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Join Dr. Scott Tinker on an unexpected journey -- in turns heartwarming, funny, eye-opening and unsettling to understand the benefits and challenges of bringing energy to more than 3 billion citizens of the developing world. In this spectacular 6-part series, he'll cross Nepal with an environmental health scientist, studying people's transition from the most dangerous cooking fuel, killing millions a year, to the safest; visit Ethiopia's huge new hydroelectric dam and Kenya's largest slum, to see how Africa will power its people; venture into the ports and coal mines that support a growing Vietnam; and install a solar microgrid to bring electricity, for the first time ever, to the Arhuaco people of Colombia.

Wed, Jul 8	1:30 P.M.	Modern Cooking Fuels NH World (11.3) 3 billion people still use wood or biomass to cook their food and heat their homes.
Wed, Jul 15	1:30 P.M.	Urban Grid Expansion NH World (11.3) 100 million people move to cities each year, mostly in the developing world and they often settle in slums.
Wed, Jul 22	1:30 P.M.	Developing On Coal NH World (11.3) Nearly every nation developed on coal, and countries in the developing world are following suit because coal is cheap, local and easy to use.