Posted on 02 June 2008
From Egypt to the Philippines, from Scotland to China, the Guardian has this week highlighted the dramatic effect of spiralling food prices. But what can be done to tackle the crisis? Julian Borger looks at the options, ahead of next…
Posted on 02 June 2008
In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping the loggers is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change. So why are global…
Posted on 02 June 2008
Fancy a bluebottle butty or a spider sarnie? Scientists, keen to get us eating bugs, say they’re nutritious, delicious and environmentally friendly.You could call it the campaign for real grub. Scientists want us to eat insects – for the sake…
Posted on 02 June 2008
British householders can produce their own energy, but official policy has led to Britain lagging behind the rest of Europe. Geoffrey Lean reports.Ministers could avoid building nuclear reactors by encouraging families to fit solar panels and other renewable energy equipment…
Posted on 02 June 2008
Southeast England could soon have its own lake district thanks to the planned building of six reservoirs to supply the booming population and prepare for a hotter climate.
One project, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, covering four square miles, is more than…
Posted on 02 June 2008
ROME (Reuters) – It has been described as a global crisis pushing 100 million people into hunger, threatening to stoke social and political turmoil and set the fight against world poverty back by seven years.
Now, the food price crisis…