Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist

Discovering Global Environmental Interconnections

Archive for October 16th, 2006

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION II

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Paraphrase of the Day:

The need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions means we are facing the biggest economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution. It is such a big deal that few people have been able to get their heads around it — Chris Flavin, Worldwatch Institute.

Full story here.

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16/10/2006 at 5:49 pm

WORLD FOOD DAY

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Paraphrase of the Day:

It is shameful that there are 850 million chronically malnourished people when the FAO reports there is enough food to give everyone more than 2000 calories a day — Anuradha Mittal, The Oakland Institute.

IPS story published October 20 2006

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16/10/2006 at 5:41 pm

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