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Welcome to Earth Policy Institute, dedicated to building
a sustainable future as well
as providing a plan of how to get from here to there.
Lester Brown, President
"Not only are the wind, solar, and geothermal industries hiring new workers, they are also generating jobs in construction and in basic supply industries such as steel, aluminum, and silicon manufacturing. To build and operate the new energy economy will require huge numbers of electricians, plumbers, and roofers. It will also employ countless numbers of high-tech professionals such as wind meteorologists, geothermal geologists, and solar engineers." Lester Brown, New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States
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| Podcast on Corporate Watchdog Radio interview with Lester Brown on Plan B 3.0, October 8, 2008. |
Podcast and transcript of press teleconference with Lester Brown on The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power, October 28, 2008. |
| YouTube clips of Lester Brown outlining four of the major themes in Plan B 3.0. The clips are from a talk given for the Chemical Society of Washington on May 8, 2008. |
Podcast and transcript of press teleconference with Lester Brown on New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States, October 15, 2008. |
| Podcast on National Public Radio, Morning Edition, with Lester Brown regarding the food situation in China, June 4, 2008 |
Podcast of press teleconference with Lester Brown on Time for Plan B: Cutting Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2020, July 2, 2008 |
| Food Situation Power Point presented by Janet Larsen to the “Washington Interreligious Staff Council – Energy and Environment Working Group, May 7, 2008. |
CNN, "This Week in Politics." Transcript of Lester Brown interview on soaring food prices. Note, this transcript is for the entire program. Lester Brown's interview is about two-thirds of the way down. April 25, 2008. |
Video of presentation by Lester Brown, sponsored by the Energy Conversation, April 28, 2008.
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Op-ed "Ethanol's Failed Promise, Washington Post, April 22, 2008. |
| Podcast of press teleconference with Lester Brown World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front, April 16, 2008 |
Video: Plum TV interview of Lester Brown, March 28, 2008 |
| Video interview of Lester Brown by Elephant Journal, March 25, 2008. Full interview posted April 7, 2008. |
Podcast Interview with Lester Brown on water by Ira Flatow of Science Friday. March 21, 2008. |
Podcast of press teleconference with Lester Brown: Melting Mountain Glaciers Will Shrink Grain Harvests in China and India. March 20, 2008
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Print: Lester Brown named Heifer Hero by Heifer International, January 2008 |
| Podcast of press teleconference with Lester Brown: U.S. Moving Toward Ban on New Coal-Fired Power Plants. February 14, 2008 |
Audio & text, "Saving the Planet is No Spectator Sport." Voice of America profile of Lester Brown, February 12, 2008 |
| Podcast of press teleconference
with Lester Brown: Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher in 2008. January 24, 2008 |
Video: Fox Business News, Lester Brown. Click on video on Food Inflation, February 12, 2008. |
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Print: Review of Plan B 3.0 in the Washington Post |
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After World War II, accelerating population growth and steadily rising incomes drove the demand for seafood upward at a record pace. At the same time, advances in fishing technologies, including huge refrigerated processing ships that enabled trawlers to exploit distant oceans, enabled fishers to respond to the growing world demand. In response, the oceanic fish catch climbed from 19 million tons in 1950 to its historic high of 93 million tons in 1997. This fivefold growth—more than double that of population—raised the wild seafood supply per person worldwide from 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) in 1950 to a peak of 17 kilograms in 1988. Since then, it has fallen to 14 kilograms. Read more...
Over the last few years the nuclear industry has used concerns about climate change to argue for a nuclear revival. Although industry representatives may have convinced some political leaders that this is a good idea, there is little evidence of private capital investing in nuclear plants in competitive electricity markets. The reason is simple: nuclear power is uneconomical. Read more...
As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging in the United States. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, is being replaced by one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy. The transition is moving at a pace and on a scale that we could not have imagined even a year ago. Read more...
Standing before the United Nations General Assembly in October 1987, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives, made an appeal representing “an endangered nation.” That year for the first time, “unusual high waves” in the Indian Ocean inundated a quarter of the urban area on the capital island of Male’, flooded farms, and washed away reclaimed land. Read more...
People in Action: Spreading the Plan B Vision
Each year, Earth Policy Institute receives hundreds of letters and e-mails from people who are inspired by our work and are eager to help in building a sustainable future. They have reached out to their communities, co-workers and peers, religious groups, and elected officials to outline the urgency of addressing the mounting pressures on our global environment. Here we highlight a few of their inspiring actions. Read more...Can we avoid economic decline and the collapse of civilization? It depends on you and me, on what you and I do to reverse these trends. It means becoming politically active. Saving our civilization is not a spectator sport. Read more...
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