Renewables Hit The Big Time
A review of the world's biggest existing and planned renewable energy projects in the solar, wind, tidal, geothermal and wave energy sectors.
Issues & Trends
Parking Lots To Parks: Designing Livable Cities
Lester R. Brown
As I was being driven through Tel Aviv from my hotel to a conference center in 1998, I could not help but note the overwhelming presence of cars and parking lots.
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
Biological diversity is declining faster than previously
Biological diversity is declining faster than previously Study Finds Big Decrease In Global Child Mortality
Source: 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.
Climate Change Hits The Oceans
By Michael D. Lemonick
When scientists say the planet is warming, they usually point to rising air temperatures as proof. That's reasonable enough, especially since the warmth of the air temperature affects us directly so we feel the change the scientists are measuring.
The World's Most Valuable Stuff
Mostly because of farming, water is increasingly scarce. Managing it better could help
From The Economist print edition
Oceans' Fish Could Disappear In 40 Years: UN
By Sebastian Smith (AFP) NEW YORK — 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. "If the various estimates we have received...
NASA: Easily The Hottest April — And Hottest Jan-April — In Temperature Record
Plus a new record 12-month global temperature, as predicted
May 16, 2010 
It was the hottest April on record