Tag: Africa
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Fracked Gas: A Bridge Fuel to Nowhere
To start, natural gas is not the clean-energy solution it’s touted to be. According to the Pembina Institute, if only five of the 12 proposed liquefied natural gas terminals were built on the B.C. coast, they could spew 63-million tons of carbon a year into the atmosphere—exceeding the amount now produced by the Alberta tar…
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Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Encroaching Global Catastrophe
TOMDISPATCH — Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the U.S. intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you’re on a …
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Global Report: Wind Power Surges to New Record
United Nations Environment Programme — “Wind power may be variable, but the greatest threat to the continued stable growth of the industry is the variability and unpredictability of the politicians who set the frameworks for the energy sector …
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Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?
THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — The global clean energy sector is undergoing geographic and technological shifts as new markets emerge and renewable capacity grows, according to research released by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The sector demonstrated resilience in 2012, registering a …
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Climate Change Puts the Squeeze on Wine Production
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL — What we’ve learned about wine has important implications for agriculture, climate change and conservation in general. Just as it’s moving wine-producing regions, climate change will be moving other agricultural areas, which may displace wildlife habitat. An important lesson for the future of conservation is …