Lester Brown

Solar panels Cornwall, UK

The 'Great Energy Transition' is already underway, according to a new book

In many places around the world, renewable energy technologies are already cheaper than fossil fuels. In his new book, "The Great Transition," Lester Brown, renowned environmental thinker and writer, says the great energy transition may be complete much sooner than you think.

The 'Great Energy Transition' is already underway, according to a new book

Food: Selling Like Hotcakes...and Starting Wars

Food: Selling Like Hotcakes...and Starting Wars

Food prices causing global instability

Food prices causing global instability

Population, food prices and global security

Population, food prices and global security

Fueling the food crisis

Fueling the food crisis
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Fueling the food crisis

Some agriculture experts say demand for ethanol is to blame for the global crisis in food prices. They want Congress to back away from aggressive targets. But Living on Earth's Jeff Young finds little appetite for that on Capitol Hill.

Fueling the food crisis

'Bob Edwards Weekend': Weiner, Romero and Brown

Interviews with 'NY Times' correspondent Tim Weiner, filmmaker George Romero, and Lester Brown from the Earth Policy Institute.

'Bob Edwards Weekend': Weiner, Romero and Brown

China's Changing Market

China's Changing Market

1999 State of the World Report

1999 State of the World Report

State of the World 1998

State of the World 1998

China Food Round Table

China Food Round Table

Who Will Feed China?

Who Will Feed China?
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Living on Earth Profile Series #9: Lester Brown: Keeping Watch on the World

Living on Earth Profile Series #9: Lester Brown: Keeping Watch on the World
The World

Staking out the State of the World

Staking out the State of the World

Beyond the Dow Jones

Beyond the Dow Jones