Did You Know...
· Arctic Sea Ice has been reduced by 23% since 2005[1]
·
1Billion people worldwide lack safe drinking water[2]
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75% of the Earth is covered by water, yet less than 1% of the earth’s
water is drinkable[3]
·
11 of the warmest 12 years since instrumental records have been kept
have occurred during the last 12 years and therefore climate change is
accelerating[4]
·
Forbes magazine ranked Indiana 49th on it’s list of
America’s Greenest States[5]
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Human Population has increased by one-third since 1987[6]
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Species of animals and plants are estimated to be going
extinct at a rate that is about 100 times faster than the historical record[7]
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Indiana ranks #2 in the nation for Coal-based CO2
emissions[8]
[1] NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Oct. 1, 2007
[2] 2nd UN World
Water Development Report, 2006
[3] National Geographic News,
June 5, 2003
[4] Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)
[5] Forbes Magazine, October 17th,
2007
[6] United Nations Environment
Programme
[7] United Nations Environment Programme