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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India Cuts Floor Price for Solar-Energy Credits to Boost Demand
India cut the floor price for solar energy credits to revive demand as companies try to meet their year-end obligations for energy produced from renewable sources. Each solar-credit certificate will
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South Africa Faces Looming Water Crisis, Star Says
South Africans use 235 liters of water a day compared with the international average of 173 liters, and this is pushing the country into a water crisis, the Johannesburg-based Star newspaper reports, citing
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Australia Battles to Stabilize Fires as Catastrophe Declared
Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames. Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria
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Germany to Loan Morocco $796 Million for Solar Thermal Projects
Germany will loan more than 654 million euros ($796 million) for two solar-thermal power projects in Morocco that are among the world’s largest. KfW, the German state-owned bank, will become the biggest
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Philippines’ Ayta Tribe Approves Solar-Wind Power Project
The Philippines’ indigenous Ayta community has signed an agreement that paves the way for the construction of a pioneering renewable energy facility on their ancestral land in Subic Bay, north of Manila.
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ArcelorMittal South Africa Ordered to Reveal Clean-Up Plans
ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd. (ACL) lost a court appeal to keep secret its environmental plans for an area polluted by the company’s biggest steel-producing plant. The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld
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EPA Proposes Tough Smog Standard Businesses Call Too Costly
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed tighter limits on emissions of smog-producing ozone, rules designed to reduce asthma and heart disease that critics said they may be among the costliest
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Geoengineering Doesn’t Provide ‘Magic Bullet’ for Global Warming
Geoengineering, which includes spraying sea salt or sulphate aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, won’t provide a “magic bullet” to combat climate change, a University of Oxford study shows.
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EU Carbon Rises to Highest Since March as Nations Tackle Glut
European Union carbon allowances rose to the highest level in almost nine months as nations in the bloc consider reforming the market to reduce a surplus sooner than proposed by its regulator. Permits
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South Sudan Elephants in Grave Danger as War Rages, WCS Says
South Sudan’s wildlife faces a critical few months as drier weather raises the risk of poaching of elephants and other species already threatened by almost a year of civil war, conservationists said.