The Solvable Problem of Energy Poverty
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Respiratory illness from cooking on primitive stoves, like this one in Ethiopia, will be causing 4,000 premature deaths each year by 2030 if nothing is done to address the problem.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
Published September 21, 2010
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The United Nations’ goals for fighting extreme poverty—an effort being assessed at a summit this week in New York—will fall short unless nations also work to bring electricity and modern, safe cooking technology to the billions of “energy-poor” people around the globe, a new report says.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
The Solvable Problem of Energy Poverty
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