July/August 2005 Issue
 
Bringing Water to the World





  Online Featured Story:
Water Security: A Growing Crisis
How renewable energy can play a key role in meeting this challenge. By Allan Hoffman, Ph.D.
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On the cover, a girl washes her hands at a school in Pahuit, Guatemala. Many parts of the developing world face significant water shortages, with severe implications. In coming years, the problem will become more widespread, extending to the United States and other developed countries. Photo by Nancy J. Haws for Water For People. © Copyright 2005, all rights reserved.
   
Driving Change
Should advanced vehicles lead U.S. efforts to mitigate climate change?
By Nancy Hazard
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 Solution to the Summer Blackouts?
How dispersed solar power-generating systems can help prevent the next major outage.
By Richard Perez, Brad Collins, Robert M. Margolis, Thomas Hoff, Christy Herig, John G. Williams and Steven Letendre
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Empowering Africa
How solar energy advocates are bringing light and hope to rural East Africans.
By Charolett Baker and Alden Hathaway Jr.
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The State of Renewables Today
Widespread use of renewable energy is closer to reality than ever before.
By Stanley R. Bull, Ph.D.
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Special Article Download
The Society Whose Time Had Come
It was 1955, and the time was ripe for an organization dedicated to solar energy.
By Frank N. Laird, Ph.D.

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Columns
in this Issue

Chair's Corner: The SUV in the Pantry
By Thomas Starrs
Full-text available online

View from Washington: Comity or Tragedy?
By Joel B. Stronberg

Sustainable Worldview: A Solar Proliferation Plan
By Michael Totten

Business Perspectives: Tax Credit Conundrum
By Steven W. Huang

Small Wind Systems: Living “In the Woods”
By Mick Sagrillo

Teaching RE: Solar Ambassadors
By Lise Schickel Goddard

Investing in Clean Energy: Diamonds in the Rough
By Rona Fried, Ph.D.

Readers' Forum: The Power of One
By Joseph McCabe

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