Goal Looms for U.N.: Ending 'Energy Poverty' - NYTimes.com

Some 1.4 billion people on the planet lack access to electricity. Energy experts like Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency, say that erasing energy poverty should be added because providing people with electricity is often a precondition for solving the eight other problems.

Hospitals without electricity have a hard time keeping vaccines and medicines cold enough or sterilizing equipment properly. If a village lacks electricity to light schools and homes, it is hard for children to do their homework.

In a new report released in part last month during a high-level gathering of the United Nations General Assembly, the International Energy Agency calculated that it would take $36 million a year [?!] for the next 20 years to achieve “universal access to modern energy” by 2030.

Wisconsin: Freezing temperatures cover the state, but warmer weather on tap

The freezing conditions could spell the death knell for crops and other vegetation, the freeze warning said.

[A sure sign that Al Gore is visiting his Tennessee mansion?]: Expect another cool night, frost possible in Tennessee

A frost advisory in effect for all of middle Tennessee, including Wayne and Lawrence counties.

Agents with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System recommend any house plants that were move outside for summer be transported indoors today to prevent damage.