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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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AUDIO: What happened to brokers MF Global? :: Richard Heis from KPMG told Radio 5 live what went wrong with brokers MF Global.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15538791

Energy efficiency and renewable energy subsidies :: What subsidies are available to help cut your energy bills?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15448207

Rick Perry Tax Plan: What Do Economists Think of His Optional Flat Tax? :: Herman Cain's "9-9-9" tax plan has been largely discredited since it entered the spotlight last month. Now all eyes are on Rick Perry's tax plan, which he announced on Tuesday. It has gotten mixed reviews from Republicans -- but what do the experts think?.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/240415/20111031/rick-perry-tax-plan-economists-think-optional.htm

VIDEO: What are bonds? :: When a government or a big company wants to borrow money, it issues what is known as a "bond" - but what exactly is it?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15491690

VIDEO: What is the IMF? :: The International Monetary Fund touches a raw nerve in many developing countries, and is now doing the same in some European ones.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15492118

VIDEO: What is Quantitative Easing? :: Central banks, including the Bank of England / the US Federal Reserve, are using "quantitative easing" to bolster their economies, but what is it?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15492115

VIDEO: What is austerity? :: Greece provides a lesson in how raising taxes and cutting spending can be a painfully uphill, and even self-defeating, task.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15490336