Emerging Global Water Issues
The Looming Water Crisis

Earth is the blue planet with water one of the most plentiful natural substances in its environment. There is more than 1.4 billion cubic kilometers (km3) of the stuff-enough to give every man, woman, and child more than 230 million cubic meters (m3) each if we were to divide it evenly.

The Japanese nuclear disaster has focused attention on global energy resources and nuclear power's role as a source of electricity.

Now is an opportune moment for Japan and the United States, in particular, to undertake a thorough re-examination of their current energy environments and to develop robust new energy policies to address both domestic and international energy use.