China and African development, the WHO's findings on environment and health, climate change and desertification, India's new policies on voluntary organizations, using LEDs to illuminate and alleviate poverty, and a bumpy road for the $3,000 car.

June 26, 2007

EarthTrends: Environmental Information

• Experts Discuss China's Growing Influence on African Development at a panel discussion on China's rapidly growing influence in Africa hosted by the Center for Global Development (CGD) (June 22, 2007).
  
  

• WHO Issues New Findings on Environment and Health in a new study stating that over 13 million preventable deaths occur annually as a result of unhealthy living and working conditions (June 18, 2007).
  
  

• UN Highlights Link Between Desertification and Climate Change at the UN-sponsored "World Day to Combat Desertification," designed to highlight the serious threats to dryland ecosystems posed by desertification (June 15, 2007).

Electricity Governance Initiative

• India’s National Policy on the Voluntary Sector Relieves Government of Social Service Provision. The creation of such a policy finally recognizes the important work the voluntary sector has done in providing social services for India’s population.

NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise

• The $3,000 People's Car. The Tata automobile project represents a paradigm shift in the automotive industry. The project has been in the news because of its agressive pricing, controversies over land acquisition and its impact on traffic congestion and pollution (June 22, 2007).
  
  
• The Delight of d.light. d.light design hopes to supplant the use of kerosene and candles in Southeast Asia with next-generation solar- and battery-powered LED technology (June 19, 2007).
  

Environmental news

• Manila Bulletin Online. June 25, 2007.  Not Just Technology. When I.T. companies compete, they compete hard. But when they work on a certain initiative, you can expect the same intensity from them.
  
  
• WashingtonPost. June 20, 2007.  Coal-to-Liquid Provision Stalls. Auto Executives Pressure Congress on Mileage Standards.
  
  
• Yahoo! Finance UK. June 19, 2007. Biomass: Complex Markets and Fragile Ecologies.
  
  
• UPI Asia Online. June 18, 2007. Eco-tourism at Risk in Indonesia.
  
  
• Associated Content. June 15, 2007. The Ecology of Environmentalism.
  
  
• Buildings. June, 2007. Green Power’s Future is Now. No matter where your buildings are located, you have the opportunity to make an impact by incorporating green power into your energy mix.
  
  
• Ecosystem Marketplace. Carbon Expo & Carbon Exposé. News of this year's Carbon Expo in Cologne, Germany.