Did you know? China is planting a belt of trees to protect land from the expanding Gobi Desert. This Great Green Wall is projected to extend some 4,480 kilometers (2,800 miles), stretching from outer Beijing through Inner Mongolia (Nei Monggol). Unfortunately, recent pressures to expand food production appear to have slowed this tree planting initiative. For more information view the text and data in Chapter 8 of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.
Janet Larsen Writes Op-Ed for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 09, 2015
Janet Larsen, EPI's Director of Research, wrote an op-ed titled "Bike-sharing is a big deal" for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. What riders may not realize is that they are participating in something much larger, a major shift in our transportation and energy systems.