WHO WILL FEED CHINA? www.earth-policy.org/blog/who_will_feed_china Earth Policy Release September 24, 2014 Twenty years ago, Lester Brown published an article in World Watch magazine entitled “Who Will Feed China?” A year later, he followed with a book of the same name. The article and book generated an enormous outcry from China …
Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists, NASA Research Shows
NASA research shows Earth’s atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned worldwide. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), which was once used in applications such as dry cleaning and as a fire-extinguishing agent, was regulated in 1987 under the Montreal …
Can sheep restore Patagonia’s grasslands? – Ellie Winninghoff
Can sheep restore Patagonia’s grasslands? Patagonia Inc is buying wool from ranches that aim to restore degraded land in Argentina with livestock, a controversial concept Ellie Winninghoff theguardian.com, Monday 23 December 2013 10.43 EST Gauchos herding sheep near Lake Argentino, in Patagonia. Photograph: Alamy “Sustainability is a joke in comparison to …
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines: HOW WATER WILL CHANGE ENERGY
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, September 30: * TODAY’S STUDY: HOW WATER WILL CHANGE ENERGY * QUICK NEWS, September 30: NEW ENERGY AND THE GRID; A BIG IPO …
Good Summary of Climate Scientists’ IPCC 2013 Report
Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased. Each of …
Huhne: Green policy promises GDP boost
Huhne: Green policy promises GDP boost Energy and Climate Secretary sets out economic case for accelerated action to curb emissions and get off the ‘oil hook’ READ» Conservative prime minister David Cameron David Cameron must speak out on climate change, says top scientist Sir David King, a former chief scientific …
Spanish Wind-Maker A Hot Property
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Worldwatch Institute: It’s Time for Millennium Consumption Goals
In response to a Sri Lankan scientist’s call for the drafting of “Millenium Consumption” goals to help developed countries reduce their consumption-driven, climate-damaging habits, Worldwatch’s Erik Assadourian has taken a crack at a first draft. Among the goals are halving obesity and overweight rates by 2020, guaranteeing healthcare, and cutting …