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December 16, 2011
A weekly look at sustainable bioenergy, farm, and forest policy issues
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More USDA Job-Creating, Renewable and Energy Saving Projects Announced
While Congress has been unable to agree on how best to get America back to work and advance energy security, the USDA Rural Development program is proceeding to implement a tried and proven method: the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
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Improving Resource Productivity Key to Meeting Future Human Needs
The 20th century was characterized by surging population and global economic output and declining resource prices (food, energy, water, materials). The start of the 21st century finds surging population and resource prices and stalling global economic output. Resource prices and price volatility are likely to keep increasing in the years ahead. However, a recent McKinsey Global Institute report finds that increasing resource productivity can play a critical role in moderating future resource demand.
Writer: Ned Stowe
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