, it doesn’t prevent it.” — Mark Schapiro Copy Share Image
