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  1. Solar energy markets are big. At $19.6 billion in 2009 solar panels are anticipated to reach$125.5 billion by 2016. #solar energy
  2. Senegal is ready to take “green charcoal,” made from agricultural waste, to market in a bid to reduce charcoal use driving deforestation.
  3. Earth Day 08', Nickelodeon launched "Big Green Help", a global campaign designed to empower kids to participate in energy saving activities.
  4. Costs of solar panels are expected to decrease rapidly in response to the continuing economies of scale. #solar energy
  5. Worldwide solar markets are poised to achieve significant growth as solar energy is widely adopted, creating economies of scale. #planet
  6. India recently launched a nationwide initiative to phase out traditional incandescent light bulbs in favor of compact fluorescent lights.
  7. In June 2008, Tokyo was the first Japanese city to pass cap-and-trade legislation covering emissions from the biggest polluters. #planet
  8. In 2009, the World Bank established the Water Partnership Program, to enhance the Bank’s efforts in reducing poverty. #world bank
  9. President Obama committed “robust” participation in forging a global agreement and 190 nations have agreed to participate in negotiations.
  10. Solar offers plentiful, cheap energy source with panels that have a 25 year life and payback within 10 years. #planetimpact
  11. Solar energy is being adopted because the petroleum reserves are facing depletion. #energy
  12. In 2006, California Governor Schwarzenegger signed the world’s first comprehensive program of regulatory and market mechanisms. #greenhouse
  13. In his Inauguration speech, President Obama pledged we'd work alongside poor nations “to make farms flourish and let clean waters flow... “
  14. In 2008, Congress finalized a national energy bill requiring all US passenger vehicles achieve 35 mpg by the year 2020. #energy
  15. Every week an est. 42,000 people die from diseases related to poor quality drinking water with 90% of them occurring in children under 5.
  16. By 2025, about two thirds of the world’s population, roughly 5.5 billion people, will live in areas facing moderate to severe water stress.
  17. In parts of the US and China, groundwater is being consumed faster than it's being replenished. Groundwater tables are steadily falling.