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  GLOBE-Net, December 14, 2012 – Nine billion people. This will be the population of our planet by 2050, according to the United Nations, and it seems like a pretty fair bet given that we just welcomed the seven billionth person last fall. CropLife Canada and the Grain...

  GLOBE-Net, December 11, 2012 – A new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found an association between reductions in fine particulate matter and improved life expectancy in 545 counties in the U.S. from 2000 to 2007. It is the...

  GLOBE-Net, November 13, 2012 – The sustainability of a city can no longer be considered in isolation from the sustainability of human and natural resources it uses from proximal or distant regions, or from the combined resource use and impacts of cities globally....

  GLOBE-Net, October 11, 2012 – Companies in three key sectors of British Columbia’s green economy have been successfully creating thousands of ‘green’ jobs by developing and selling innovative solutions, sustainable products, and clean technologies...

  GLOBE-Net, March 23, 2012 – At 30 billion gallons in 2011, the global biofuels industry has become big business. Although conventional biofuels derived from commodity crops account for the bulk of production today, a proliferation of national blending mandates have...

  GLOBE-Net, March 21, 2012 – GLOBE 2012 has just wrapped up and a key message we are hearing from all sources is that this year’s GLOBE Conference was exceptional in terms of the quality of the dialogue and the excellence of the session speakers. And everyone...

  GLOBE-Net, March 1, 2012 – Like many in my profession, I have grown weary of the divisive and polarized debate over the science of climate change that has been such a disruptive force in recent years. This debate is too often carried out in extremes: Either you...

A GLOBE-Net Editorial GLOBE-Net, December 15, 2011- In the wake of the 11th hour accord reached in Durban, South Africa (labeled the Durban Platform), Canada formally declared its decision to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto Accord, the international agreement to cut greenhouse...