Center for a New American Security

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will unveil its much anticipated climate bill today, the Washington Post reports. The bill will mandate significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while “setting a limit on the cost of carbon allowances.”

At least one environmental analyst is skeptical of the U.S. State Department's new food security initiative, The New York Times reports. Meanwhile, the Guardian discusses the International Food Policy Research Institute's new report which finds that climate change will dramatically reduce food supplies in developing countries.

According to The New York Times Green Inc. blog, an 800 million barrel oil discovery in Uganda has brought both opportunity and conflict to the country.

Yesterday we noted that China is competing with other countries to tap new Nigerian oil sources. But the Financial Times reports that the Nigerian resistance group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), known for sabotaging oil projects, has a problem with China's intentions and could result in increased violence in the region.

Finally, The New York Times reports that alternative energy projects may create a huge demand for water, which could increase tensions and ignite disputes in drought-prone regions like the American Southwest.