News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 125
Obama Plan to Electrify Africa Offers a “New Model” of Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - During an eight-day trip to Africa, President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious plan to improve access to electricity across the continent, a move the White House says is designed to lift Sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty and help the region develop a stable middle class.
Tunisia Now Searches an Economic Spring
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Jun 29 (IPS) - Nearly two-and-a-half years since the toppling of the autocratic regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in the first regime change of the now famous Arab Spring, the high expectations of change to come with the revolution have hardly been met.
World Bank to "Cease Provising" Funding for New Coal Projects
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 28 (IPS) - The World Bank is set to consider dramatically cutting down its funding for coal-related power projects, according to a draft strategy document leaked this week.
Presidential Hopefuls in Chile Speak Out Against Wilderness Dam
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jun 27 (IPS) - Diversifying the energy mix and the spectre of energy shortages in Chile are central issues in the campaign for the primary elections this Sunday Jun. 30, when presidential candidates will be nominated for the Nov. 17 elections.
Activists See U.S. Nuclear Industry Starting to Crumble
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 27 (IPS) - With the announced closures of four nuclear reactors in the United States so far this year and the cancellation of proposed facilities elsewhere in the country, some activists believe the U.S. nuclear industry is beginning to crumble.
U.N. Downplays Health Effects of Nuclear Radiation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The United Nations has come under criticism from medical experts and members of civil society for what these critics consider inaccurate statements about the effects of lingering radioactivity on local populations.
Obama Unveils Plan to Circumvent Congress on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 25 (IPS) - Stymied by the U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled his vision to reset the United States' incoherent national plan to combat climate change, offering dozens of regulatory tweaks and targets that his administration could now implement without Congressional approval.
In Southern U.S., Energy Equity Seen as Path to Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 24 (IPS) - Advocates of the concept of "energy equity" have begun employing it in the southern United States to create a diverse coalition of citizens who might otherwise approach energy policy issues differently.
Rural Mexican Communities Protest Wind Farms
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 18 (IPS) - "We can't sow our fields, which they have rented for next to nothing. What good do we get out of it?" Guadalupe Ramírez complained about wind farms operating in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Stealing Gas from the Poor to Power the Rich
- Inter Press Service
MIKINDANI, Tanzania, Jun 17 (IPS) - In Kilwa District in southern Tanzania local community leader and fisherman Salim Riziki stands next to a set of turbines, newly imported from Dubai, talking about the gas finds on Songo Songo, an island 15 km off the mainland.
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