California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water.
… California drought: agribusiness, fracking untouched by … California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines … 90% of the state's water. The unprecedented drought gripping California has deepened for …
California's drought is a harbinger of things to come around the world, writes Maude Barlow. Because of global warming, yes - but also because the Golden State is an exemplar of the 'water as property for corporate profit' neoliberal paradigm that's taking over the world. It's now essential to assert water as a Commons - to be both justly shared, and fiercely protected!
… is the 'canary in the coalmine' of global drought Maude Barlow | 1st July 2015 News … Health water-bottles-cut.jpg California's drought is a harbinger of things to come … to impose mandatory water restrictions in his drought stricken state for the first time in …
Ethiopia leads the way in preserving crop seeds by engaging farming communities in the effort, and making the exchange of seeds part of village life and culture, reports Claire Provost. But now it's all at risk from a G8 plan to open Africa to corporate agriculture.
… traditional, indigenous seeds in the face of drought and other threats. The UN Food and … former head of the seed bank, says recurrent droughts have put the country's agricultural … was head of the seed bank in the 1980s, when drought and acute food crises threatened the …
Forty years ago this month F.N. Steele wrote about Britain’s water shortage and about the importance of addressing its causes immediately
… Steele Water Archive 40 Years Ago Shortage Drought Britain Waterwise Environment Agency … Southern Britain is currently experiencing “drought conditions” after receiving less than … external effects persist 40 years on, with drought conditions driving up food prices, but …
GM crops may benefit agribusiness, writes Andrew Adam-Bradford. But they offer little to Africa or the millions of farming communities that feed the continent. Rather than impose corporate 'solutions', governments should invest in indigenous agro-ecological farming.
… to food supply is often attributed to drought, which in some regions has been … In the face of climate change-induced droughts, discussions jump straight to the … contributing factors, and crop failure from drought is rarely the only cause. A long term …
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes
… to protect our gardens, particularly during a drought is important. RHS Environment aims to … rainfall within a garden will help during a drought as will installing permeable pathways … roofs to your buildings to make your garden drought efficient and limit the speed at which …
Naomi Klein famously called for a 'grand coalition' of the progressive left to fight climate change and Earth-destroying capitalism, writes Alexander Reid Ross. And now it's happening, drawing together diverse strands that encompass the fight for social and racial justice, the right to work, health, clean air and fresh water, and our freedom to be alive and thrive on this our one planet.
… this death, just as climate change induced drought have led to the wars in Syria and … low wages. With climate change-induced droughts, many will be forced to flee the … when you look the cyclone of famine and drought in the eye, it looks like our own …
The corporate war on traditional farming is nowhere fiercer than in India, writes Colin Todhunter. After decades of the 'Green Revolution' that have impoverished the nation's soils, water, biodiversity and cultivators alike, agribusiness is poised for its final strike. But now the small scale farmers who produce most of the country's food are rediscovering ancient agroecological alternatives.
… in The Hindu . Prem Singh runs a farm in the drought-hit Bundelkhand area of Uttar Pradesh, … there has been three recent consecutive droughts, with bouts of unseasonal rains and … In Bundelkhand, there were 17 major droughts during the last century, ten of them …
Some countries and communities will feel the impacts of climate breakdown much earlier and more devastatingly than others.
… intense hurricane seasons. Long-lasting droughts are likely contributing to … South made almost unlivable due to heat and drought. New research suggests that this could …
The green belt is part of the critical green infrastructure that delivers multiple benefits for cities, writes Alister Scott. It provides space for recreation, biodiversity and farms supplying local food. It protects us from flooding and drought, improves air quality and mitigates the urban heat island effect. In short, it's far too valuable to allow developers to build all over it!
… local food. It protects us from flooding and drought, improves air quality and mitigates … for agriculture, protection from flooding and drought, it improves air quality and mitigates …
How do displacement and migration relate to natural disasters and climate change? Today, there is little clarity about their inter-relationship. ARTHUR WYNS debunks three common misconceptions and offers a fresh perspective to frame the subject of 'climate migration'
… and often intensified hurricanes, floods and droughts. A severe tropical storm, for … have a higher resilience in years of drought or flooding, and are able to …
In California, water no longer runs to the sea - it runs towards money, writes Will Parrish. Most of the state's water is already controlled by agribusiness elites. Now, backed by politicians, they are planning to grab the little that's left, leaving nature and indigenous communities high and dry.
… California is now in the throes of its worst drought since first developing its gargantuan … range of scientists began predicting that the drought may very well be the last straw, …
Corporate interests have skewed the entire development agenda for agriculture in Africa, writes Ian Fitzpatrick. Instead of investing in sustainable, small scale farming along agroecological principles that raise production and support rural communities, governments - including the UK's - are backing destructive industrial farming and land grabs.
… that an "enduring lesson of history is that drought and famine feed conflict, and conflict …
Mark Goldring, Chief Executive of Oxfam GB, reports on growing inequality arising from the current economic model that benefits the privileged minority.
Extreme inequality across the globe spells disaster for millions.
… raise the alarm that millions of people face drought and hunger when the crisis builds …
'Climate smart agriculture' has become the buzz phrase at high level international policy discussions. But now there is a struggle over its definition. Is it the latest manifestation for corporate social responsibility or the title of a manifesto for real, grassroots led, change, ask PETER NEWELL, JENNIFER CLAPP and ZOE BRENT
… high as 50 percent. Industrial model And as drought and extreme weather events associated …
The UK government’s decision this week to allow fracking undermines its commitments to tackle climate change and reduce fossil fuel use. It came just days before the government’s own data showed renewable electricity hit a record high last year. JOSEPH DUTTON reports
… lives. And the high temperatures and ensuing droughts are threatening harvests across …
While governments argue over responsibility for global warming, development experts are thinking about the humanitarian consequences for the world’s poor. Mara Hvistendahl reports from the United Nations.
… northern nations while causing widespread droughts and desertification in sub-Saharan …
Confronted with climate change, disasters and their human victims, governments are all to quick to adopt a security response, write Nick Buxton & Ben Hayes. We saw it in the US after Hurricane Katrina. We see it now in Europe. And there's a host of powerful corporations keen to cash in on the opportunities. But the solutions they offer will only deepen the crises we face.
… defend water infrastructure amid an ongoing drought in the megacity of São Paulo. Absent … of climate change" in the form of "storms, droughts, and floods" . The rest of the …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… the earthworms and bees. Creating artificial drought in a land of rain Save noted that …
Biotech corporations have invested billions in a range of new 'GM 2.0' technologies designed to redesign the world's germplasm and create new generations of super-GMOs, writes Nina Holland. And powerful investors have no intention of letting tedious EU regulations get in the way of the profits they are now poised to reap - no matter what the laws actually say.
… objectives allegedly include pest resistance, drought tolerance ... Yet the very first new …
In becoming the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Bob Dylan is in esteemed company; many previous recipients have also been voices for social protest and change, all of whom have borne witness to their life and times writes HARRIET GRIFFEY
… the Dustbowl Ballads about the dust storms, droughts and the Depression of the 1930s, and …
Science is to corporate science as Hyperion to a satyr, writes Ralph Nader. And there is no better example of this than Monsanto's realm of GMOs, biocides, super-aggressive lawyers and tame regulators - brilliantly exposed in this new book of essays, edited by Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber.
… lower chemical inputs, and resistant to drought and blight. Yet Monsanto has refused …
Many companies have felt the pressure over the past few years to go green - but some US corporations have made it their mission to help our planet and are making huge changes to our world.
… Isreal and the Middle East often experience droughts, but no longer suffer from them …