Palm oil threatens rainforests - orangutans - in Asia. Trending news @thisweekinearth http://goo.gl/gbyfI

 
       
 
Palm oil plantations in Asia and Brazil are harming biodiversity.

Read analysis by:
Rhett Butler - Mongabay.com
Douglas Struck - associate department chair at Emerson College
Melody Kemp - freelance reporter

 
       
 
River restoration has brought back sturgeon. Salmon haven't been so lucky.

Read analysis by:
Matt Weiser - The Sacramento Bee
Josephine Marcotty - reporter, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

 
       
 
President Obama proposes that cars average 56.2 mpg by 2025.

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Jim Motavalli - freelance writer, The New York Times, CBS Interactive, etc.
Cally Carswell - assistant editor, High Country News
John Voelcker - GreenCarReports, Just-Auto

 
       
 
Japan discovers rare earth minerals under the sea, but extracting them could harm the marine environment.

Read analysis by:
Ucilia Wang - Forbes, GigaOm, Technology Review
Clifford Coonan - The Irish Times, The Independent

 
       

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