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Fred Pearce

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Name: Fred Pearce

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Humans Have Been Transforming the Planet for the Past 5,000 Years

Photo: dvs/FlickrHuman activity has sent atmospheric CO2 concentrations to levels unseen in millions of years , and we've learned that this will harm two-thirds of all plants and animals . But as it turns out, this is nothing new. Fred Pearce, writing ... [Published Motherboard Magazine - May 14 2013]

Entities: Fred Pearce, Ecosystem, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Creative managers get cooking when fanciful targets served up

A revised directive of 10 per cent profit growth for SOEs leaves bosses with little choice but to come up with inventive recipes for successShirley Yam Shirley.yam@scmp.comEditor's PickThe many economical and ecological benefits to using human excrement ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 10 2013]

Entities: Jiang Jiemin, Tsai Ming-Liang, Entrepreneur, Fred Pearce

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

China export data beats market target

April shipments jump 14.7 per cent, with imports also increasing a better-than-expected 16.8 per cent, fuelling talk of speculative fund flowsVictoria Ruan victoria.ruan@scmp.comIn PicturesEditor's PickThe many economical and ecological benefits to using ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 08 2013]

Entities: China, Trade Surplus, Hong Kong, Victoria Ruan

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Xi Jinping

To dream the un-Chinese dream

Alex Lo alex.lo@scmp.comBIOAlex Lo is a senior writer at the South China Morning Post. He writes editorials and the daily “My Take” column on page 2. He also edits the weekly science and technology page in Sunday Morning Post.Editor's PickThe many economical ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 08 2013]

Entities: Xi Jinping, Renaissance College, Powerful, Fred Pearce

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Renaissance College

How can China help in the Middle East

Entities: China, Beijing, Renaissance College, Xi Jinping

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

The road to convertibility is paved with repression

Despite new talk of a five-year timeframe for full yuan convertibility, state firms' inefficiency makes it unlikely that Beijing will loosen its gripTom HollandBIOAs the writer of the South China Morning Post’s Monitor column, Tom Holland attempts each ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]

Entities: Beijing, Repression, China

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Spanx

Sisters score hit with the mother of all Gangnam parodies, Harilela-style

Ernest Kao ernest.kao@scmp.comIn PicturesEditor's PickThe many economical and ecological benefits to using human excrement and urine as fertiliser are not to be sniffed at. Fred Pearce gets to grips with a sorely underused resource.10:01PMThe sisters' ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]

Entities: Hari Harilela, Fred Pearce, Spanx

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Tourists with Hong Kong operator injured in Guangxi bus crash

Ernest Kao ernest.kao@scmp.comIn PicturesEditor's PickThe many economical and ecological benefits to using human excrement and urine as fertiliser are not to be sniffed at. Fred Pearce gets to grips with a sorely underused resource.10:01PMNineteen tourists ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]

Entities: Hong Kong, Longan, Fred Pearce, Immigration, Nanning

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Why the HKMA should fret over consumer debt

The coming housing crisis in the city after the Fed raises US interest rates is going to plunge many Hongkongers into negative equityTom HollandBIOAs the writer of the South China Morning Post’s Monitor column, Tom Holland attempts each day to make sense ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 06 2013]

Entities: Mortgages, Norman Chan, Hong Kong, Tom Holland, Gross Domestic Product

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Zombie China assets threaten lenders

The real threat from uneconomic projects backed by mainland municipal authorities is that lenders will be saddled with these unviable assetsTom HollandBIOAs the writer of the South China Morning Post’s Monitor column, Tom Holland attempts each day to ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 05 2013]

Entities: China, Tom Holland, Hong Kong, Crisis

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

What running 100 miles taught me

On Friday, April 26, more than 1,000 people were flagged off from Yagasaki-Kouen, Lake Kawaguchi for a 161km loop in the Ultra Trail Mount Fuji race. My first attempt at the distance, I survived to tell the tale...BIOSCMP health editor Jeanette Wang discovered ... [Published South China Morning Post - May 05 2013]

Entities: Kawaguchi, Hong Kong, Fred Pearce, John Ellis, John Muir

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Belper group hosts county eco festival

