The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that food prices hit a record high in December. Extreme weather, probably linked to global warming, is partly responsible. Drought and fires ravaged Russian wheat; floods inundated Pakistan. Farmers will need help coping with more such events. GR


CONSEQUENCES
SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).