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Good news about water, for a change

By Lou, on October 25th, 2011%

It’s not what people don’t know that hurts them. It’s what they do know that just ain’t so.
– Will Rogers (and probably a few million other people, with minor changes along the way)

We’ve seen a relentless parade of “it’s worse than we thought” news in the last few years related to energy and climate. It’s . . . → Read More: Good news about water, for a change

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The cost of food

By Lou, on May 6th, 2011%

The latest update from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization shows a rebound in world food prices:

   

» The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 232 points in April 2011, virtually unchanged from the revised March estimate, 36 percent above April 2010, but 2 percent below its peak in February 2011. A sharp increase in international . . . → Read More: The cost of food

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Countdown to 7,000,000,000

By Lou, on May 4th, 2011%

The latest UN population projection is out, and people are preparing to flip that leading digit as we hit 7,000,000,000 people on October 31, 2011.
From the press release [PDF]:

The current world population of close to 7 billion is projected to reach 10.1 billion in the next ninety years, reaching 9.3 billion by the middle of this . . . → Read More: Countdown to 7,000,000,000

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