News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 61
World Lags on Clean Energy Goals
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, May 14 (IPS) - It may be the 21st century but more than three billion people still use fire for cooking and heating. Of those, one billion people have no access to electricity despite a global effort launched at the 2011 Vienna Energy Forum to bring electricity to everyone on the planet.
When It Comes to Fracking, Argentina Dreams Big
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 09 (IPS) - Since a US Energy Information Administration (EIA) report announced in 2011 that Argentina had some of the world's biggest shale oil and gas reserves, the dream of prosperity has been on the minds of many people in this South American nation where nearly a third of the population lives in poverty.
Mega-Projects Have Magnified Corruption in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 06 (IPS) - It cannot be categorically stated that corruption has increased in the country in recent years, because there is no objective information from earlier periods to compare with, according to Manoel Galdino, executive director of Transparency Brazil.
Caricom's Energy-Efficient Building Code Could Be Tough Sell
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 21 (IPS) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) states are in the process of formulating an energy efficiency building code for the region that would help reduce CO2 emissions, but implementation of the code may depend heavily on moral suasion for its success.
Caribbean Pursues Green Growth Despite Uncertain Times
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 14 (IPS) - Barbados and its Caribbean neighbours are continuing to press ahead with their climate change agenda and push the concept of renewable energy despite the new position taken by the United States.
Climate Funds for World's Poorest Slow to Materialise
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Climate change is making poor countries poorer, yet funding meant to address its economic consequences has been slow to materialise. Instead funding bodies are choosing to invest in green energy projects in middle-income countries.
Green Power: Wave of the Future
- Inter Press Service
PARIS/FRANKFURT/LONDON, Apr 05 (IPS) - The price of renewable energy — especially solar power — continues to tumble, and the result is more green power generating capacity for fewer dollars.
That's the bottom line message from the latest figures on world investment in clean technologies.
Climate Change Solutions Can’t Wait for U.S. Leadership
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 04 (IPS) - From tourism-dependent nations like Barbados to those rich with natural resources like Guyana, climate change poses one of the biggest challenges for the countries of the Caribbean.
Brazilian Dam Causes Too Much or Too Little Water in Amazon Villages
- Inter Press Service
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Apr 01 (IPS) - The Juruna indigenous village of Miratu mourned the death of Jarliel twice: once on October 26, when he drowned in the Xingu River, and the second time when the sacred burial ground was flooded by an unexpected rise in the river that crosses Brazil's Amazon region.
Trinidad Pushes for Shift to Cleaner Fuel
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Mar 26 (IPS) - The Trinidad and Tobago government has invested about 74 million dollars in the first phase of a 295-million-dollar project to encourage more drivers to use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), described by experts here as a preliminary step in the country's transition to using more sustainable forms of energy.
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