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Agriculture has fueled the eruption of human civilization. Efficiently raised, affordable crops and livestock feed our growing population, and hunger has largely been banished from the developed world as a result. Yet there are reasons to believe that we are beginning to lose control of our great agricultural machine.

Last year, the United Nations organized a special Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System, headed by Nobel Prize winner Dr.

The six largest manufacturers of baby bottles will stop selling bottles in the United States made with bisphenol A, a controversial chemical widely used in plastics but increasingly linked to a range of health effects.

The House has approved a measure that would ban a controversial chemical from baby bottles, sippy cups and sports water bottles. The measure to ban bisphenol A was passed on a 76-21 vote Thursday and now heads to the Senate. The federal government says bisphenol A is safe in low doses, but supporters of the ban say even small doses may harm children.

A New York county banned baby bottles and sippy cups made from a common compound found in many plastic products. The bill passed Tuesday in the Suffolk County Legislature. It bans bottles made with bisphenol A, more commonly known as BPA. Stores selling bottles with BPA face $500 fines. The county is the first in the nation to ban a product made from BPA.

If you can brave the cold, you can see the green economy at work in Northern Minnesota where dozens of landowners, land managers and private companies have committed to producing certified wood and paper products that meet global standards for responsible forestry.

A new report from Dovetail Partners, a Minneapolis-based non-profit organization, calls for greater use of certification and the expansion of programs to include certification of building materials beyond wood.