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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Dubai Doubling Size of Power Plant to Make Cheapest Solar Energy
Dubai’s government-owned utility plans to double the size of a solar power project that it expects will produce some of the world’s cheapest electricity. Dubai Electricity & Water Authority awarded
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U.S. Solar Jobs Climb 22% as Clean Power Aids Economic Recovery
U.S. solar companies boosted their employee rolls by 22 percent last year, and now employ 86 percent more workers than they did in 2010, driven by rising demand in the world’s third-largest market.
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Malawi Floods Drive 106,000 People From Their Homes, UN Says
Floods in Malawi that have killed 48 people have driven about 106,000 people from their homes, up from a previous estimate of 75,000, the United Nations said. One thousand people have been rescued,
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California Drought Outlook Extends at Least Into April
Most of California will still be in drought in April even though conditions will probably improve across the southern part of the state, according to the latest forecast from the U.S. Climate Prediction
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Ebola Spread After WHO’s 2010 Warning Ignored, Agency Says
Ebola spread throughout West Africa last year after the World Health Organization’s call for a global health corps went unheeded, the agency said today. A WHO review committee convened in 2010 in the
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World Bank Sells Record Green Bond Tied to ‘Ethical’ Companies
The World Bank sold $91 million of green bonds tied to an index of “ethical” companies, its largest offering of green bonds linked to an equity index and the first to be offered to individual investors.
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U.S. Robot to Tackle Toxic Water Leaks at Fukushima Atomic Plant
Kurion Inc. in California said it’s developing a robotic arm to go where humans can’t and repair water leaks in the Japan nuclear power plant crippled by an earthquake and tsunami almost four years ago.
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Melting Glaciers Imperil Kathmandu, Perched High Above Rising Seas
A month’s walk from the nearest sea, Kathmandu -- elevation almost a mile -- is as vulnerable to climate change as the world’s coastal megacities. The capital of the poorest Asian country after Afghanistan
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Warm Weather Sinking EU Emissions-Market Plans
Europe’s attempt to revive its carbon market is being thwarted by a lack of pollution. The region’s warmest year in three decades has cut demand for heating while utilities are generating a record amount
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India River-Link Water Works to Begin as Early as April
Work on India’s first river-linking project connecting the northern Ken and Betwa rivers will begin in April at the earliest, said Anuj Kumar Bishnoi, senior-most bureaucrat in the water ministry. The