by Press on October 29, 2009 For the second year in a row, world grain production rose in 2008, with farmers producing some 2.3 billion tons. The record harvest was up more than 7 percent over the previous year and caps a decade in which only half the years registered gains.
by Anna da Costa on October 28, 2009
A high-level technology summit
in Delhi made progress on several key issues
that will confront governments at the international climate negotiations in December.
by Ben Block on October 26, 2009
The latest Pew survey finds that fewer U.S.
residents consider climate change to be a "serious" threat, compared to
previous surveys. The results suggest that those who disseminate climate science are losing ground, analysts said.
by Ben Block on October 23, 2009
An international scientific review committee ruled that
endosulfan, a widely used pesticide, should be classified as a persistent
organic pollutant (POP).
by Ben Block on October 21, 2009
U.S.
consumers pay less for their energy than consumers in most
industrialized nations. Yet electricity and fuel prices typically fail to
reflect the full cost of energy production and consumption, especially in terms
of health effects.
by Press on October 20, 2009 The environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases (GHGs), according to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, co-authors of "Livestock and Climate Change" in the latest issue of World Watch magazine.
by Ben Block on October 19, 2009 A coalition of businesses,
environmentalists, and scientists is uniting to request that U.S.
climate policy help tropical nations protect their forests as an
affordable carbon offset strategy.
Plans are forming behind the scenes for a gathering reminiscent of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to address environmental issues that have lost international attention in recent years.
by Press on October 15, 2009 Worldwatch Senior Researcher Brian Halweil will join World Food Prize Laureate Hans Herren, International Food Policy Research Institute Director General Joachim von Braun, and other food and agriculture experts tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. for a conversation at the World Food Prize's 2009 Borlaug Dialogue.
by Press on October 15, 2009 World production of fossil fuels-oil, coal, and natural gas-increased 2.9 percent in 2008 to reach 27.4 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per day, the highest ever recorded. In the first half of the 2008, producers strained to meet global demand, but by year's end the global recession left the market swamped by excess supply, causing oil prices to fall to from $144 per barrel in July to $34 per barrel in December.
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