yay US!! i mean...its good we're number one in use, right..oh..wait..nevermind..

August 14, 2002

A global report card issued by the United Nations just two weeks

before an international environmental summit has given low marks to

the world's ecological condition. Among the report's more shocking

findings: Three million people die annually from air pollution,

while more than 1 billion people -- a sixth of the world's population

-- lack access to safe drinking water. The report also found that

the world's forested areas shrank by 2.4 percent in the 1990s, with

Africa taking the hardest hit, losing 7 percent of its forests. The

world's environment is also threatened by growing energy consumption;

in the last decade, energy use declined in Eastern Europe, stayed

steady in Western Europe, and increased in North America. The World

Summit on Sustainable Development, the conference designed to address

these issues, will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this

month, but U.S. President Bush is expected to be notably absent.

straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Elizabeth Shogren, 14 Aug 2002

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