"No one is better informed than Lester Brown of the multi-faceted crisis facing our planet. And no one has spelt out so clearly how our civilisation could be saved from falling 'over the edge' while there is—hopefully—still just time." —John Rowley, founder/editor www.peopleandplanet.net on World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
Janet Larsen Interviewed for NPR
November 17, 2014
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.