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By Josh Sevin

12 Oct 1999

Read more about: green living | population | water pollution | all of these topics

approximate number of species that go extinct per hour

percent by which electricity demand is rising annually in China and South Asia

percentage of the energy used in U.S. manufacturing that goes toward food processing and packaging

percent reduction in the average household's water pollution if it converts from buying conventional produce and grains to buying organic

factor by which global water consumption rose between 1900 and 1995

the world population, in billions, as of October 12, 1999

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Sources:
1 -- Natural Resources Defense Council
2 -- World Resources Institute
3 -- U.S. Energy Information Administration
4 -- Earth Communications Office
5 -- World Resources Institute
6 -- U.N.

Read more about: green living | population | water pollution | all of these topics

Josh Sevin is a graduate student in MIT's planning program. Previously, he was an editor at Greenwire environmental news service and a researcher for U.S. News.

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