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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Germany May Install Least Solar-Power Capacity Since 2008
Germany, the world’s biggest solar market by total capacity, is set to install the fewest panels since 2008 after subsidies fell faster than prices. Germany added 818 megawatts of panels in the first five
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Solar Tariffs to Boost Prices for Chinese Panels by 14%
Prices for solar panels from China that are brought into the U.S. will go up by an average of 14 percent because of import duties that may be announced later this year, GTM Research said in a report yesterday.
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Rising German Coal Use Imperils European Emissions Deal
The European Union’s attempt to cap greenhouse-gas emissions over the next 16 years is threatened again as rising pollution from the bloc’s biggest economies show even developed nations want to burn cheap
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Pennsylvania Sues Oil Companies for Groundwater Pollution
Pennsylvania accused oil companies of polluting the state’s groundwater with a gasoline additive, joining states including New York, Vermont and New Hampshire that have brought similar lawsuits. Two complaints
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Chinese Protest in Guangzhou Against Garbage Station, News Says
More than 100 people gathered at a construction site in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou yesterday to protest against the building of a garbage processing center, China News Service reported today.
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World Cup Barbecues Threaten Smog Emergency in Santiago
Chile’s government urged soccer fans to refrain from traditional barbecues after watching the national team in the World Cup today because the clouds of smoke from charred meat were worsening the capital’s
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California Lawmakers Overhauling $11 Billion Water Bond
California lawmakers are racing a deadline to overhaul an $11 billion bond program to upgrade aqueducts, reservoirs and pipelines, some almost a century old, under pressure from a third year of severe
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China Regulators ‘Overwhelmed’ as Reactors Built at Pace
China is moving quickly to become the first country to operate the world’s most powerful atomic reactor even as France’s nuclear regulator says communication and cooperation on safety measures with its
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China Sets Offshore Wind Power Prices to Spur Development
China, the world’s biggest wind market, set prices of as much as 0.85 yuan (14 cents) a kilowatt-hour for power from non-auction offshore wind farms that start before 2017 to promote the industry’s development.
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Gore Predicts Obama Will Reject TransCanada’s Keystone XL
Al Gore, who has called the Keystone XL project “ridiculous” and an “atrocity,” said he thinks President Barack Obama will reject the controversial pipeline between Alberta’s oil sands and U.S. Gulf Coast