Managing the Global Water Crisis
For over a decade, the Trends editors have been watching the global water crisis unfold. The supply-demand situation has been
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Ecology
Adapting to Climate Change, While Unleashing Our Economy
What do we know, rather than believe, about the state of climate change as of 2013? What trends are most
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Techno-Phobes and Famine Fanatics
At least since the days of Thomas Malthus, a steady chorus of opinion-makers has routinely put forward the case that
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Fishing for Answers to World Hunger
Since the dawn of civilization, lakes, rivers, and oceans have been a major source of food for human beings. However,
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Harvesting Arctic Resources
Regardless of its proximate cause, it’s increasingly clear that the Earth’s climate is warming. The primary debate has been over
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Cost-Effectively Adapting to Climate Change
No entity has produced more quixotic, job-killing regulations than the Environmental Protection Agency. Why? Part of it is ideological. However,
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Green Jobs: Myth vs. Reality
We’re hearing a lot of talk about so-called “green jobs” and their anticipated impact on the economy. Some of this
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