Stories by Fred Pearce
Fred Pearce is a freelance author and journalist based in the UK. He is an environment consultant for New Scientist magazine and author of recent books "When The Rivers Run Dry" and "With Speed and Violence"
(Beacon Press).
China is now building a series of dams that will restrict its natural flow and threaten the sustenance of tens of millions of Southeast Asians.
Posted on Jun 22, 2009
Let's challenge the convenient notion that "over-consumers" in rich countries can blame "over-breeders" in distant lands.
Posted on Apr 14, 2009
Recent backpedaling in Europe may signal the end of its leadership on climate change. Can Obama push America to the font?
Posted on Jan 26, 2009
In the discussion of the global food emergency, one underlying factor is barely mentioned: The world is running out of freshwater.
Posted on Jun 9, 2008