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Among the greatest challenges humankind has faced throughout its history, feeding the world’s hungry ranks at or near the very top of the list. And with the world’s population expected to top nine billion between 2050 and 2100, this issue will surely become even more important in the coming decades. However, what many people may not realize is that the carbon dioxide humans have been pumping into the air since the middle of the 20th century has enriched plant growth, thereby contributing to record crop yields, which has helped to bring about the largest decline in hunger, starvation, and malnutrition...

Warming: After stifling a report questioning the science behind climate change, the EPA is censoring two of its lawyers for saying the proposed solutions are also problematical. The debate isn't over. It's being suppressed. In the proud tradition of EPA whistle-blower Alan Carlin, whose leaked study blew the lid off the EPA's hyped and flawed science behind climate change, two EPA lawyers, Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, have produced a Web video titled "A Huge Mistake." In it they say cap-and-trade in general and the Waxman-Markey bill in particular are the wrong answers anyway. Williams and Zabel do not deny...

Oakland Tribune Cal-EPA nominee left of most Democrats Terry Tamminen puts governor at odds with Bush administration By Douglas FischerSTAFF WRITER Friday, November 14, 2003 - Incoming California Environmental Protection Agency boss Terry Tamminen outlined an agenda Thursday that places the Schwarzenegger administration at odds with the Bush administration, while simultaneously defending the governor-elect's decision to put a timber industry executive in the agency's No. 2 slot and Bill Jones as the state resources chief. "We have to get beyond balkanizing ourselves," Tamminen said shortly after addressing business leaders gathered for the 17th annual San Francisco Bay Decisionmakers Conference....