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Water Wars Predicted
The often overlooked problem of depletion of underground water resources is the subject of a new book by Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, titled Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures.
Brown's book points out that water tables are now falling in countries that contain over half the world's population, and while policymakers and analysts are concerned about the future of water shortages, few have connected the dots to see that a future of water shortages means a future of food shortages.
Similarly, the Sustainable Development Law & Policy Journal devoted its most recent issue to water related topics including security, privatization, scarcity and access to clean water.
Security Experts Call
For End of Oil Dependence
Sharing concerns that an oncoming oil crisis could pose security and economic risks in the U.S., top national security experts pushed for the development of a new initiative to cut U.S. dependence on oil.
In a letter to President Bush, senior security leaders called for the rapid development and deployment of fuel alternatives, improved efficiency, and for such an effort to be funded proportionately with other national defense priorities. The signatories included Robert C. McFarlane, President Reagan's former national security advisor, and R. James Woolsey, a former director of the CIA.
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