News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 99
Ahead of Myanmar Trip, Obama Urged to Demand Extractives Transparency
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (IPS) - Lawmakers here are urging President Barack Obama to put transparency in the extractives sector at the centre of an upcoming trip to Myanmar.
Drought Plagues Brazil’s Richest Metropolis
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 10 (IPS) - Agricultural losses are no longer the most visible effect of the drought plaguing Brazil's most developed region. Now the energy crisis and the threat of water shortages in the city of São Paulo are painful reminders of just how dependent Brazilians are on regular rainfall.
World Bank Pushes Private Sector for Major Investments in Infrastructure
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 09 (IPS) - The World Bank has initiated a major call to action for private sector investors around infrastructure projects in developing countries.
2015 a Make-or-Break Year for Nuclear Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 09 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last month singled out what he described as "one of the greatest ironies of modern science": while humans are searching for life on other planets, the world's nuclear powers are retaining and modernising their weapons to destroy life on planet earth.
Fracking Fractures Argentina’s Energy Development
- Inter Press Service
AÑELO, Argentina, Oct 08 (IPS) - Unconventional oil and gas reserves in Vaca Muerta in southwest Argentina hold out the promise of energy self-sufficiency and development for the country. But the fracking technique used to extract this treasure from underground rocks could be used at a huge cost.
Harper Playing Defence in Canada's Pipeline Politics
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Oct 06 (IPS) - Canada's tar sands oil boom may be in jeopardy and it appears the ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not have any plan B in its ambition to remake this resource-rich country into "an energy superpower."
Antigua Faces Climate Risks with Ambitious Renewables Target
- Inter Press Service
HODGES BAY, Antigua, Oct 06 (IPS) - Ruth Spencer is a pioneer in the field of solar energy. She promotes renewable technologies to communities throughout her homeland of Antigua and Barbuda, playing a small but important part in helping the country achieve its goal of a 20-percent reduction in the use of fossil fuels by 2020.
New Global Declaration “Insufficient” to Tackle Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 03 (IPS) - Heads of state, civil society groups and the leaders of some of the world's largest companies this week urged their peers to sign on to a landmark new global agreement aimed at halting deforestation by 2030, even as others are warning the accord is too lax.
Latin America on a Dangerous Precipice
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 02 (IPS) - "We could be the last Latin American and Caribbean generation living together with hunger."
Vaca Muerta, the New Frontier of Development in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
LOMA CAMPANA, Argentina, Oct 01 (IPS) - Production here has skyrocketed so fast that for now the installations of the YPF oil company at the Loma Campana deposit in southwest Argentina are a jumble of interconnected shipping containers.
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