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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Australia Pushes Ahead With Coal Despite Climate Concerns
Australia’s Queensland state threw its support behind plans for the nation’s largest coal project, two days after U.S. President Barack Obama called on the country to step up the fight against climate
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Australia Seeks to Reduce Renewable Energy Target to ‘Real’ 20%
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s government will negotiate with the opposition to cut Australia’s renewable energy target and exempt industries such as aluminum and copper smelting. Industry Minister Ian
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S. Africa Starts Moving Rhinos to Safe Zones to Cut Poaching
South Africa has started moving rhinos from areas of heavy poaching in the Kruger National Park to parts of the reserve where they can be protected to combat a surge in illegal killings of the endangered
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Uruguay Wind Project to Get $42 Million Inter-American Loan
Cobra Ingenieria Uruguay SA will receive a loan for as much as $42.2 million from the Inter-American Development Bank to finance a wind project in the southern part of that nation. The Kiyu wind farm will
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France Raises Renewables Subsidy as Shortfall Spirals Upwards
French Environment and Energy Minister Segolene Royal said a subsidy paid by consumers for renewable power will be increased starting next year even as a shortfall in financing development widens. The
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Gas From Fracking Won’t Slow Climate Change, Scientists Say
Increased use of natural gas from a fracking boom won’t slow climate change as the fuel will simply replace cleaner energy sources, scientists said in a study. A range of scenarios, including the possibility
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Mobile Phones Help Divine Water Supplies in Angola Slums
Ana Paulino, a 40-year-old street vendor in Luanda, balances plastic cans of water four times as heavy as a bowling ball on top of her head every morning and night for quarter-mile trips to the nearest
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German Clean-Energy Costs Drop for First Time
German electricity consumers will for the first time see a drop in the fee added to their bills to fund renewables, a boost for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has pledged to curb the cost for voters.
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Bermuda Braces for First Major Hurricane Hit in 11 Years
The last major hurricane to strike land anywhere in the Atlantic basin was Sandy in 2012. That may change tomorrow as Hurricane Gonzalo bears down on Bermuda. Gonzalo became a Category 4 storm yesterday,
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B.C.’s $7 Billion Dam Project Wins Environmental Approval
British Columbia’s C$7.9 billion ($7 billion) Site C hydroelectric dam on the Peace River won environmental approval, paving the way for final decision later this year. The project proposed by provincially