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Feb- 2014 -6 February
As Sea Ice Shrinks, Arctic Shipping Options Expand
by Janet Larsen and Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute Photo: Rosatomflot On October 7, 2013, the Nordic Orion bulk…
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5 February
2013 Marked the Thirty-seventh Consecutive Year of Above-Average Temperature
by Janet Larson, Earth Policy Institute Last year was the thirty-seventh consecutive year of above-normal global temperature. According to data…
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Jan- 2014 -24 January
Arctic Sea Ice Freefall is Mirror Image of Carbon Dioxide Ascent
by Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute The amount of Arctic sea ice has plummeted in recent decades — a…
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Dec- 2013 -16 December
Less Than 3 Percent of Oceans in Marine Parks Despite Recent Growth
by J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute Photo credit: Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program In May 1975,…
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6 December
India’s Dangerous ‘Food Bubble’
Editor’s Note: As is often the case with the Earth Policy Institute (EPI), crucial solutions are largely missing from the…
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Nov- 2013 -27 November
Moving Up the Food Chain
by Lester R. Brown For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers.…
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21 November
Climate Change Driving Weather off the Charts
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute Super typhoon Haiyan Meteorologists are calling the typhoon that slammed into the Philippines with…
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6 November
China and the Soybean Challenge
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Some 3,000 years ago, farmers in eastern China domesticated the soybean. In 1765,…
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5 November
2013 To Be Record Year for Offshore Wind
by J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute Offshore wind power installations are on track to hit a seventh consecutive annual…
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Oct- 2013 -11 October
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Down 11 Percent Since 2007
by Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute The U.S. Annual Carbon Footprint (Chandler 2008) Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil…
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Sep- 2013 -18 September
The Global Land Rush
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Between 2007 and mid-2008, world grain and soybean prices more than doubled. As…
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11 September
U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline
by J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. After increasing rapidly since…
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