Pearce, Fred.
Summary: It was with the Colorado River that engineers first learned to control great rivers. But now the Colorado"s reservoirs are two-thirds empty. Great rivers like the Indus and the Nile, the Rio Grande and the Yellow River are running on empty. And economists say that by 2025, water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest. Veteran science correspondent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2007
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Summary: Reveals the land grab taking place around the world and how corporate and governmental promises about the benefits of development are masking environmental and social destruction and the transfer of wealth out of host countries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012