Here’s why 1.2 billion people still don’t have access to electricity

By Brad Plumer, Published: May 29, 2013 at 2:36 pmE-mail the writer

The U.N. has set a big, ambitious goal of making sure everyone in the world has access to electricity by 2030. And how’s that going? Not so well.

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