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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Dubai Switches on First Solar Plant to Diversify Energy Mix
Dubai switched on its first solar plant and plans to build a second, bigger sun-powered one to diversify energy supply in the United Arab Emirates, an OPEC member with 6 percent of global oil reserves.
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India Test-Starts Kudankulam Nuclear Reactor Amid Protests
Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd., the nation’s sole atomic energy producer, test-started part of a $2.84 billion reactor today after a delay of six years amid protests from local residents. The first
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Beijing Air Worse Than Official Standard 62.5% of Last Quarter
Air quality in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Tianjin and the surrounding province of Hebei failed to meet government standards on 62.5 percent of days in the third quarter, the nation’s environmental
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U.S. Rejects Rigid Rules as ‘Roadblock’ to Climate Treaty
US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern (L) and Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China Xie Zhenhua (R) attend the 'Ecopartnership' event highlighting US-China agreements
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Ecuador's Worn-Out War on Chevron
Ecuador’s long-running spat with U.S. oil company Chevron Corp. over a polluted swath of Amazon jungle is the type of David-and-Goliath story President Rafael Correa uses to define his mandate. Correa
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Climate Change to Cost East Asia 5.3% of GDP, ADB Study Says
Climate change will lead to more flooding and drought in East Asia and could chop 5.3 percent off annual gross domestic product by the year 2100 if measures aren’t adopted to tackle it, according to the
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India to Invest $1.8 Billion in Village Water Supplies
India, where 200,000 children four and under die yearly of diseases caused by dirty water, plans to spend 110 billion rupees ($1.8 billion) for the fiscal year ending March 2014 to improve village water
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EU Spent $171 Billion on Cancer in 2009, Researchers Say
The European Union spent 126 billion euros ($171 billion) on cancer costs in 2009, according to a study by U.K. researchers that may help officials choose where to spend to fight disease. Health care
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China Earmarks $818 Million to Curb Air Pollution
China’s central government has allocated 5 billion yuan ($818 million) to curb air pollution in six regions including Beijing. Tianjin city and the provinces of Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Shandong
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Czechs to Push for Nuclear Future Amid Low Power Prices
The Czech Republic aims to increase the share of nuclear power in its energy mix even as neighboring Germany plans to shut down all of its atomic plants and prices of European electricity hover close to