| | Americans Protest New Nuclear Plans Residents and environmental activists are in a bitter dispute with large U.S. energy corporations and the federal government over the safety of nuclear power, as more than a dozen corporations plan to, or have filed, paperwork to open new nuclear power plants, primarily in the U.S. South. (01-15-2008) | World Faces New Threats of Water Scarcity The physical availability of water is being endangered by a rash of new threats, including climate change, increase in global population and the sudden growth of the water-hungry bioenergy sector. (08-16-2007) | Climate Change Could Ruin Drive to Eradicate Poverty In effect, the Gleneagles communiqu (10-24-2005) | |