Our ENVS 490 class this semester has examined a number of environmental conflicts in Oregon, many in its rural areas. This article discusses how serious the economic situation has become in these areas -- many of which were dependent on natural resource industries -- and includes an animated graphic to suggest that things have only been getting worse in the last few years.
Annual rains in Kenya have failed to come, as a result crops are failing and cattle are dying. 2.5 million people are receiving emergency food aid, many rural farmers are moving to the slums in towns and cities