News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 134
Fukushima Running Out of Workers
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Mar 11 (IPS) - Japan has promised to scrap the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors that faced the world's worst nuclear accident. But Hiroyuki Watanabe, councillor in Iwaki City located 30 kilometres from the accident site, greets such intentions on the second anniversary of the disaster on Monday with misgiving.
Tehran Mulls Almaty II Amid Hopes for More Give and Take
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Mar 10 (IPS) - The meeting between Iran and the so-called P5+1 (five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany) that took place in late February in Almaty, Kazakhstan was described as positive and even a "turning point" by Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili.
Across U.S., Health Concerns Vie with Fracking Profits
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) - Peter "Pete" Seeger is a 93-year old U.S. folk legend who resides in Wappinger Falls in southern New York. He can be spotted occasionally on the traffic-heavy Route 9, flanked by world peace signs and armed with a banjo.
U.S. Hopes for Some Rapprochement After Chávez
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - While the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama says it would like to improve relations with Venezuela in the aftermath of the death Tuesday of President Hugo Chávez, officials and independent analysts here believe any rapprochement will take time and faces political obstacles both here and in Caracas.
For Iran and Pakistan, Energy Trumps Enmity
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - Iran appears to be putting its immediate economic and strategic needs ahead of religious solidarity as it seeks to promote ties with neighbouring Pakistan.
Cuba Diversifies - But Energy Focus Still on Oil
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Mar 04 (IPS) - Cuba continues to focus heavily on oil for its energy needs, through agreements with partners like Venezuela, with the hope of discovering commercially exploitable wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
Draft Assessment of Tar Sands Pipeline “Devastatingly Cynical”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 02 (IPS) - The U.S. State Department late Friday released a draft environmental impact assessment of a contentious pipeline project that simultaneously acknowledged the dangers posed by climate change while also noting the project would "not likely result in significant adverse environmental effects".
U.S. Security Establishment Increasingly Worried about Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (IPS) - More than three dozen national security officials, members of Congress and military leaders are warning of the threat climate change poses to U.S. national security, the latest in an indicator that U.S. intelligence and national security circles are increasingly worried about a warming planet.
Killer Heat Waves and Floods Linked to Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 27 (IPS) - Killer heat waves, floods and storms are increasingly caused by climate change, new research reveals.
Green Energy Solves Dual Crises of Poverty and Climate
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 25 (IPS) - Green energy is the only way to bring billions of people out of energy poverty and prevent a climate disaster, a new study reveals.
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