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  1. Explainer: Why Venezuela Needs To Reduce Its Gas Flaring

    - Inter Press Service

    CARACAS, Sep 18 (IPS) - The red and orange illuminated night in Venezuela may look beautiful, but they are a result of gas flaring in the oil fields of Monagas. To meet its Paris Agreement goals, the Caribbean country needs to address gas flaring. How easy will this be in a country where it's mostly gas and oil energy sector accounts for more than two-thirds of its greenhouse gas emissions?

    The most visible part of gas flaring in Venezuela is the so-called "Monagas illuminated nights." These are red and orange skies, which are visible from the homes of the locals at night and which show the gas flaring in the oil fields of Monagas, a state located in the east of the Caribbean country and key in its oil production.

  2. Climate Activists Target Culture Greenwashing

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Aug 27 (IPS) - Civil society is working on all fronts to tackle the climate crisis. Activists are protesting in numbers to pressure governments and corporations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. They're using non-violent direct action and high-profile stunts, paying a heavy price as numerous states criminalise climate protest.

  3. Clean Energy Boosts Autonomy for Brazilian Women Farmers - VIDEO

    - Inter Press Service

    ACREUNA / ORIZONA, Brazil, Aug 26 (IPS) - A community bakery, family production of fruit pulp, and the recovery of water springs are some of the initiatives of the Energy of Women of the Earthorganised since 2017 in the state of Goiás, in central-western Brazil.

  4. UK: ‘Many in the Climate Justice Movement Are Finding Creative and Imaginative Ways to Protest’

    - Inter Press Service

    Aug 22 (IPS) - CIVICUS speaks with Chris Garrard, co-founder and co-director of Culture Unstained, about the campaign to end fossil fuel sponsorship of cultural institutions, which oil companies use to try to present a positive public image.

  5. Hydrogen from Renewables or Fossil Fuels? The Panamanian Question

    - Inter Press Service

    PANAMA, Aug 09 (IPS) - In 2021, the Panama Canal welcomed a French experimental ship on a world tour, the Energy Observerthe first electric vessel powered by a combination of renewable energies and a hydrogen production system based on seawater.

  6. Sportwashing Allegations at Africa's Top Football Tournament

    - Inter Press Service

    Jul 30 (IPS) - Following the recent Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Ivory Coast, a continent-wide campaign has emerged on social media challenging the tournament's main sponsor, TotalEnergies, over its involvement in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

  7. Life or Energy: The Hydroelectric Dilemma in Amazonian Brazil

    - Inter Press Service

    BELÉM, Brazil, Jul 28 (IPS) - The decade-and-a-half-long battle for life in the so-called Volta Grande (Big Bend) of the Xingu river, a stretch of the river dewatered by the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant in the Brazilian Amazon, has a possible solution, albeit a partial one.

  8. More Poverty for the Poor

    - Inter Press Service

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 24 (IPS) - Many low-income countries (LICs) continue to slip further behind the rest of the world. Meanwhile, people in extreme poverty have been increasing again after decades of decline.

  9. Kenya’s Protests: More than a Question of Tax

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Jul 23 (IPS) - Kenya’s President William Ruto has withdrawn the tax-increasing Finance Bill that sparked mass protests. He has sacked his cabinet and the head of the police has resigned. But the anger many feel hasn’t gone away, and protests continue.

    The protests have brought Kenya’s Gen Z onto the political stage, with young people – over 65 per cent of the population – at the forefront. Since the protests began, they’ve made full use of social media to share views, explain the impact of proposed changes, organise protests and raise funds to help those injured or arrested.

  10. Are Sustainable Cities a Pipe Dream?

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW YORK, Jul 17 (IPS) - Cities, once thought to be modern utopias that foster innovation, inclusivity, and commerce, actually ended up being hubs for environmental degradation. Although the concept of urban living is inextricable from humanity, there are proposed ways to make them less environmentally taxing.

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