Annual Industrial Capabilities Report To Congress (Spotlighting US National Security Needs for Rare Earths Minerals)

US Dept. of Defense http://www.acq.osd.mil/mibp/docs/annual_ind_cap_rpt_to_congress-2011.pdf [From an E&E Daily report by Annie Snider and Manuel Quinones, sub. req'd]  The Pentagon this week said it is “essential” to establish reliable, non-Chinese sources of rare earth minerals, publicly revealing for the first time the Defense Department’s concern about the Asian giant’s near-monopoly on the strategic materials… According … Continue reading »

Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on the Cocoa-Growing Regions in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/Newsroom/Documents/ghana_ivory_coast_climate_change_and_cocoa.pdf [From the Executive Summary]  …The objective of the research was to generate future climate scenarios to predict the impact of climate change on the suitability to grow cocoa of the main growing regions of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. …The analysis focused on the specific regions where cocoa is … Continue reading »