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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Choking Smog Puts Chinese Driver in Natural Gas Fast Lane
Powering vehicles with natural gas, a cleaner alternative to diesel fuel and gasoline, is catching on faster in China than in any other nation as President Xi Jinping seeks to reduce smog. About 3.8
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U.S. Military's Climate-Adaptation Planning Needs Better Deadlines, GAO Says
The Defense Department has made strides in assessing the impact of rising sea level, declines in sea ice, and other climate-related impacts on its more than 7,500 installations around the world but has
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Australia’s A$10 Billion Clean-Energy Bank to Reveal Solar Deals
The Australian government’s A$10 billion ($9.4 billion) clean-energy bank is set to announce a number of solar deals in the next week as it looks at investments in industries from mining to manufacturing.
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Ecopetrol Courts Communities to Extend Colombia Oil Boom
Colombia is looking to extend a decade-long oil expansion by improving Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETL)’s community relations and environmental permitting as shares of the state-run producer slump to a four-year
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U.K. Green Bank Fund Invests in Irish Farm Waste-to-Power Plants
A U.K. Green Investment Bank-backed fund channeled 3.2 million pounds ($5.5 million) into two plants that will generate power from farm waste in Northern Ireland. The money from the U.K. Waste Resources
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Climate-Driven Wildfires Consume Forest Service Budget
Wildfires blamed in part on climate change are consuming timber in the U.S. West at such a furious pace that half the Forest Service’s budget is now spent fighting them -- up from 21 percent in 2000.
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Modi’s Solar Ambition for India Hampered by Urban Grime
India’s ambition to skip a generation of electricity technology starting with solar panels on telecommunications towers is being hampered by dust and urban sprawl. Just 1 percent of the nation’s 400,000
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Electronic Devices Waste $80 Billion of Power a Year, IEA Says
The world’s 14 billion television set-top boxes, printers, game consoles and other electronic devices waste $80 billion of power a year due to inefficient technology, according to the International Energy
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Hackers Find Open Back Door to Power Grid With Renewables
Making the electricity grid greener is boosting its vulnerability to computer hacking, increasing the risk that spies or criminals can cause blackouts. Adding wind farms, solar panels and smart meters
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Mongolia Passes Mining Changes to Boost Exploration
Mongolia’s parliament yesterday approved changes to the nation’s 2006 Minerals Law, a development that may spur renewed investment in the flagging economy. Passage of the amendments was announced on