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The World Wildlife Fund released its 2008 Living Planet Report on Wednesday, estimating that to maintain current consumption levels, humans will need two planets’ worth of resources by the mid-2030s. Declares the group’s James Leape, “[T]he ecological credit crunch will require even bolder action than that now being mustered for the financial crisis.”
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