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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Tata Power Wins Approval to Postpone Solar Target to 2016
Tata Power Co. (TPWR) won approval from an Indian state electricity regulator to postpone fulfillment of annual solar-power procurement targets by as many as five years to 2016. The utility unit of
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Fukushima Radiation Cleanup May Take 3 More Years, Kyodo Reports
Japan’s government may extend its decontamination work near the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant by up to three years, Kyodo News reported yesterday, citing unidentified government officials. Radiation
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Shanghai Pollution ‘Huge Health Risk’ as Smog Engulfs City
Shanghai entered a second week shrouded in smog as China’s commercial hub reported levels of the most-harmful air pollutants that were 12 times the maximum recommended by the World Health Organization.
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Sea-Level Rise Too Fast to Reverse Climate Change: Study
The report -- one of two issued today on climate change -- calls for an early warning system to monitor climate conditions and improved models for predicting changes that impact the way people live. The
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Hong Kong Central Roadside Pollution Surges to Toxic Levels
Nitrogen dioxide readings jumped in Hong Kong at two roadside pollution monitoring stations, reaching concentrations at which it becomes a toxic gas. The reading in the downtown district of Central was
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Harmony Loses Court Appeal on Water Pollution Case: Times
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed bid by Harmony to overturn ruling that it’s liable for dealing with acid mine drainage at mine it sold 5 yrs ago, the Johannesburg-based Times reports,
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China Doubles Pace of Adding Renwables Amid Pollution Cut
China doubled the pace of adding renewable energy capacity in the first 10 months of the year as the government worked to cut pollution in its largest cities. Including nuclear power, the nation installed
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Climate Finance Battle Shows Expectation Gap at UN Talks
Since the talks began last week, the two blocs have clashed over the historical responsibility for causing global warming and a demand by the developing world for compensation for the losses and damage
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Floods to Drought Curbing China Corn Harvest: Commodities
China’s corn harvest is poised to decline for the first time in four years after flooding in its biggest-producing province and drought in its fifth largest cut yields, easing a global glut as the U.S.
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Tenaska Solar Project in California Begins Commercial Operations
Tenaska Inc., a closely held renewable-energy developer, is delivering power from a 130-megawatt solar farm in Southern California’s Imperial Valley. The Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South project