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Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Source: The Guardian

Water scarcity's effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed a population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050.

Posted on: Dec 11, 2011, Source: The Guardian

Andy Atkins, executive director of Friends of the Earth, said: "This empty shell of a plan leaves the planet hurtling towards catastrophic climate change."

Posted on: Mar 14, 2011, Source: The Guardian

Lack of radiation readings echoes pattern of secrecy employed after other major accidents such as Chernobyl.

Posted on: Mar 9, 2010, Source: Mail & Guardian

20+ African countries are selling or leasing land for intensive agriculture on a shocking scale in what may be the greatest change of ownership since the colonial era.