by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Oct 8, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 8 October 2013 There’s a Major Foodborne Illness Outbreak and the Government is Shut Down Maryn McKenna / Wired The Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that over 270 cases of...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Oct 7, 2013 | Monitor
Recently, I wrote a piece on water insecurity as a climate-related threat; now I will discuss food scarcity and broader resource scarcity, mostly as related to agriculture, oil and minerals. Such scarcity has a high potential to cause conflict. The U.S. intelligence...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Oct 7, 2013 | Monitor
Climate change and extreme weather events cost the global economy $160 billion in 2012, only $70 billion of which was covered by insurance according to Philip Ryan of Swiss Re. The combination of Hurricane Sandy, the extensive drought across the mid-West, and other...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Oct 2, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 2 October 2013 WWII Veterans storm DC memorial Leo Shane III / Stars and Stripes Four busloads of WWII veterans were not hampered the barricades blocking access to the World War II Memorial. On Tuesday, the Honor Flight...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Sep 26, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 26 September 2013 What happens if you add lots of wind and solar power to the grid? Brad Plumer / Washington Post The national electricity grid must address complications regarding the input of wind and solar power, now that they...