Cooking in Kohlua, India. Soot from tens of thousands of villages in developing countries is responsible for 18 percent of the planet’s warming, studies say. Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
A recent New York Times article in the Environment pages points out some of the climate-risks associated with the burning of dirty fuels, and makes the case for introducing new, cleaner burning stoves to the poor. Skipping over the massive health benefits to women and children who most often tend to the family fires, the article places priority – in part justifiably – on the worlds disappearing glaciers, especially in the Himalayas – linking their demise to a looming water crisis in areas fed by Asia’s big rivers.
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