News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 124
Poland’s Shale Gas Bubble ‘Bursting’
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Jul 24 (IPS) - Since Jun. 3, inhabitants of the village Zurawlow in Grabowiec district in southeastern Poland have been occupying a field in their locality where the U.S. company Chevron plans to drill for shale gas. The farmers' resistance is just the latest blow to shale gas proponents in the country.
U.S., U.K. Accused of Ignoring, Facilitating Abuses in Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 17 (IPS) - The U.S. and U.K. foreign assistance offices are being accused of ignoring, mischaracterising or downplaying testimony offered by ethnic communities in Ethiopia who accuse the Addis Ababa government of forcefully evicting them from their lands and violating their human rights in the name of mass development projects.
Caribbean Launches New Tool to Deal with Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 15 (IPS) - If the studies conducted by the International Code Council (ICC) are true, then by 2025, Caribbean countries will witness a significant increase in Category 4 and 5 hurricanes from the present level of 1.4 annually to four.
Q&A: Will the Iranian Nuclear Conflict Change With Rouhani?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (IPS) - The Jun. 14 election of Hassan Rouhani, nicknamed the "diplomatic sheik" during his service as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator from 2003-2005, to Iran's presidency was met with hopeful celebrations within the country but much cooler reactions from key world leaders.
EU Bank ‘Funding Polluters’
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jul 14 (IPS) - The European Investment Bank, the largest institutional bank in the world, is facing criticism for its funding of fossil fuel projects and for weaker standards for lending to coal plants than currently proposed in both the U.S. and Canada.
Biofuels Get a Dubious Boost
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jul 12 (IPS) - In an unexpected move, European parliamentarians have approved a new biofuel regulation that will take emissions from indirect land use change into account. The new text allows the biofuel sector to expand, sending a clear signal to world food markets and jeopardising food security for the world's poorest.
Climate Change Takes Centre Stage in U.S.-China Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 11 (IPS) - The United States and China have agreed on a suite of potentially far-reaching initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the world's two largest economies and largest polluters.
Over a Barrel, Caribbean Seeks Finance for Clean Energy
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 08 (IPS) - When James Husbands, a 24-year-old Barbadian businessman, began weighing the possibility of manufacturing solar water heaters, there was already a prototype on the island that had been designed and installed by an Anglican priest living there in the early 1970s.
U.S. Navy's "Green Fleet" Sparks Praise and Cynicism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 05 (IPS) - The United States military, an organisation that consumes 90 percent of the country's federal oil allowance, is trying to become a greener institution.
U.S. Court Overturns Key Extractives Transparency Rule
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - A federal judge here on Tuesday struck down a key new regulatory provision that would require large U.S.-listed extractives companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments, a rule that rights groups had long pushed as a way to cut down on corruption in developing countries.
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