Food crisis on the horizon
Agricultural commodity prices are reaching record highs, due largely to the worst US drought in more than 50 years,
The Financial Times reports.
Drought and natural disaster are not the only causes of the food shortages and rising prices of recent years. Our 2008 film
SEEDS OF HUNGER examines some of the others, focusing on the international politics of food security.
Another look at the Alberta tar sands
As part of their special report on the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline,
The Washington Post takes an in-depth look at the environmental and political issues surrounding the extraction of oil from the Alberta tar sands.
Labels: alberta tar sands, canada, energy, environment, petropolis
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