Issues & Trends

	22 Countries Face Food Crisis: UN Agencies The Associated Press UN food agencies say persistent food crises are leaving 166 million people in 22 countries chronically hungry.
	China Moving Heaven And Earth To Bring Water To Beijing The $62-billion South-North Water Diversion, which will bring water to the parched capital, is being compared to the Great Wall. But environmentalists are up in arms about the 'replumbing' of the nation's great rivers.
	Fifth Of World's Plants Endangered - Global Study First global study shows 22 percent of plants threatened Agriculture and other human activity pose biggest dangers By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
	Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning Jim Wilson/The New York Times
	Groundwater Depletion Rate Accelerating Worldwide ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2010) — In recent decades, the rate at which humans worldwide are pumping dry the vast underground stores of water that billions depend on has more than doubled, say scientists who have conducted an unusual, global assessment of groundwater use.
	World Bank Data Visualizer This is an animation of time series data much like those from GapMinder.org http://devdata.worldbank.org/DataVisualizer/ As an example, put GNI/Capita on the x-axis & kWh/Capita on the y-axis.
	To meet UN Millennium Development Goals, fight energy poverty, report says The chief economist for the International Energy Agency says the international community must mobilize to target the 1.4 billion people worldwide without electricity, and to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals. Mike Segar/Reuters
	IEA Says $36 Billion Per Year To Eradicate Energy Poverty 1.2 bln people without power access by 2030, 1.4 bln now Universal access to energy would boost oil demand 1 pct Number of people relying on biomass stoves to grow by 2030
	The Neglected Development Goal There is still one subject in international development that goes unmentioned. It is an issue that touches on the lives and health of millions of individuals, and one which world leaders have promised to address.
2010-04-30	Top 10 Countries Using Solar Power Top 10 Countries Using Solar Power by Zachary, posted on July 27th, 2010

Issues & Trends

The Associated Press

The $62-billion South-North Water Diversion, which will bring water to the parched capital, is being compared to the Great Wall. But environmentalists are up in arms about the 'replumbing' of the nation's great rivers.