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Chaos Spreads as Food Prices Skyrocket
Spiegel: Gunfire in Haiti. Riots in Cameroon. A government crisis in the Philippines. The effects…
Saudi oil minister predicts fossil fuels to serve global energy needs for at least 50 years
Associated Press: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Naimi said Thursday he expects fossil fuels will…
United Kingdom: PM writes to G8 urging action on food scarcity
Guardian: Gordon Brown raised fresh concerns about the impact of biofuels yesterday, as he put…
The effect of climate change on the patterns of bird distribution east and west of Wallace’s Line
Innovations Report: Indo-Malayan region is one of the richest bird species areas in the world….
Shipping CO2 controls to raise transport costs
Reuters: The world’s shipping industry plans to limit its growing carbon dioxide emissions by taxing…
UN climate change body to prepare new assessment report – Summary
Deutsche Presse-Agentur: The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has agreed to…
Canadian Press: Canada’s boreal forest is a ticking "carbon bomb" and its continued logging could…
Canada: The push to electric cars will come with hidden costs
Vancouver Sun: Thirty-five years ago this month, Martin Cooper picked up his phone, dialed a…
Soaring food prices swell political unrest
Age: RISING food prices could spark worldwide unrest and threaten political stability, the United Nations’…