Keepers of the Forest Five communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo now have legal control over the forests that they depend on. This is a first for the DRC, which just recently adopted a national strategy for community forestry, which (according to research) lowers CO2 emissions and deforestation. One Heck of a Comment Thread The EPA has been temporarily thwarted from restricting the … Continue reading Weekly Roundup: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Wake-up Call Bad news: We’ve only got 12 years to radically change our energy economy and massively reforest the planet to absorb a huge amount of CO2 from the atmosphere or we’ll face a climate crisis on a scale that is shocking even to climate scientists. Good news: The revolution is happening right now, and you can be a part of it. Even under the … Continue reading Weekly Roundup: Join the Renewable Revolution