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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Coal Versus Poverty in Kosovo Tests World Bank Clean-Air Pledge
The smokestacks at Kosovo’s oldest power station tower over decaying buildings and a tangle of rusty pipes, polluting the Balkan countryside and posing the first test of the World Bank’s pledge to avoid
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Abengoa to Develop $112 Million Desalination Project in Morocco
Abengoa SA (ABG/P), the Spanish renewable-energy developer, plans to build an 82 million euro ($112 million) desalination plant in Morocco. Abengoa will build the facility, which will produce enough
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Climate Change Meets Kitchen Table as Issue Gets Personal
If President Barack Obama has his way, the conversation on climate change will shift from polar bears and melting glaciers to droughts in Iowa and more childhood asthma across the nation. The White
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U.S. States Meld Zero-Emission Car Plans Amid Sales Push
California, New York and six other states aiming to get more than three million zero-emission vehicles on the road in the next decade, unveiled steps to help achieve that goal including harmonizing consumer
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New Delhi Locals Cry Foul Against Incinerator’s Exhaust
The residents of Sukhdev Vihar are on the front lines of what may be the world’s foulest war: megacities’ struggle against their mounting piles of refuse. The New Delhi neighborhood of neat bungalows
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Measles Surges in U.S. to 288 Cases in Most Since 1994
Measles in the U.S. surged to 288 cases this year, the highest number on record since the government declared it had eliminated outbreaks of the highly contagious virus in 2000 and the worst year since
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NGOs Warn Energy, Cement Companies Of Liability Over Climate Advocacy
A group of nongovernmental organizations is warning executives of major greenhouse gas emitting companies that they could face personal liability if they are found to have been involved in funding climate
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Japan Wind Lobby Boosts Wind Capacity Target by Half
An industry group in Japan boosted its target for wind power capacity by half to 75 gigawatts by fiscal 2050 as the country expands the use of clean energy. The Japan Wind Power Association revised
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Exxon assumes long-term $80 emissions price as investors back GHG disclosure
ExxonMobil, one of the oil companies whose stance on climate change disclosure has been under scrutiny from investors, has revealed that it expects the implied cost of CO2 emissions to reach $80 per metric
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Obama Seeks Climate Legacy as Coal-State Democrats Cringe
When President Barack Obama reviewed his aides’s ideas for tackling climate change last year, he gave one simple directive: “Don’t skinny it down.” They didn’t, and Obama now is set to release new limits