Peak Oil
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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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A Solar Powered Life, Part VI – The Ideological Debate
The series, A Solar Powered Life, is intended for those that have an interest in the generation and storage of…
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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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A Solar Powered Life, Part V – Living Within Your Means
Editor’s Note: This is Part V of a series. To see all parts, click here. Mick Jagger sang “I can’t…
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Fukushima Nuclear Crisis – Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold
Fukushima is just one among many similar disasters waiting to happen worldwide; governments and regulators have systematically downplayed the risks…
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Earth Policy Institute Video Asks “How Many Failing States Will It Take?”
Watch the full episode. In this PBS-produced video, with actor and philanthropist Matt Damon narrating, Lester Brown gives a good…
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Nuclear Energy: A Resource for an Insane Society
Bill Mollison groups the earth’s resources into five categories. These resources are: Those which increase by modest use. For example,…
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What To Do With Nuclear Boy?
Given recent events in Japan, I wanted to broach the somewhat controversial topic of nuclear fission power plants, and the…
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A Solar Powered Life – Part III
When the band Bananarama penned the ditty, “A cruel summer” back in 1983, I’m sure they must have been singing…
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Head-Banging for Britain
by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United Kingdom Should we reduce the speed limit to…
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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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The Price of Food is at the Heart of this Wave of Revolutions
It seems as though the wheels are continuing to show signs of coming off as it concerns the issue of…
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