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Jun- 2011 -22 June
Growing Goat Herds Signal Global Grassland Decline
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Photo copyright © Craig Mackintosh After the earth was created, soil formed slowly…
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8 June
When the Nile Runs Dry
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Nile River Irrigation in Egypt A new scramble for Africa is under way.…
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May- 2011 -27 May
Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in China
Editor’s Note: Turn many of our products upside down today, and you’ll find the words ‘Made in China’. China is…
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16 May
Education Leads to Lower Fertility and Increased Prosperity
by Brigid Fitzgerald Reading, Earth Policy Institute Photo © Craig Mackintosh As the world continues to add close to 80…
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4 May
Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Captured from a bus window, while crossing the no-man’s land between Jordan and…
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Apr- 2011 -28 April
The New Geopolitics of Food
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute From the Middle East to Madagascar, high prices are spawning land grabs and…
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20 April
Let No Man Say It Cannot Be Done
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute We need an economy for the twenty-first century, one that is in sync…
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14 April
Smart Planning for the Global Family
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute When it comes to population growth, the United Nations has three primary projections.…
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Mar- 2011 -24 March
Can the United States Feed China?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute In 1994, I wrote an article in World Watch magazine entitled “Who Will…
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10 March
Why World Food Prices May Keep Climbing
Editor’s Note: In addition to the post from Lester below, also check out this: "Warning Of ‘Food Price Riots In…
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Feb- 2011 -15 February
World One Poor Harvest Away From Chaos
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Today there are three sources of growing demand for food: population growth; rising…
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Jan- 2011 -19 January
2010 Hits Top of Temperature Chart
by Alexandra Giese, Earth Policy Institute Topping off the warmest decade in history, 2010 experienced a global average temperature of…
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