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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U.K. Will Miss CO2 Target Without New Measures: Adviser
The U.K. will fail to meet its carbon target without taking new emissions-reduction steps, the government’s climate change adviser said. Britain has a self-imposed goal to lower carbon-dioxide output in
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Offshore Wind Deal Boosts Clean Energy Investments by 9%
Global investment in clean energy increased to $63.6 billion in the second quarter, boosted by the biggest deal in the industry’s history, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Financing swelled 9 percent
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Drax Wins Appeal on Subsidy Eligibility of Biomass Conversion
Drax Group Plc (DRX) said a decision by the U.K. government not to award one of its biomass conversion units a guaranteed power price had been overturned. A High Court judge said the move by the Department
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China May Announce Emissions Cap Next Year: Treaty Envoy
China hopes to announce “very ambitious” goals to cut carbon-dioxide output after 2020 and may announce during the first half of next year an overall cap on emissions, the country’s lead climate-treaty
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Zimbabwe Industry Wants Time to Solve Pollution, Chronicle Says
Zimbabwe’s Environmental Management Agency closed 31 companies for not complying with water-pollution regulations after June 30, the Chronicle reported. The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, which
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Ocean Power Cancels Plans to Build Australia Wave-Power Project
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (OPTT) is canceling plans to build a renewable-energy project off the coast of Australia that’s not “commercially viable.” The company said its Australian unit, Victorian
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China Requires 30% of State Cars Use Alternative Energy
China is mandating that electric cars make up at least 30 percent of government vehicle purchases by 2016, the latest measure to fight pollution and cut energy use after exempting the autos from a purchase
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Iowa Supreme Court Ruling to Boost Solar Power, Trade Group Says
An Iowa Supreme Court ruling may spur the growth of solar energy in the state, accord to an industry group. The decision, “clears the air,” Ken Johnson, a spokesman for the Washington-based Solar Energy
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Coal Plant Carbon Pollution Injects Life in Old Oil Wells
The dream of pollution-free coal plants is getting a boost from growing demand for carbon dioxide used to revive old oilfields. In one of the first projects to harness the C02 waste of a coal plant for
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China Supreme Court Establishes Special Environmental Tribunal to Combat Pollution
China's Supreme People's Court will establish a special tribunal for handling major cases related to air, water and soil pollution, the body announced. The special tribunal will “try to hear environmental