Food prices rocket as Republicans play fiddle

Food prices are rocketing, which is already resulting in riots. Peter Sinclair flags this on his excellent blog here with links to Scientific American, which explains the reasons and suggests a link to climate change. A debate about this is also raging on the Climate Progress website.

I find it ironic that some of the best science and news reporting regarding global environmental isssues is eminating from the USA, which seems to be hell bent on making matters worse thanks to Republican interventions.

More on this important issue here:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jan/13/rising-food-prices-global-rethink

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jan/21/olivier-de-schutter-food-farming

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jan/23/food-speculation-banks-hunger-poverty

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/23/gm-foods-world-population-crisis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set-aside