Archive for August, 2010

Compendium of food crisis bits and pieces

By Raj on 08/10/2010 in Uncategorized with No Comments

In haste, here are a few resources I’ve found useful in understanding that the current food crisis, sparked by drought and fire in Russia, isn’t so much a re-run of the 2008 disaster as an extension of it.

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Storrs, CT

By Raj on 08/7/2010 in Events with No Comments

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Part of the UConn Democracy Dialogue Series
November 15, 2010
7:00 pm Lecture
More details here.

The Nation: We Have Yet to See The Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

By Trisha on 08/6/2010 in featured with 6 Comments

We Have Yet to See The Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/oil_spill_gallery.html

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