May 31, 2011
May 12, 2011
By Brigid Fitzgerald
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As the world continues to add close to 80 million people each year,
high population growth is running up against the limits of our
finite planet, threatening global economic and political stability.
To stay within the bounds of the earth’s natural resources, the
world’s population will...
May 10, 2011
For many years, a small handful of countries dominated growth in wind power, but this is changing as the industry goes global, with more than 70 countries now developing wind resources. Between 2000 and 2010,world wind electric generating capacity increased at a frenetic pace from 17,000 megawatts to nearly 200,000...
May 3, 2011
By Lester R. Brown
In February, world food prices reached the highest level on record. Soaring food prices are already a source of spreading hunger and political unrest, and it appears likely that they will climb further in the months ahead.
As a result of an extraordinarily tight grain situation, this year’s harvest...
May 2, 2011
Nearly four weeks after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, emergency personnel are still struggling to stabilize the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Beyond the immediate need to minimize further radioactive leakage and protect public health, the government is beginning...