Drought Forces Zambia to Start Power Cuts
Zambia will start electricity-supply restrictions immediately after one of the worst droughts on record caused plunging water levels at the hydropower dams it relies on for almost all its supplies, the
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Cutting China’s Smog Will Come at a Massive Cost
China’s air pollution is big news. ’Under the Dome,’ a recent documentary on the causes and consequences of the country’s smog, was viewed 100 million times within a few days of its release. At the National
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Renewables to Get Most of $1 Billion ExIm Bank Credit
Renewable energy developers will receive “the vast majority” of a $1 billion credit line the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. extended to India, the institution’s president said. Regulatory policies in
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Carmakers Beat U.S. Gas Mileage Target for Second Year
Automakers exceeded U.S. government targets for improving gas mileage by “a wide margin” for the second year in a row, the Environmental Protection Agency said. Vehicles sold in the U.S. are on average
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Mideast Tensions Push Water Resources to ‘Breaking Point’
Fighting in the Middle East is pushing the region’s water resources to the breaking point with warring parties sometimes targeting power and water supplies, the International Committee of the Red Cross
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Smaller Percentage of Americans Worry About Global Warming Now Than in 1989
A new poll finds that while most Americans believe climate change is real and caused by man, fewer are concerned about it than were 26 years ago. Despite decades worth of news reports detailing scientific
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EU Nations Reach Deal to Start Carbon-Market Reserve in 2021
European Union member states agreed on a compromise to seek the start of automatic supply cuts in the world’s biggest carbon market in 2021, giving up plans to push for an accelerated introduction of the
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Brazil Plans Pollution Limit Plan for UN Before October
Brazil plans to deliver its proposal for limiting fossil-fuel pollution to the United Nations before October as part of a global deal on climate change. The government has “ambitious goals” for the UN
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Bhutan Wants a Kickstarter Deal From Wall Street to Protect Its Massive Water Supply
Bhutan's national soccer team, ranked lowest among 209 squads, gave the prime minister a gift to take with him on a trip last week to the U.S.—its first win in a World Cup qualifying match. "The ranking
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Beijing to Shut All Major Coal Power Plants to Cut Pollution
Beijing, where pollution averaged more than twice China’s national standard last year, will close the last of its four major coal-fired power plants next year. The capital city will shutter China Huaneng
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China’s Carbon Emissions Drop for the First Time Since 2001
China’s emissions of climate-warming carbon dioxide fell last year for the first time in more than a decade, offering fresh evidence that efforts to control pollution in the nation of 1.4 billion people