News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 112
OP-ED: Nuclear Disarmament, the State of Play
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 25 (IPS) - If psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, the current status of nuclear disarmament can best be described as psychotic.
Sun Smiles on a Cold Desert
- Inter Press Service
LEH, India, Feb 24 (IPS) - Surendar Mohan, catering assistant at the residential school Jawahar Navodiya Vidyalya looks thankfully up at the sun on this cold high-altitude desert in northwest India.
Poverty Rises Amidst Gold
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 22 (IPS) - Natural reserves such as gold, copper, nickel, gas and timber are being extracted in the western Pacific island states of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to feed the soaring economies of East and South East Asia. But despite these Pacific nations recording economic growth rates of 6-11 percent over the past seven years, opportunities for human development have not been grasped.
U.S. Backing First Nuclear Reactors in 30 Years
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (IPS) - The U.S. government has announced that it will be offering substantial loan guarantees for two new nuclear reactors, giving a major boost to what would be the first such projects to go forward in the United States in more than three decades.
U.N. Focuses on Faltering Goals: Water, Sanitation, Energy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) - When the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reach their deadline in 2015, there will still be a critical setback: millions of people in the developing world without full access to safe drinking water, proper sanitation and electricity in their homes.
Obama to Tighten Fuel and Emissions Rules
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (IPS) - In an effort to reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed his administration to develop new fuel efficiency and emissions standards for trucks within the year.
OP-ED: We Need Everyone to Build a More Sustainable World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, an annual event that deals with a subject that is very close to my heart. The summit gathered together amazing people: Nobel Prize winners, thought leaders, heads of state, corporate innovators, and academicians to deal with the paramount challenges of the 21st Century all focused on three pressing dimensions of sustainability: food, water and energy.
Nuke Summit Agenda Circumvents Armed Powers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - When over 50 world leaders meet in the Netherlands next month for a Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), the primary focus will be on a politically-loaded question: how do we prevent non-state actors and terrorists from getting their hands on nuclear weapons or nuclear materials?
DRC Mega-Dam to Be Funded by Private Sector, Groups Charge
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (IPS) - Watchdog groups here are warning that a deal has been struck that would see Chinese investors fund a massive, contentious dam on the Congo River, the first phase of a project that could eventually be the largest hydroelectric project in the world.
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dampen Shift Towards Renewables
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS) - Despite evolving public awareness and alarm over climate change, subsidies for the production and consumption of fossil fuels remain a stubborn impediment to shifting the world's energy matrix towards renewable sources.
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