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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Uruguay Agrees to Buy Power From 50-Megawatt Solar Farm
Uruguay’s state-run power company agreed to purchase electricity from a 50-megawatt solar farm that will be built in the country’s northwest. The 30-year deal is the first since Administracion Nacional
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California Fuel Standard Dispute Rejected by High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a dispute over whether California’s low-carbon fuel standard discriminates against out-of-state ethanol producers. The court let stand a federal appeals court ruling
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U.K. to Lower Blackout Risk by Guaranteeing 80% of Power
The U.K. government said it will reduce the risk of power blackouts by guaranteeing payment for about 80 percent of peak demand for electricity generation. Generators of power from fuels including gas,
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Iran Leader Orders Start of Plan to Save Shrinking Lake
Iran, sapped by drought in parts of the country for five decades, will try to save one of the Middle East’s largest lakes after it lost 85 percent of its water. Lake Urmia “shouldn’t be left in its
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Climate-Change Proposal in U.S. Poses Pascal’s Wager: Economy
A worker walks amongst piles of coal loaded onto barges on the Ohio River in West Virginia. The mining industry accounted for 5.5 percentage points of West Virginia’s GDP growth in 2013. The Environmental
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EU Court Backs Sweden’s Refusal to Aid Finnish Wind Farm
The European Union’s top court backed Sweden’s refusal to subsidize a Finnish wind farm in a ruling that supports the EU’s current system where a government usually pays for power projects only in its
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Scotland Holds Billions of Barrels of Shale Oil, Report Says
Scotland may have billions of barrels of shale oil buried under its most densely populated areas, geologists said today. Scotland’s central belt, running between Glasgow and Edinburgh, may have 6 billion
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El Nino Signals Seen Emerging as Australian Bureau Keeps Alert
Australia maintained an El Nino alert as indicators of the event, which can bring drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America, begin to emerge before the pattern develops
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India Gets Lowest June Rain in 5 Years as El Nino Looms
India, the world’s second-biggest rice, sugar and cotton grower, recorded the lowest June rainfall since 2009 amid predictions for an El Nino that previously caused droughts and cut crop output, the state
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Renewables to Get Most of $7.7 Trillion Power Investments
Renewable energy may reap as much as two-thirds of the $7.7 trillion in investment forecast for building new power plants by 2030 as declining costs make it more competitive with fossil fuels. About