Being Green - 18 March 2016

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Some Major Climate-Change Consequences:
Here are a number of happenings, news items, which are symptomatic of our present state of affairs, economically and environmentally.
Well, first, the drought, which has broken all records in the West of the country and is generally believed to be the ‘worst ever’. There are consequences.
South Africa will relax some of its tough rules on genetically modified crops so it can ramp up maize imports from the United States and Mexico to avert a potential food crisis.
18 Mar 2016 English South Africa Health & Fitness

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