A Belper group which aims to make the town a greener place is holding a climate change and eco festival this weekend.Transition Belper will be hosting a range of talks, music, film, stalls, walks, demonstrations, displays, activities and events for children, ... [Published Belper Today - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Fred Pearce, Bill McGuire, Iain Stewart, Global Warming/Climate Change

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The smallholders’ last stand [Published Communist Party of Australia - May 14 2013]
Humans Have Been Transforming the Planet for th... [Published Motherboard Magazine - May 14 2013]
Creative managers get cooking when fanciful tar... [Published South China Morning Post - May 10 2013]
Hong Kong blinkers skew Pearl delta outlook, sa... [Published South China Morning Post - May 10 2013]
Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries under fir... [Published South China Morning Post - May 10 2013]
Ineffective pan-democratic movement has to grow... [Published South China Morning Post - May 09 2013]
To dream the un-Chinese dream [Published South China Morning Post - May 08 2013]
China export data beats market target [Published South China Morning Post - May 08 2013]
The road to convertibility is paved with repres... [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]
Sisters score hit with the mother of all Gangna... [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]
How can China help in the Middle East [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]
Recruiting overseas judges the right thing to d... [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]
Ask the Wonks: On blue-state secession, global-... [Published Ezra Klein - May 07 2013]
Tourists with Hong Kong operator injured in Gua... [Published South China Morning Post - May 07 2013]
Diamonds better than silver for trading contract [Published South China Morning Post - May 06 2013]
Why the HKMA should fret over consumer debt [Published South China Morning Post - May 06 2013]
Three big questions for the end of the season [Published South China Morning Post - May 06 2013]
Saving stamp duty means leaving home [Published South China Morning Post - May 05 2013]
Zombie China assets threaten lenders [Published South China Morning Post - May 05 2013]
What running 100 miles taught me [Published South China Morning Post - May 05 2013]
Culpability for Lamma ferry crash must be prope... [Published South China Morning Post - May 04 2013]
John Ellis brings the universe's secrets down t... [Published South China Morning Post - May 04 2013]
A May Bank Holiday what's on in Derbyshire [Published Matlock People - May 01 2013]
Mercury listings guide: what’s on [Published Matlock Mercury - May 01 2013]
Belper group hosts county eco festival [Published Belper Today - Apr 30 2013]
Water wars to destabilize the world [Published Meri News - Apr 20 2013]
As U.S. fertilizer industry grows, so do the risks [Published Washington Post - Apr 19 2013]
The Texas fertilizer plant explosion is horrifi... [Published Ezra Klein - Apr 18 2013]
Biological Stowaways: Deadly Ballast Water [Published NHPR - Apr 15 2013]
Is it the end of the world if a few more specie... [Published Socialist Worker - Mar 26 2013]

Blogs

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Ask the Wonks: On blue-state secession, global-... [Published Ezra Klein - May 07 2013] Last week, we asked you to submit any burning questions you had for us. This week, we try to answer. Topics include the economics of blue-state secession, the recent apparent slowdown in global warming, boxers vs. briefs, a counterfactual history of ...
The Texas fertilizer plant explosion is horrifi... [Published Ezra Klein - Apr 18 2013] Yet another piece of horrible news to add to this week: A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in central Texas on Wednesday killed 5 to 15 people and left more than 160 wounded. In this Instagram photo provided by Andy Bartee, a plume of smoke ...
Chinese firms and Gulf sheiks are snatching up ... [Published Ezra Klein - Jan 26 2013] The world’s population is soaring past 7 billion. Food prices keep spiking every few years. Freshwater supplies in plenty of areas are dwindling. A Sudanese farmer prepares his land for irrigation on the banks of the Nile River in Khartoum. (Mohamed ...
A Parched Future: Global Land and Water Grabbing [Published 3quarksdaily - Jan 07 2013] by Jalees Rehman “This is the bond of water. We know the rites. A man’s flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.”FrankHerbert - Dune Land grabbingrefers to the large-scale acquisition of comparatively inexpensive agriculturalland in ...
Climate clippings 52 [Published Larvatus Prodeo - Nov 05 2011] Climate clippings 527 billion and counting With the world’s population passing 7 billion there have been reports and analysis all over the media. George Monbiot, clear-headed as usual, says the real problem is consumption. He also takes a look at ...