The World's Water Crisis

Of all the various crises besetting the developing world, the water crisis may be the hardest for those of us living comfortable lives to comprehend. We are never far from a tap that provides free water or a store where we can buy bottled water.

Bloomberg and Clinton Merge Climate Groups:

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and former President Bill Clinton, two of the world’s most influential spokesmen for environmental sustainability, will merge their global climate groups under a plan to be announced on Wednesday morning, according to people told of the plans: Read More

Safe Energy & Issues Of Waste

Decreasing consumption, increasing efficiency, and increasing the role of renewable energy sources:

Confronting health issues of climate change:

The shift in the planet's climate is affecting the health of patients -- and physicians are starting to see the results. Read More:

GE to build nation's largest solar power plant:

NEW YORK - GE is taking aim at the world's biggest solar company in a bid to expand into a fast-growing renewable energy market.Story Continues:

Ozone layer faces record 40 pct loss over Arctic:

In this July 19, 2007 file photo an iceberg is seen off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland. The Arctic is a thermostat against overheating and a barometer of change, but now its own protective ozone layer that keeps out damaging ultraviolet radiation has thinned to record levels, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday April 5, 2011. Read more:

Energy Ideas Democrats and Republicans Agree On

Public health is another part of the energy picture where there is common ground. We have about 100,000 premature deaths in the U.S. each year from petroleum-related air pollution and 6.5 million annual hospital visits by people with respiratory illnesses caused by the same thing.

These deaths are far greater in number than the combined deaths from car accidents, drunk drivers, gang wars, suicides or the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Energy Ideas Democrats and Republicans Agree On!Read More: