"Lester Brown has produced another 'planetary survey' book that tells us how to get off the wrecking train we are on by courtesy of a dozen environmental assaults such as climate change. The better news (and there’s plenty) is that turning problems into opportunities generally puts money into our pockets." —Norman Myers, 21st Century School, University of Oxford on World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
EPI's Director of Research Janet Larsen was interviewed for NPR's article "Dust Bowls Aren't Just An 'Interstellar' Thing." Two new dust bowls—regions of formerly productive land now crippled by prolonged drought and dust storms—have been developing in China and northern Africa over the past few decades. Read the full story here.