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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If It's a War on Coal, Coal Is Winning
As wars go, the fight between clean and dirty energy sources is more like a centuries-old religious conflict than shock and awe. That’s one lesson from a new study of U.S. power generation by the Oxford
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Fracking Fears Grow as Oklahoma Hit by More Earthquakes Than California
Squinting into a laptop perched on the back of his pickup, Austin Holland searches for a signal from a coffee-can-sized sensor buried under the grassy prairie. Holland, Oklahoma’s seismology chief, is
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EU to Grant Lesotho $102 Million for Water, Sanitation
The European Investment Bank will grant 1.1 billion maloti ($102 million) to Lesotho to improve the country’s water and sanitation infrastructure, European Union Ambassador to Lesotho Hans Duynhouwer said.
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India Should Exempt Solar Duties on Existing Plants: Tata
India should refrain from slapping retroactive duties on solar power plants already under construction to avoid disrupting investment into the industry, a unit of the nation’s biggest industrial group
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U.S. Carbon Reduction Plan Will Fall Short of Europe Goal
U.S. efforts to regulate greenhouse gases will fall short of the European Union’s goal of reducing emissions by 40 percent by 2030, according to the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. The Environmental
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Get Your Butt Off the Beach: Seaside Smoking Ban Awaits Christie
Lawmakers in New Jersey, with some of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the U.S., are seeking more restrictions with the first statewide ban at beaches and parks and the nation’s highest minimum age, 21,
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Arthur Leaves Thousands in Atlantic Canada Without Power
Crews are working to bring back electricity to thousands of homes in Atlantic Canada after post-tropical storm Arthur swept through the area. More than 130,000 customers of New Brunswick Power and 90,000
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Canadians Overestimate Oilsands Economic Impact: Survey
A majority of Canadians overestimate the contribution the oilsands make to the world’s 11th largest economy, according to a recent poll. Non-conventional oil production -- which comes mostly from mining
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West Virginia Fish Populations Dwindle in Streams Impacted by Mountaintop Mining
Appalachian streams polluted with mountaintop mining runoff have less than half as many fish species as non-impacted streams, according to new U.S. Geological Survey research. The research, announced
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Brazil’s BNDES Approves $252 Million of Wind Farm Loans
Brazil’s development bank BNDES approved 557 million reais ($251 million) in loans for wind projects in two states. The wind farms in the northeastern state of Ceara and the southern state of Rio Grande