Janet Larsen has contributed to the following publications:
BOOKS
2015. Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily Adams. The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
2002. Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts. The Earth Policy Reader. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
Case study author for Earth Matters: Studies for Our Global Future, 5th Edition. Washington, DC: Population Education. In progress.
Larsen, Janet. “Irrigated Area Rises.” In Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2002: The Trends that Are Shaping Our Future. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Milk Production Maintains Momentum;” “Hydrological Poverty Worsening;” “Wetlands Decline.” In Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2001: The Trends that Are Shaping Our Future. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.
PAPERS
Larsen, Janet. “Plan B for Stabilizing Climate and Ensuring Food Security.” In Energy, Climate Change, and Food Security. Proceedings of a Symposium arranged by the Danish National Group, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Center for Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies, University of Copenhagen; Swedish and Danish Branches, International Physicians Against Nuclear War; Mandela Center; SGI Denmark; Danish Peace Academy; International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and the Danish Institute for International Studies.
Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Jonathan G. Down, and Frances C. Moore. Time for Plan B: Cutting Carbon Emissions. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 2008.
SELECTED ARTICLES, OP EDS, AND WEB-BASED PUBLICATIONS
Larsen, Janet. “Remembering the Dust Bowl.” Medium, 5 December 2017.
Larsen, Janet. “Learning from California’s Drought: Managing Groundwater.” Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, 17 May 2016.
Larsen, Janet. “Bike-Sharing is a Big Deal: Part of a Larger Transition to a New Energy Economy,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7 June 2015.
Larsen, Janet. “Plastic Bag Bans or Fees Cover 49 Million Americans,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 1 October 2014.
Larsen, Janet. “The Swinging Pendulum of Population Policy in Iran,” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 25 June 2014.
Larsen, Janet, and Venkova, Savina. “The Downfall of the Plastic Bag: A Global Picture,” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 1 May 2014.
Larsen, Janet, and Venkova, Savina. “Plastic Bag Bans Spreading in the United States,” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 22 April 2014.
Larsen, Janet. “2013 Marked the Thirty-seventh Consecutive Year of Above-Average Temperature,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 4 February 2014.
Larsen, Janet, and Adams, Emily E. “As Sea Ice Shrinks, Arctic Shipping Options Expand.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute.19 December 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “Climate Change Driving Weather off the Charts.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 18 November 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “U.S. Bike-Sharing Fleet More than Doubles in 2013.” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 28 August 2013.
Larsen, Janet, and Roney, J. Matthew. “Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 12 June 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “China’s Growing Hunger for Meat Shown by Move to Buy Smithfield, World’s Leading Pork Producer,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 6 June 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 14 May 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “Bike-Sharing Programs Hit the Streets in Over 500 Cities Worldwide.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 25 April 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “Falling Gasoline Use Means United States Can Just Say No to New Pipelines and Food-to-Fuel,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 28 March 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “Warmest Decade on Record Brings Record Temperatures and Weather Extremes,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 13 February 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously Low as 2012 Consumption Exceeded Production,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 17 January 2013.
Larsen, Janet. “Expanding Dust Bowls Worsening Food Prospects in China and Africa.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 20 December 2012.
Larsen, Janet. “Dust Bowl Revisited.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 16 November 2012.
Adams, Emily E., and Larsen, Janet. “Arctic Sea Ice in Free Fall.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 11 October 2012.
Larsen, Janet. “Heat and Drought Ravage U.S. Crop Prospects—Global Stocks Suffer,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 14 September 2012.
Larsen, Janet. “Meat Consumption in China Now Double That in the United States.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 24 April 2012.
Larsen, Janet. “Peak Meat: U.S. Meat Consumption Falling,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 7 March 2012.
Larsen, Janet, and Rasmussen, Sara. “2011: A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 31 January 2012.
Larsen, Janet. “Bumper 2011 Grain Harvest Fails to Rebuild Global Stocks,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 11 January 2012.
