¥Once almost treeless, South
Korea has reforested 65% of its land
¥In the Philippines, 19 million
people get electricity from geothermal power plants
¥Over the last quarter-century
the United States reduced soil erosion 40% by retiring cropland and practicing conservation tillage, while increasing the grain harvest 20%
¥In Germany, a systematic shift
of taxes from labor to energy reduced annual CO2 emissions by
20 million tons and created 250,000 jobs between 1999 and 2003
¥Denmark gets more than 20% of
its electricity from wind and is aiming for 50%
¥Proposals for more than 100
coal-fired power plants in the United States have been shelved since 2001