Today, over 15 billion batteries are made and thrown away each year, the equivalent of a column of batteries stretching to the moon and back.
"The No. 1 need that poor people have is a way to make more cash,” said Martin Fisher, an engineer who founded KickStart, an organization that says it has helped 230,000 people escape poverty.
For those who are not sure what to believe, here is our round-up of the 26 most common climate myths and misconceptions.
The word on the street is that Honda will be releasing an affordable “entry level” four-door hybrid in 2009. It will be cheaper than the current Civic Hybrid, and Honda is planning on selling a whole lot of them: 200,000 per year for starters (100,000 of those in the US).