News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 131
Report Calls to Engage Iran’s People While Preventing Nuke
- Inter Press Service
Solar Energy and Briquettes Make Headway in Haiti
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Apr 04 (IPS) - While Jean Reniteau mulls over the idea of using solar panels to light his house, Frantz Fanfan is wondering how to expand production of biomass briquettes to replace the use of charcoal in the cooking stoves of most of the Haitian people, who lack electricity.
For Climate Action, 2013 “Good as It’ll Get”: Nicholas Stern
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - A confluence of factors could make 2013 the most fruitful opportunity in years – and for years – for potentially major action on climate change, according to a leading voice on climate change policy, the British economist Nicholas Stern.
Leaking Pipeline Offers Warning on Keystone XL Proposal
- Inter Press Service
, Apr 03 (IPS) - Environmental groups are sounding alarms about conflicting reports on the size and seriousness of an oil spill that took place late last week in the southern U.S. state of Arkansas.
World Bank Aims to End Extreme Poverty by 2030
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 02 (IPS) - World Bank President Jim Kim has unveiled a series of new institutional goals aimed at ending extreme poverty by 2030 and focusing on the promotion of "shared prosperity" – increasing the incomes of the poorest 40 percent in each country while placing increased focus on dealing with climate change.
P5+1 Coalition Fraying on Eve of Second Almaty Talks with Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - On the eve of its second round of talks with Iran on curbing its nuclear programme in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the so-called P5+1 (U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia plus Germany) is showing signs of growing disunity, according to the European Union's former top foreign policy official.
U.S. Unveils Major New Proposal to Cut Vehicle Emissions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 29 (IPS) - Environmentalists and public health advocates are lauding a key, long-awaited proposal put forward by President Barack Obama's administration that would require cleaner gasoline and more effective technologies on vehicles, cutting various harmful emissions by 40 to 80 percent.
OP-ED: Falling Gasoline Use Means U.S. Can Just Say No to New Pipelines and Food-to-Fuel
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 29 (IPS) - Freeing America from its dependence on oil from unstable parts of the world is an admirable goal, but many of the proposed solutions - including the push for more home-grown biofuels and for the construction of the new Keystone XL pipeline to transport Canadian tar sands oil to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast - are harmful and simply unnecessary.
"Crowdfunding" Gives Boost to Renewables in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 29 (IPS) - A U.S. company called Mosaic has unveiled a new way for citizens to use the Internet to invest in specific solar energy projects around the country.
Subsidies Play “Significant Role” in Climate Change, IMF Says
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 27 (IPS) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging national governments around the world to roll back or eliminate subsidies on petroleum-based energy sources, estimating that this alone could result in a 13-percent decline in global carbon dioxide emissions.
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