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...healthy for the next 30 years. It's called avoided deforestation, and projects like this may represent one of the most promising ways to simultaneously slow the destruction of tropical forests and the pace of climate change - if we can get it right. An estimated 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq km) of forest are lost to the logger's ax or to fire every year, and that hurts the planet in two very important ways. Rare plants and animals, many still undiscovered, depend on the forests - especially the rich rain forests that encircle the earth either side...
Amazon deforestation (in sq. mi...
...union already made major concessions in 2005 and 2007. But the automakers' managements clearly want more. "They told it's not about concessions, it's about the survival of the companies," said Bill Parker, president of UAW Local 1700, which represents workers at Chrysler plant in Sterling Heights, Mi...
...spending less money for sure," he says, shaking his head. "One year ago, there would be double the amount of people here. These are terrible times." At a nearby restaurant, only four of the 16 tables are occupied at dinner time. "Everyone is concerned about the economy," says Kim Mi Hae, who stands at the cash register. "That's all my customers talk about." Nervous bankers are cutting back as well, by sharply curtailing domestic lending, especially to small companies. This paranoia at the banks can potentially make the coming downturn more severe. "They've created a vicious cycle," says...
...Antonio Amadori, an experiential psychologist and author of a book on Berlusconi, Mi Consenta (Allow Me), believes the Prime Minister is ultimately driven by a desire to "completely fill" the public consciousness. "Asking why he does things is like asking why Jerry Lewis does things," he says. "This is who he is. He is theatrical and believes in his own charisma and abilities to improvise...