Fri, May 15 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ —The global reliance on traditional, polluting cooking fuels remains a critical health and environmental crisis, with over 2 billion people lacking access to clean alternatives like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), biogas, and electricity. This dependence generates severe household air pollution (HAP), which is linked to nearly 3 million premature deaths annually and disproportionately impacts women and children, who also suffer the economic and educational toll of “time poverty” from daily fuel collection. Continue reading →