Issues & Trends

Washington, DC—In a year where record summer heat followed the winter of ‘Snowmageddon,’ Environment America released a new report Wednesday documenting how global warming could lead to extreme weather events becoming even more  common in the future.

There are conflicting opinions over a World Bank report which suggests biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75%.

The original study in 2008 depicted a direct correlation between the spike in prices of food products and the increased global use of biofuels.

The international community has endorsed the

www.earthpolicy.org/index.php?/book_bytes/2010/pb4ch05_ss1

By Lester R. Brown

Earth Policy Release    
Book Byte    
August 24, 2010    

In the United States water and wastewater treatment plants are net users of energy.

ForeignPolicy's guide to the coming urban age.

BY RICHARD DOBBS | SEPT. / OCT.

It has taken humanity less than nine months to exhaust its ecological budget for the year, according to data from Global Footprint Network, a California-based environmental research organization.