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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Japan Needs Tougher Laws to End Illegal Timber Imports, NGO Says
Japan, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of timber products, needs to introduce laws and stricter oversight to stamp out imports of illegally logged wood, said the Environmental Investigation Agency, a
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China’s Environment Goes From Bad to Worse
Each year, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) releases a “state of the environment” report (PDF); it’s a rather grim annual ritual. For all the talk about China’s new “war on pollution”
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China Reviews $321 Billion Water Pollution Curb Plan, News Says
China is reviewing a plan to invest more than 2 trillion yuan ($321 billion) to curb water pollution, China Business News reported. The plan, which has been submitted to the State Council, will speed
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U.K. Says CO2-Capture Cash May Spur October Climate Deal
Europe-backed finance for carbon capture and storage may help seal a European Union climate-protection deal by October, according to Ed Davey, the U.K. energy and climate secretary of state. “There
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India Minister Asks Goverment to Scrap Solar Duties: Line
India’s transport minister has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to scrap a plan by the nation’s previous administration to impose duties on solar imports from China, the U.S., Malaysia and
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Americans by 2-to-1 Would Pay More to Curb Climate Change
Americans are willing to bear the costs of combating climate change, and most are more likely to support a candidate seeking to address the issue. By an almost two-to-one margin, 62 percent to 33 percent,
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Google Said to Plan Energy Push With Tools for Utilities
Google Inc. (GOOG) plans a deeper push into the $363.7 billion U.S. power-sales market by working on tools that help utilities deliver electricity to homes and businesses more efficiently, people with
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Go Easy on the Climate Fatalists. They're Having a Hard Time
Indonesia's Borneo island shows the clearing of trees on a peatland forest located in Central Kalimantan in February. The area is being developed for a palm oil plantation. These must be rough days for
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India Dumping Duties Risk Choking Modi’s Solar Revolution
The Indian government may strangle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to reap more electricity from the sun should it impose duties on solar panel imports proposed by the nation’s previous administration.
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IEA Cuts Gas Use Growth Forecast as Coal, Renewables Gain
Global natural gas demand will increase at a slower rate than previously expected through 2019 amid weaker economic growth and competition from coal and renewables, according to the International Energy