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April 14th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda According to the Department of Energy, $2.5 million was made available this week for research that will advance biomass cookstove technologies for use in developing countries. Here are the details.
* The World Health Organization has cited indoor smoke from cooking and heating as one of the top public health threats in poor, developing countries, causing nearly two million deaths each year, the Energy Department states.
* The funding provided will support cookstove designs that burn wood or crop residues more efficiently and cleanly than traditional stoves.
* The energy department and other federal agencies are part of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a private-public partnership whose mission is “to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions.”
* According to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, reliance on traditional cookstoves places pressures on local natural resources and forces women and children to risk their personal security as they spend hours each week foraging for wood.
* The alliance states that there has been a lack of awareness from both affected populations and donor communities as to the harm caused by cookstove smoke, as well as a lack of affordable and advanced solutions.
* In addition to a list of national donors that also includes a number of European countries and Canada, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves receives funding from corporations, as well.
* Platinum donors, providing funding of $5 million and up, include Dow Corning Corporation, Shell and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
* Gold members in the organization, contributing $1 million to $5 million, include the U.S. Department of State/ Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
* Besides the research of efficient cookstoves, the alliance is developing its planning and governance, working to inform the public of the benefits of clean cookstoves, developing standards and labels for clean and efficient stoves and strengthening the evidence of risks and benefits to health and climate from their programs.
* The Department of Energy is seeking small businesses, non-profits, universities and national laboratories to submit proposals for applied research and development grants to develop cookstoves. Prototypes will be tested in the laboratory and in the field.
* The $2.5 million will be available in the fiscal year 2012. The Department of Energy has requested Congressional approval of an additional $2.5 million for 2013.
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