We’re finally making some real advances against that awful malarial plague in africa
We
are losing 50 species per day to this man-made mass extinction of ours
Infant
mortality is being reduced even in the very poorest areas
50
million acres of rain forest are destroyed each and every year
china
and India are bootstrapping their way out of abject poverty
80000
porpoises and 200000 albatross are killed each year as useless
bycatch
the
air in the LA basin is dramatically cleaner than in the 70s
china
is home to 16 of the worlds 20 most polluted urban areas
smallpox
and polio have been virtually eliminated worldwide
the
average annual temperature in Alaska is increasing 1˚ per decade
food
costs have decreased relative to income for years in the USA
the
world's grasslands are overgrazed by mans animals by a factor of
nearly 2
experts
predict human population will stabilize at around 9 billion
inside of 50 years
researchers
say the earth could sustain 1-2 billion developed world inhabitants
great
progress has been made in bilingual education in our schools
35%
of latinos drop out of high school even as newly-arrived illegales
take away their bad jobs
consumers
are now much more aware of the health benefits of eating seafood
global
tuna populations have declined by over 70% and are now not naturally
sustainable
we
are now sure of the vital role that marshes play as fish nurseries
and in water purification
the
US alone destroyed 117000 acres of wetlands every single year
from 1985 to 1995
the
early plastics industry had to convince people to throw away their
cups
nowadays
every year 380 billion plastic bags are discarded just in the USA
In
25 years, people worldwide living on less than a dollar a day fell by
half a billion
Today,
some 1.1 billion people must live on less than one US dollar for an
entire day
2002
U.S. health spending was almost 2.5 times that of the median OECD
country
20%
of US citizens have no health insurance and their numbers increase
every day
Military
spending only amounts to about 2.5% of world GDP
US
military outlays represent 48% of the whole world’s total
America
proudly spends almost $9000 per year per student on education
So-called
3rd world Costa Rica has a higher literacy rate than the
undeveloping United States
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