News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 108
Petrotrin Aims to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, May 05 (IPS) - Trinidad and Tobago holds the dubious distinction of being among the top 10 emitters of carbon dioxide per capita in the world, much of it due to the petrochemical industry that is the main driver of its economy.
Energy Efficiency Is an Untapped Goldmine
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 02 (IPS) - The U.S. could create more than 600,000 skilled jobs, cut air pollution and fight climate change while its citizens reap 17 billion dollars in energy savings by doing one simple thing: Boost energy efficiency.
Capitalism Unable to Deal with Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 02 (IPS) - It is time to craft new politics and economic policies to address the sustainability crisis, according to the latest edition of a flagship report by the Worldwatch Institute, a think tank here.
Finding the Needle in the Post-2015 Haystack
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 30 (IPS) - How will the U.N. prioritise the goals of its Post-2015 Development Agenda? Which goals deserve more funding? And which goals will help the most people? These are the questions that the Copenhagen Consensus Centre (CCC) seeks to answer.
Debt and Dirty Energy Weigh Heavy on Puerto Rico's Utility
- Inter Press Service
SAN JUAN, Apr 28 (IPS) - Everyone in Puerto Rico agrees that the island's ailing Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is badly in need of an overhaul, both in engineering and economic terms.
OP-ED: As EU Reconsiders Russian LNG, Qatar Waits in Wings
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) - Throughout the Ukraine crisis, European Union (EU) leaders have become more vocal about their interest in reducing Europe's consumption of Russian natural gas. As a result, Qatar — the world's number-one provider of liquefied natural gas (LNG) — is well positioned to play a more influential role in Europe's energy landscape.
U.S. Urged to Tackle Lead in Aviation Gasoline
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (IPS) - Consumer advocates, public health workers and environmental groups here are calling on the federal government to take a formal step towards regulating the use of lead in aviation gasoline, despite a failure to do so for nearly two decades.
Charting a Course for Survival, or Oblivion?
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Apr 22 (IPS) - Hopefully, on Earth Day today, high-level ministers from all countries are thinking about what they can bring to the table at a key set of meetings on climate change in early May.
Mexico’s Climate Change Law - More Than Just Empty Words?
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 21 (IPS) - When Mexico's climate change law went into effect in October 2012, it drew international praise. But what has happened since then?
Poland Uses Ukraine to Push Coal
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Apr 20 (IPS) - A European ‘energy union' plan proposed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as an EU response to the crisis in Ukraine could be a Trojan horse for fossil fuels.
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