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Wed 19 Dec 2007

UN warns on soaring food prices

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Global Warming , Environment , Agriculture , production disruption , Climate Change
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Barley harvesting in Australia

Droughts have affected harvests, pushing prices up

The soaring cost of food is threatening millions of people in poor countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. Food prices have risen an unprecedented 40% in the last year and many nations may be unable to cope, the agency says.

It is calling for help for farmers in poor countries to buy seeds and fertiliser, and for a review of the impact of bio-fuels on food production.

The FAO says 37 countries face food crises due to conflict and disaster. (more…)

Wed 19 Dec 2007

Rising seas ‘to beat predictions’

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Global Warming , Climate Change
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Sat 11 Aug 2007

Canada uses military might in Arctic scramble

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Peak Oil , Energy , Environment , Resource , Russia , New Hegemony
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Fri 10 Aug 2007

Energy watchdog warns on oil supplies

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Peak Oil , Energy
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Sun 5 Aug 2007

Energy search goes underground

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Energy
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Fri 3 Aug 2007

The crash that could come

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Economics
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Sun 29 Jul 2007

Floods spell ‘crisis’ for farming

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Global Warming , Environment , Agriculture , Climate Change
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Thu 26 Jul 2007

Calculated Earth

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Global Warming , Environment , Climate Change
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Wed 25 Jul 2007

Renewable energy projects will devour huge amounts of land, warns researcher

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Energy , Renewability , Environment
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Thu 19 Jul 2007

Researchers develop inexpensive, easy process to produce solar panels

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Energy , Solar Power
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Wed 18 Jul 2007

Global peak of coal production to occur around 2025

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , China , India , coal
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Tue 17 Jul 2007

Fertilizers, climate change and peakism

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist , Global Warming , Environment , Agriculture , Climate Change , food security
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Mon 16 Jul 2007

Biorefineries: Curing our addiction to oil

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil
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Mon 16 Jul 2007

Why BP and Shell are bound to merge

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil
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Mon 16 Jul 2007

UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas Launched

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Gas
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