...non-polluting power. Wind energy is cheap 3 to 4 cents per kilowatt-hour, according to 2004 estimates by the Earth Policy Institute. These solutions already are saving taxpayer dollars and improving public health by reducing energy waste and...

...tried to mollify angry consumers by slapping price controls on tortillas. Lester R. Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, predicts food riots in other major corn-importing countries if something isn't done. U.S. consumers...

...double." When Brown laments, people listen. A former farmer, he founded Worldwatch Institute in 1974 and the Earth Policy Institute here in 2001. In addition to the MacArthur grant, he has received the U.N. Environment Prize and a recycling...

...corn-based E-85 ethanol would take more than two dedicated acres. As economist Lester R Brown, from the Earth Policy Institute, put it: "The competition for grain between the world's 800 million motorists who want to maintain their...