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Understanding the Water- Energy- Food Nexus

November 4, 2011 by Lou Grinzo
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“Understanding the Nexus”, Water Energy Food Nexus, Bonn 2011: Background paper for the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference is now available This paper for the Bonn 2011 Conference presents initial evidence for how a nexus approach can enhance water, energy and food security in a green economy by increasing efficiency, reducing trade-offs, and... [read more]

PB&J Scarcity? Record Heat Drives Up Peanut Butter Prices

October 13, 2011 by Joseph Romm
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 “The drought conditions should sure that have plagued farmers this growing season have taken a toll on the area’s peanut crop. Withered blooms, burned pods and few undeveloped peanuts define this year’s peanut crop for many area farmers.” (Photo/Jaine Treadwell) First, we heard that climate change could decimate the chocolate... [read more]

The Climate Impacts Of Different Foods

July 21, 2011 by Simon Donner
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Earlier this week, the Environmental Working Group, a research and lobby group in DC, released a report on the “environment” and "health" impact of different foods. It found that lamb is the worst offender, followed by grain-fed beef, pork, cheese and farmed salmon. The report was brought to my attention by a writer at the Huffington... [read more]

Memorial Day, 2030

May 27, 2011 by Joseph Romm
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The three worst direct impacts to humans from our unsustainable use of energy will, I think, be Dust-Bowlification and sea level rise and ocean poisoning:  Hell and High Water.  But another impact — far more difficult to project quantitatively because there is no paleoclimate analog — may well affect far more people... [read more]

The food–energy–water nexus in China

July 9, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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China’s rapidly growing economy is very quickly testing the limits of its resource constraints. While China is home to a quarter of the world’s population, it is endowed with disproportionately less arable land, oil and water. Such natural resources are vital to any nation’s ability to be self-sufficient, but China’s predicament is... [read more]

Should Whole Foods, like Google, get out of China?

March 25, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Google is exiting China for a number of reasons, including the hacking of its data, but fundamentally, Google found that it couldn’t live up to its values of openness in a repressive society. Whole Foods Market has a different China problem: The company imports lots of organic food from China, but it’s hard to know whether the state run... [read more]

Burning the biosphere, boverty blues (Part I)

January 4, 2010 by Barry Brook
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Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. This is the first of two posts on some large issues connected with global fire regimes, biomass flows, and food security. Part II will be posted on BNC in a few... [read more]

Just Food

August 27, 2009 by Michael Tobis
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I just saw local author James McWilliams give a well-attended talk at BookPeople on his book "Just Food", where "just" refers to justice as well as purity. I would definitely consider him a kindred spirit. He ended his research quite unconvinced of the importance of "food miles" (the book is entitled "How Locavores Get It Wrong and How... [read more]

Food vs. Fuel and Ethanol Bankruptcies

June 17, 2009 by Geoffrey Styles
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A couple of weeks ago an editorial in the Wall St. Journal called attention to a study by the Congressional Budget Office entitled, "The Impact of Ethanol Use on Food Prices and Greenhouse Gas Emissions." I finally found time to read the report and was surprised that, in addition to its main topic, it provides a useful analysis of the... [read more]

Hubble Bubble, food shortages bring trouble: A climate change ‘storm’ is looming for 2030!

March 20, 2009 by Climatico Analysis
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Professor John Beddington, the government’s chief scientific adviser, has warned that: “The UK is heading for a “perfect storm” of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy resources…this will threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration as people flee from the worst-affected regions.” The... [read more]

The Low Carb(on) Diet

March 19, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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You’ve probably heard of the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet and the Best Life diet. Now it’s time to consider Low Carbon Diet. It’s good for the planet, and good for your health, your waistline and your bottom line. What’s not to like? While the impacts of agriculture and food production on global warming are complex, the Low Carbon... [read more]

One chaosburger, hold the onions

January 29, 2009 by Lou Grinzo
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If you think it will be hard to get mainstream Americans to drive more fuel efficient vehicles and actually (gasp!) change how they drive as in using at least some hypermiling techniques, think about the implications of How Meat Contributes to Global Warming: Most of us are aware that our cars, our coal-generated electric power and... [read more]

The nervous relaxing or the relaxed nervousness?

April 17, 2008 by Paul Centen
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Today we are at the middle of the week and had already considerable ups and down. Sunday IWF, World Bank the G7 community discussed controversial about the subprime crisis, business prescription and regulation. Also the soaring food prices were one of their key focus points. There are different aspects to both, but the topics aren’t... [read more]

Climate, meet Food. Food, Climate, meet Eco-Equity.

November 25, 2007 by Joseph Romm
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I think it’s safe to say that for many, Thanksgiving is such a beloved holiday because of how much time we get to spend thinking about food. But in that lazy down time, there are climate connections to food and environmental justice to let circle thoughtfully through your tryptophan-induced state. Thanksgiving is most certainly an... [read more]