Will Coffee Be a Casualty of Climate Change?
By Dean Cycon, Chelsea Green Publishing
Coffee farmers in South America don’t need to read the latest IPCC reports; they already know.
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In this week’s top story, a coffee expert travels to the global south and finds out that our precious beans and their growers are in big trouble. We’ve also got stories about an endangered Mediterranean that is using more water that Nature can support; a thirsty China, where growth has exceeded water supplies; and ways in which changing our diet can actually help change the world.
And if you think the next generation is asleep at the wheel, think again. College campuses are working hard to tackle climate change, as Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, writes this week.
Thanks for reading,
Tara Lohan, Managing Editor
China’s Unquenchable Thirst
By Sandra Postel, World Watch
Freshwater is the resource most strained by China’s staggering growth over the last 20 years.
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Over a Thousand College Campuses Trying to Turn the Tide on Climate Change
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
On January 31, 1,500 institutions will host classes, documentaries, performances, energy-saving competitions, and discussions with political leaders.
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Eating As If the Climate Mattered
By Bruce Friedrich, AlterNet
Changing what we eat can help alleviate one of the most serious global environmental problems.
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Fabled Vacationland on the Verge of Water Collapse
By Nicole Itano, Christian Science Monitor
Across the Mediterranean, water is being pumped out of the earth at an unsustainable pace.
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China’s Environmental Problem Is a Political One
By Christina Larson, Washington Monthly
Can China clean up its environment without cleaning up its politics?
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Top Climate Expert: Bush White House Edits Testimony of Government Scientists
By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
Government scientists have said they personally experienced pressure to eliminate the terms like climate change from a variety of communications.
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Sen. Boxer Slams EPA Administrator for Redacting Documents With Duct Tape
By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
“This is information the people deserve to have. And this is not the way we should run the greatest government in the world,” said Boxer.
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