The cause of clean cookstoves is arguably one that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be most remembered for. On an aggressive to have countries across the globe adopt clean cookstove measures, she recently announced the Republic of South Africa becoming the newest national partner of the GACC or the Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves (read about US and GACC initiatives in this field here, and read an interview of Radha Muthiah here) bringing country level involvements to a total of 36. Read more here.