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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Alberta Coal Mine Spills Contaminated Waters Into River
Residents along the Athabasca River, which flows through the oil sands region of Alberta, are being advised to avoid drinking from the waterway after contaminated fluids were released from a coal mine
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Mozambique’s Chissano Starts Campaign to End Poaching
The illegal killing of rhinos in South Africa, home to about 90 percent of the world's population of the endangered animals, is rising toward a record as poachers increasingly target private game farms.
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EU Nations Urged to Overhaul Energy Markets State Support
The debate about state support comes as Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, is looking for ways to reduce the cost of renewable-energy subsidies after deciding to close its nuclear power plants. ge The
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California Emissions Rise in 2012 on Gas-Fired Power Output
Greenhouse-gas emissions from power generators, oil refineries and other plants in California climbed in 2012 as a nuclear plant shutdown and low hydropower supplies increased the state’s reliance on natural
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China’s Smog Can’t Compete With London’s Pea Soup
China’s already staggering pollution problems got worse this week as a shroud of smog engulfed northern industrial cities. In Harbin, which has a population of 11 million, the PM2.5 index -- a measure
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U.K. Lawmakers Propose Changes to Set Energy Carbon Goal
U.K. lawmakers in Parliament’s upper chamber proposed adding a carbon target for power generation to energy legislation after an attempt in the lower house failed. The plan by Nicholas Stern and Ronald
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Coalition of 13 EU Ministers Urges Action on Climate Policies
Environment and energy ministers from 13 European Union countries joined forces to call on the bloc to agree on ambitious emission-reduction rules for the next decade and strengthen the EU’s carbon market.
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Beijing Advises Staying Indoors on ’Hazardous’ Air Quality
Beijing advised the young, elderly and ill among its 20 million people to stay indoors as a U.S. Embassy pollution monitor showed air quality at “hazardous” levels in the Chinese capital. Concentrations
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Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Begins Power Generation in Japan
A two-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine in southwestern Japan began generating power, a group led by Toda Corp. (1860) said today. The turbine was set up near Nagasaki prefecture in a pilot project
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Canada Greenhouse Gas Emissions Set to Rise, Government Says
Canada, the world’s seventh-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will increase output of carbon dioxide through 2020, failing to meet a government pledge to lower emissions, Environment Canada said today.