Posts Tagged ‘ development ’

SPIEGEL Interview with Al Gore: ‘I Am Optimistic’

November 2, 2009
SPIEGEL Interview with Al Gore: ‘I Am Optimistic’

In a SPIEGEL interview, former US vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, 61, discusses Barack Obama’s environmental policies, the endless push by lobbyists to derail reforms and his hopes for a global deal at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. SPIEGEL: Mr. Vice President, you write in your new...
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Super Sorghum for the Poor: Can Genetic Crops Stop the Food Crisis?

April 23, 2008

It will take some time before genetically modified crops can help the world’s starving people. One reason is that agricultural corporations are developing the wrong types of plants. In emerging economies like Argentina and India, most GM crops are cultivated for use in export products. Sometimes the solutions to humanity’s problems are only a...
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