Publications

Janet Larsen has contributed to the following publications:

BOOKS

2015. Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily Adams. Cover of "The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy," by Lester Brown, Janet Larsen, Matt Roney, 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.

Time For Plan B_Cutting Carbon Emissions by Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Jonathan G. Down, and Frances C. MooreLester 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.