News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 135
Winter of Discontent Progresses to Bulgaria
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Feb 24 (IPS) - Bulgarian prime minister Boiko Borisov of the ruling centre-right Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), announced his resignation Wednesday, following two weeks of sustained protests across the country which were sparked by rising electricity and heating costs.
Open Pit Miners Strike in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Feb 23 (IPS) - Two weeks into an indefinite strike called by workers at Cerrejón, one of the largest open-pit coal mines in the world, the company has agreed to sit down again and negotiate with Colombia's National Union of Coal Industry Workers (Sintracarbón).
Stopping Uranium to Fight Off Nuclear
- Inter Press Service
KOSICE, Slovakia, Feb 23 (IPS) - Local activists have begun protests in Slovakia after a government ministry appeared to give its backing to a controversial uranium mining project despite reassurances to people living near the proposed site that no mining would be allowed to take place.
Israeli Licence to Cheney-Linke Energy Firm on Golan Heights Raises Eyebrows
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (IPS) - In a potential new source of contention between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has reportedly granted a U.S. energy firm with heavyweight political connections to explore for oil and gas in the occupied Golan Heights.
Biofuels Converting U.S. Prairielands at Dust Bowl Rates
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (IPS) - The rush for biofuels in the United States has seen farmers converting the United States' prairie lands to farms at rates comparable with deforestation levels in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia – rates not seen here since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Carnival Food Carts Go Solar in Northern Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 21 (IPS) - It's carnival time in sunny northwest Argentina, and as usual, food vending carts are everywhere. But some of the carts are different this year: they offer food cooked on the spot – by the sun.
In Conservatives' Canada, It's Not Easy Being Green
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 20 (IPS) - Canada's police and security agencies think citizens concerned about the environment are threats to national security, and some are under surveillance, documents reveal.
Saving Heat from Going Down the Drain
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Feb 20 (IPS) - Whenever hot water from the kitchen tap or the bathroom shower goes down the plughole, a substantial amount of heat energy goes with it. In some German buildings this is being recovered and used to heat buildings in the winter and run air conditioning systems in the summer, representing a real energy-saver.
Climate Rally Draws "Line in the Sand" on Canadian Pipeline
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 16 (IPS) - The largest climate rally in U.S. history is expected Sunday in Washington DC with the aim of pressuring President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
Climate Change Added to U.S. Government “High Risk” List
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (IPS) - For the first time, a U.S. government auditor has added climate change to a list of issues that pose the greatest financial risk to the government and country. It is also warning that Washington is markedly unprepared to deal with the scope of the problem.
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