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Which One is the Onion Headline Again?
Posted by Sharon Astyk on October 31, 2010
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I admit, maybe because of that intellectual slowdown that the cold weather and dark days call, but I’m confused about which one of these is the real Onion Headline – that thing about the Brookings Institute guy or a BBC headline that reads “World Bank Leads Economic Push on Nature Protection.” Really? Seriously? The World…
Reversing Deforestation in Haiti
Posted by Sharon Astyk on January 28, 2010 My fellow Science blogger Eric Michael Johnson has a superb post up about possible strategies for reforestation in Haiti – and the enormous economic barriers to doing so: In other words, by providing a 25% subsidy for seed and a 75% subsidy for fertilizers both large and small farms would improve their income while at…