Articles by Lester Brown
Lester R. Brown is founder and president of Earth Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Follow EPI: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn
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Peak Water: What Happens When the Wells Go Dry?
Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to our future is peak water. There are substitutes for oil, but not for water. We can produce […]
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 4. Food or Fuel?
At the time of the Arab oil export embargo in the 1970s, the importing countries were beginning to ask themselves if there were alternatives to oil. In a number of […]
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Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef
By Janet Larsen and J. Matthew Roney The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world […]
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Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
By Janet Larsen When New York City opened registration for its much anticipated public bike-sharing program on April 15, 2013, more than 5,000 people signed up within 30 hours. Eager […]
