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Climate Change Costs: 25 Million More Starving Children by 2050

Conservatives love to whine about perceived costs of climate legislation, but they’re clearly more worried about their own bottom lines than about the true costs of catastrophic climate change. A new report issued by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) states that the world will have 25 million more starving children by the year [...]

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Climate Scientists: Get Ready to Fight Over Resources

Prepare to fight over vital resources like water as climate change dramatically alters life on earth, climate scientists are warning. There’s a 50-50 chance that temperatures will rise high enough to reach dangerous levels over the next century even with heavy cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 3% a year from 2015.
Researchers at the Met [...]

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Colony Collapse Disorder Appearing Again in East Coast Hives

In 2006, beekeepers began reporting unsettling losses to their hives – up to 90%, in some cases. The phenomenon, called Colony Collapse Disorder, was first reported in Western honey bee colonies in North America and has since cropped up around the world. Late last year, however, bee populations seemed to be growing again, and beekeepers [...]

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Japanese Government Urges Citizens to Eat Locally

Did you know that Japan only produces 40% of the food it consumes? That is the lowest percentage among developed nations and puts the island nation at considerable risk amid a global food shortage. That’s why Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is getting serious about encouraging citizens to buy and grow their food [...]

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How a Tortilla Crisis is Causing an Energy Innovation

The ‘Great Tortilla Crisis’ of 2006 is having an unexpected effect two years later – helping to determine the fate of ethanol as an energy source. Ethanol got the blame for rising food prices as American farmers used the corn they grew for fuel instead of food, making it too expensive for Mexico’s poor. Now, [...]

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U.S. Intelligence Reports Warn of Global Warming Consequences

Global warming will help Russia gain power as the U.S. and its dollar declines, according to a new U.S. intelligence report on what the world will likely be like by the year 2025. The report, Global Trends 2025, warns that the warming earth will extend Russia’s growing season and allow it access to northern oil [...]

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