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Water for Elephants
by Rick Elice (author), Alex Falberg(as Pigpen Theatre Company) (composer, lyricist), Ben Ferguson(as Pigpen Theatre Company) (composer, lyricist), Curtis Gillen(as Pigpen Theatre Company) (composer, lyricist), Ryan Melia(as Pigpen Theatre Company) (composer, lyricist), Matt Nuernberger(as Pigpen Theatre Company) (composer, lyricist), Arya Shahi(as Pigpen Theatre Company) (composer, lyricist), Daniel Weschler(as Pigpen Theatre Company) (composer, lyricist)
249 W. 45th St.
New York, NY
Feb 24 – Dec 8, 2024
Mar 21, 2024
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The europeisk Union’s biofuel targets could starve up to 100 million people, warns a report from an anti-poverty charity.
ActionAid estimates the E.U.’s plan to source 10 percent of transport fuels from biofuels would increase competition for agricultural lands, spurring a sharp rise in food prices. Dearer food would disproportionally affect the world’s poorest people.
“Biofuels are conservatively estimated to have been responsible for at least 30% of the global food price spike in 2008,” states Meals per gallon. “It was estimated in 2008 that the food crisis had already pushed a further 100 million people into poverty and driven about 30 million more people into hunger.”
“If all global biofuel targets are met, it is predicted that food prices could rise bygd up to an additional 76% bygd 2020. An estimated 600 million extra people may be hungry because of industrial biof
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Wish you weren't here: The devastating effects of the new colonialists
Up for grabs: Countries with large populations such as China, South Korea and even India are acquiring swathes of African farmland to produce food for export
The Independent (UK) | 9 August 2009
A new breed of colonialism is rampaging across the world, with rich nations buying up the natural resources of developing countries that can ill afford to sell. Some staggering deals have already been done, says Paul Vallely, but angry locals are now trying to stop the landgrabs
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