Larsen, Janet. “Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in China.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 25 May 2011.
Larsen, Janet. “Offshore Wind, Not Offshore Oil,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 12 May 2010.
Larsen, Janet. “Earth Out of Sync – Rising Temperatures Throwing off Seasonal Timing.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 25 March 2010.
Larsen, Janet. “U.S. Feeds One Quarter of its Grain to Cars While Hunger is on the Rise,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 21 January 2010.
Larsen, Janet. “America’s Century-Long Love Affair with the Car May Be Coming to an End,” Data Highlight. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 12 January 2010.
Larsen, Janet. “Inferno on Earth: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 19 November 2009.
Larsen, Janet. “Rising Seas and Powerful Storms Threaten Global Security.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 9 October 2008.
Larsen, Janet. “Bottled Water Boycotts: Back-to-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 7 December 2007.
Larsen, Janet. “Hurricane Damages Soar to New Levels: Insurance Companies Abandoning Homeowners in High-Risk Coastal Areas.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 29 August 2006.
Larsen, Janet. “Setting the Record Straight: More than 52,000 Europeans Died from Heat in Summer 2003.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 28 July 2006.
Larsen, Janet. “U.S. Mayors Respond to Washington Leadership Vacuum on Climate Change.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 3 May 2006.
Arnold, Emily, and Larsen, Janet. “Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down the Drain.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 2 February 2006.
Larsen, Janet. “Empty Skies: World’s Birds at Risk.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 7 December 2005.
Larsen, Janet. “Wild Fish Catch Hits Limits—Oceanic Decline Offset by Increased Fish Farming,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 22 June 2005.
Larsen, Janet. “Disappearing Lakes, Shrinking Seas.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 7 April 2005.
Larsen, Janet. “World Population Grew by 76 Million People in 2004: 3 Million Added in the Industrial World and 73 Million in the Developing World,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 22 December 2004.
Larsen, Janet. “Coal Takes Heavy Human Toll: Some 25,100 U.S. Deaths from Coal Use Largely Preventable.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 24 August 2004.
Larsen, Janet. “Dead Zones Increasing in the World’s Coastal Waters.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 16 June 2004.
Larsen, Janet. “The Sixth Great Extinction: A Status Report.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 2 March 2004.
Larsen, Janet. “Glaciers and Sea Ice Endangered by Rising Temperatures.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 22 January 2004.
Larsen, Janet. “Record Heat Wave in Europe Takes 35,000 Lives: Far Greater Losses May Lie Ahead.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 9 October 2003.
Larsen, Janet. “Other Fish in the Sea, But For How Long?.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 16 July 2003.
Larsen, Janet. “Deserts Advancing, Civilization Retreating.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 27 March 2003.
Larsen, Janet. “Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 23 January 2003.
Larsen, Janet. “Sterilization is World’s Most Popular Contraceptive Method: One of Four Births Still Unplanned.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 15 October 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Population Growing by 80 Million Annually,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 1 October 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Fish Catch Leveling Off,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 1 October 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Forest Cover Shrinking,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 1 October 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Bicycle Production Breaks 100 Million,” Eco-Economy Indicator. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 1 October 2002.
Brown, Lester R., and Larsen, Janet. “World Turning to Bicycle for Mobility and Exercise: Bicycle Sales Top 100 Million in 2000.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 17 July 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Illegal Logging Threatens Ecological and Economic Stability.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 21 May 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Our Closest Relatives Are Disappearing.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 5 March 2002.
Larsen, Janet. “Iran’s Birth Rate Plummeting at Record Pace: Success Provides a Model for Other Developing Countries.” Plan B Update. Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute. 28 December 2001.
Brown, Lester R., and Larsen, Janet. “Paving the Planet: Cars and Crops Competing for Land.” Worldwatch Issue Alert. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute. 14 February 2001.