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October 29, 2009 | Posted by Amanda Hahnel, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Research Intern - 8:00am | 0 Comments
- Businesweek reports on the possibility of riots in the Philippines as food shortages loom following a tough season of typhoons and droughts which destroyed local production of rice and other staples.
- The Congolese military has retaken control of several key cassiterite mines amidst charges that they’re using the mines for their own profits, the Wall Street Journal reports.
- President Obama spoke in Florida about the importance of upgrading our nation’s energy grid, Green Inc. reports while DoD Energy Blog reports on the GAO’s assessment that the military is too reliant on the energy grid
- Wired reports on the dramatic ecological shift that is happening in the North Sea that could threaten one of the world’s most fertile fishing grounds.
- Time magazine looks at the impact that military training can have on wildlife, especially in environmentally fragile areas like the Kenyan plains.
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