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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Governor Proposes $6 Billion Water Bond for California
California Governor Jerry Brown called on lawmakers to put a $6 billion “no-frills” bond measure on the November ballot, about half the size of a pending proposal, to secure the water supply amid a record
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Dirtiest Fuel Threatens 700-Year-Old Villages in Europe
Europe’s energy dilemma -- burning the dirtiest coal while meeting pollution targets -- is crystallizing in opposition to a plan that would uproot 700-year-old villages and dig two pits the size of Manhattan.
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Malaysia Says Full Implementation of Biodiesel Mandate Delayed
Malaysia, the largest palm oil producer after Indonesia, delayed the nationwide implementation of its biodiesel mandate to the end of the year, said Douglas Uggah Embas, Plantation Industries and Commodities
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China Said to Consider Policies to Increase Solar Installations
China, the world’s biggest supplier of solar panels, may announce policies as soon as this month to encourage solar-power installations at home. Under the policies, the National Energy Administration
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Japan May Pull More Approvals for Solar Projects Behind Schedule
Japan’s government is investigating whether solar power projects approved in fiscal 2013 are moving ahead as planned, signaling some of them may be canceled. In a previous investigation of projects
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India Considers 76 Projects to Link Rivers, Minister Says
India is considering 76 river-linking projects to address water scarcity in some parts of the world’s second-most populous nation, according to the government. India’s National Water Development Authority
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Preparing for Climate Disasters to Get $100 Million Fund
The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Rockefeller Foundation are starting a $100 million project to prepare vulnerable communities for climate-caused humanitarian disasters before they
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Orix, ADB, Robeco to Set Up Climate Change Private-Equity Fund
The Asian Development Bank, Japan’s Orix Corp. (8591), and the Netherlands’s Robeco Institutional Asset Management BV will set up a private-equity venture in Asia to fund projects aimed at mitigating climate
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Shale Drilling Outpaces Research on Its Impact: Study
Scientific understanding of the effects of hydraulic fracturing and other methods of extracting natural gas from shale rock has not kept pace with the rapid expansion of the industry in North America,
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Rio’s Rossing Water Plant to Cost $19 Million, Namibian Reports
Rio Tinto Group’s Rossing uranium said its planned water desalination plant will cost about 200 million Namibian dollars ($19 million), the Namibian newspaper reported. The facility in the southern