Issues & Trends

	International Energy Outlook 2010 - Highlights World marketed energy consumption increases by 49 percent from 2007 to 2035 in the Reference case. Total energy demand in non-OECD countries increases by 84 percent, compared with an increase of 14 percent in OECD countries.
	Biodiversity In Peril, The U.N. Warns By JIM WITKIN
	Study Finds Big Decrease In Global Child MortalitySource: Reuters
	New Strategy To Wipe Out Polio May Be Last Shot To Eradicate It Before Money Runs Out GENEVA (AP) - For years, the world has been on the brink of wiping out polio, the deadly disease that can paralyze and kill children. At the World Health Organization's annual meeting of health ministers this week, experts are unveiling what they describe as a new strategy to get rid of the feared disease.
	Climate Change Hits The Oceans By Michael D. Lemonick
	The World's Most Valuable Stuff Mostly because of farming, water is increasingly scarce. Managing it better could help From The Economist print edition
2010-05-18	Oceans' Fish Could Disappear In 40 Years: UN The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned Monday.
	NASA: Easily The Hottest April — And Hottest Jan-April — In Temperature Record Plus a new record 12-month global temperature, as predicted
	Wiring The Oceans A new state-of-the-art global observatory currently under construction is about to launch ocean science light years ahead May/June 2010
	Salt Killing Crops, Driving Migration In Storm-Hit Southern Bangladesh Written by: AlertNet correspondent REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman