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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Cameron Cuts for Wind Unsettle U.K. Investors: Vattenfall
David Cameron’s planned subsidy cuts for U.K. wind power are unsettling the investors the prime minister needs to fund infrastructure of all kinds, the company developing one of the nation’s biggest wind
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UN Says $213 Billion Illicit Wildlife Trade Needs Tougher Action
The illicit trade of wildlife worth as much as $213 billion a year that’s partly funding anti-state militias needs a stronger coordinated response, United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director
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Two-Thirds of India Solar-Cell Production Idle: Ministry
Indian capacity to make solar cells is three-quarters idle, according to the ministry of renewable energy, as the government studies tariffs on rival imports. Fifteen producers led by Indosolar Ltd.
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Climate Forecast: A Heat More Deadly Than the U.S. Has Ever Seen
People sleep in the shade in Manhattan's High Line Park on June 25, 2013 in New York City. It’s not the heat. It’s the humidity. And the U.S. is on a path to regularly experience a deadly combination
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Green Investment Bank in Talks to Manage U.K. Climate Aid
The U.K. Green Investment Bank is in talks with the government to manage 200 million pounds ($340 million) of its international climate aid, Chief Executive Officer Shaun Kingsbury said in an interview.
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German Potable Water Costs May Rise on Contamination, Lobby Says
German drinking water costs may increase with contamination of supplies from pollutants such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals rising faster than in other European Union nations, according to a lobby for
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Kenya Carbon Credit Tree Protection Program to Grow Fivefold
Wildlife Works Carbon LLC, a U.S.- based business selling carbon credits in the voluntary market generated by forest conservation, plans to expand fivefold the biodiversity-rich areas it protects in Kenya.
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Toyota to Offer $69,000 Car After Musk Pans ‘Fool Cells’
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)’s vision of a hydrogen future will begin with a $69,000 car. That’s the price of Toyota’s new fuel-cell vehicle, the world’s largest carmaker said in a statement today. The
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Welcome to the New Warm Normal: Global Temps Break Another Record
A woman cooks bacon and shrimp on the trunk of a car in the scorching sun in Jinan city, east China's Shandong province, on May 29, 2014. At least two people have died from heatstroke, Chinese mainland
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Dominion to Buy 20-Megawatt Solar Project in California From EDF
Dominion Resources Inc. (D), the third-largest U.S. utility owner, agreed to buy a 20-megawatt solar farm in central California from a U.S. unit of French utility Electricite de France SA. The CID solar