UN to US: End Corn Ethanol - It's Starving Folks

US should change biofuel policy to avoid food crisis: UN

Reuters - ‎6 hours ago‎

ROME (Reuters) - The U.N.'s food agency stepped up the pressure on the United States on Friday to change its biofuel policies because of the danger of a world food crisis, arguing the importance of growing crops for food over their use for fuel.

MIT: Our defense department takes climate change very seriously mitnews

Facing the facts about our changing climate

MIT News - ‎15 hours ago‎

In an effort to share what is known, what isn't, and what can and cannot be done about climate change, MIT's John Reilly and Kerry Emanuel joined UMass Amherst researchers last week as part of a "Global Warning" panel convened by The Boston Globe.

Climate Change, Migration And Conflict In Northwest Africa: Rising Dangers ... ThinkProgress

Climate Change, Migration And Conflict In Northwest Africa: Rising Dangers ...

ThinkProgress - ‎4 hours ago‎

To make that land journey, migrants often cross through the Sahel and Sahel-Saharan region, an area facing increasing environmental threats from the effects of climate change. The rising coastal sea level, desertification, drought, and the numerous ...

Nigeria Tested by Rapid Rise in Population New York Times

Nigeria Tested by Rapid Rise in Population

New York Times - ‎Apr 14, 2012‎

LAGOS, Nigeria - In a quarter-century, at the rate Nigeria is growing, 300 million people - a population about as big as that of the present-day United States - will live in a country the size of Arizona and New Mexico.