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Food Riots

Haiti's Second Goudougoudou: The Global Food Crisis

Mark Schuller | Posted 12.02.2012 | World
Read More: Drought, Food Riots, Haiti Earthquake, Food Crisis, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Climate Change, Hurricane Isaac, Record Temperatures, World News
Mark Schuller

Drawing parallels between rising food costs and the earthquake in Haiti redefines the word "disaster" specifically reminds us of its human causes -- and it is a clarion call for action, a warning of an impending humanitarian crisis.

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The Climate of Truth

Aiko Stevenson | Posted 10.06.2012 | Green
Read More: Politics, Food Riots, Climate Change, Green Energy, Carbon Emissions, Fossil Fuels, Arab Spring, Food Crisis, US Drought, Green News
Aiko Stevenson

Green energy already accounts for 16 percent of all electricity worldwide. And, with fewer climate change related disasters, we would save hundreds of billions of dollars per annum. So, if fossil fuels no longer make economic nor environmental sense, why aren't we beginning to phase them out?

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Zach Carter

Gambling On Hunger

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gas Prices, Food Riots, Tunisia, Derivatives, Budget, Speculation, Swaps, David Kane, Commodities Bubble, Federal Reserve, Obama, Cr, The Fed, Cftc, Maryknolls, Hunger, Blanche Lincoln, Wall Street, Egypt, Bart Chilton, Oil Prices, Galbraith, Food, Mubarak, Sec, Food Prices, Position Limits, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Since July, the price of corn has jumped 62 percent. Wheat has climbed by two-thirds, and soybeans are 38 percent more expensive. For ma...

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Hunger for Change

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Food Riots, Fao, Eqypt, Lester Brown, Police, Tunisia, Food Prices, Ussr, Casablanca, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Food and Agricultural Organization, Politics News
Craig K. Comstock

Sharply rising food prices have often meant trouble for governments, especially when people expect better and the cost of food is a big fraction of a...

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Who Will Feed Egypt?

Robert Walker | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Population, Egypt Protests, Population Growth, Food Riots, Wheat, Egypt, Food Crisis, World News
Robert Walker

While reports differ as to how extensive Egypt's grain reserves are, a shut off of grain imports would imperil Egypt's ability to feed itself.

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Food Costs Highest Since 1990: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Report (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Prices of Food@Y:World, Food and Argriculture, Food Riots, Starvation, Food Price Index, Famine, Food Prices, United Nations, Slidepollajax, Food Shortage, Un, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, World News

Up for the sixth month in a row and fueled by surging sugar prices and rises in cereals and oils, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food...

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This World Food Day, Rising Food Prices Are Back in the News. What's the World to Do?

Charles MacCormack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Farming, Food Riots, Hunger, Children, Corn, Agriculture, Malnutrition, Childhood Nutrition, Mozambique, Food Prices, World Food Day, Children's Health, Home News
Charles MacCormack

Food price protests have at times shined a spotlight on the plight of the urban poor, which is real and must be addressed. But the world must also address the plight of rural poor, even if it's less likely to make headlines.

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ReThink Review: DIRT! The Movie -- Love the Earth, Literally

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Food Riots, Soil, Dust Bowl, Agriculture, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, Dirt! The Movie, Erosion, Film, Movies, Movie Reviews, Starvation, Hunger, Jonathan Kim, Mountaintop Removal, Fossil Fuels, The Young Turks, Documentary, Topsoil, Movie Critic, Industrial Agriculture, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Earth Day has come and gone, and while many of us took time to think about our planet, we were probably focused on the things that happen on its surfa...

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Poor Countries Blame Western Biofuels For High Food Prices

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Ethanol, Food Riots, Rise in Food Prices, Higher Food Prices, Global Markets, Biofuels, Food Prices, Business News

Western countries are feeling political and moral heat from poor countries over their use of biofuels. The New York Times reports: The idea of turn...

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Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Higher Prices, Finance Ministers, Food Shortages, Food Riots, Robert Zoellick, Commodity Prices, World Bank, Jacques Edouard Alexis, Bio-Fuels, Haiti, Corn-Based Ethanol, Global Food Prices, Ethanol, Global Financial Crisis, Surging Prices, Global Riots, Business News

Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...

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Egypt Grants Bonuses After Deadly Food Riots

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Nile Delta Factory, Egypt, Food Riots, Global Inflation, Egypt Unrest, Egypt Riots, United Nations, Business News

MAHALLA EL-KOBRA, Egypt — Egypt rushed Tuesday to grant bonuses to workers after two days of deadly riots over high food prices and low wages wr...

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