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Apr- 2010 -16 April
Taxpayer Dollars Subsidizing Destruction
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute One way to correct market failures is tax shifting—raising taxes on activities that…
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Mar- 2010 -26 March
Earth Out of Sync – Rising Temperatures Throwing off Seasonal Timing
by Janet Larsen, Director of Research for the Earth Policy Institute Credit: Jack Dykinga/USDA A newly hatched chick waits with…
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10 March
On Rooftops Worldwide – a Solar Water Heating Revolution
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The harnessing of solar energy is expanding on every front as concerns about…
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Feb- 2010 -27 February
Coal Fired Power on the Way Out?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing…
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Jan- 2010 -28 January
Mounting Stresses, Failing States
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute After a half-century of forming new states from former colonies and from the…
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22 January
U.S. Feeds One Quarter of its Grain to Cars While Hunger is on the Rise
by the Earth Policy Institute The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was…
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15 January
Eco-Economy Indicator: Past Decade the Hottest on Record
by Amy Heinzerling, Earth Policy Institute The first decade of the twenty-first century was the hottest since recordkeeping began in…
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10 January
Growing Demand for Soybeans Threatens Amazon Rainforest
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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Dec- 2009 -24 December
Ice Melting Faster Everywhere
By Alexandra Giese, Earth Policy Institute From the Arctic sea ice to the Antarctic interior and the mountainous peaks of…
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5 December
A Hotter Planet Means Less on Our Plates
In the Sunday November 22, 2009 issue of Outlook in the Washington Post, Lester Brown discusses the significant implications of…
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2 December
The Localization of Agriculture
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute In the United States, there has been a surge of interest in eating…
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Nov- 2009 -21 November
Inferno on Earth: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute Future firefighters have their work cut out for them. Perhaps nowhere does this hit…
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