Issues & Trends

	How No-Flush Toilets Can Help Make a Healthier World Oct 11 , 2012 Inadequate sewage systems and the lack of toilets in much of the developing world have created a major public health and environmental crisis. Now various innovators are promoting new kinds of toilets and technologies that use little or no water and recycle the waste. by cheryl colopy
	Cellphones track how malaria spreads in Kenya Oct 11 , 2012 The movement of millions of people, monitored through their cellphones, has shed new light on how malaria is transmitted via human hosts in Kenya.
2012-09-28	Visualizing Oil Addiction In The U.S. Sep A tiny percentage of the United States uses more than 10% of all our oil. If we want to cut back, these people might be a good place to start.
	Twenty more "Niles" needed to feed growing population - leaders Sep 10 , 2012 (Reuters) - The world needs to find the equivalent of the flow of 20 Nile rivers by 2025 to grow enough food to feed a rising population and help avoid conflicts over water scarcity, a group of former leaders said on Monday.
	"Catch Shares" Save Fish Populations--and the Fishing Industry Sep 10, 2012 Dear EarthTalk: What are “catch shares” as a strategy for rescuing fish populations that are on the brink?—Peter Parmalee, New Orleans
	Caribbean coral reefs face collapse Sep 9, 2012 Caribbean coral reefs are in danger of disappearing, depriving the world of one of its most beautiful and productive ecosystems
2012-08-16	In Fuel Cells, Some Hope for Urban Sanitation
	Rising chemicals output a hazard, clean-up needed by 2020 -UN Sep 5 , 2012 * Rising share of chemicals produced in emerging economies * Poisonings among leading causes of death -UNEP By Alister Doyle
2012-09-04	A Summer of Extremes Signifies the New Normal This summer has seen record heat waves and wildfires in the U.S, the worst flooding in Beijing’s modern history, and droughts that devastated the U.S. corn crop and led India to set up “refugee camps” for livestock. These extreme events were not freak occurrences — this is how the earth works now.
	Policymakers agree ambitious global water monitoring initiative-expert Sep 5 , 2012 An Andean woman drinks water from the Cortada lagoon in the Andean region of Cajamarca November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil By Julie Mollins

Issues & Trends

Inadequate sewage systems and the lack of toilets in much of the developing world have created a major public health and environmental crisis. Now various innovators are promoting new kinds of toilets and technologies that use little or no water and recycle the waste.