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No More Smoke in Their Eyes: Clean Cookstoves

September 21, 2010 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Gas is better than wood. (Photo by author.)If you've never traveled in villages and rural areas of the developing world, it is difficult to imagine that nearly 3 billion people still cook with primitive technologies from earlier centuries. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that almost 2 million people die from being exposed... [read more]

Are investors wary of new nuclear builds?

July 5, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Bank report says prospects are going south, but consultant says the real name of the game is managing risk A new report by Citigroup on the prospects for equity investors in the nuclear energy industry casts doubt on prospects for profits.  While the report is focused on Europe, its authors claim their findings have equal weight in... [read more]

Cleantech Development vs Deployment

June 8, 2010 by Christopher Williams
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This comes from our industry insider Matt Marino, founder of Clean Pursuits and Switchback Life. In Boston, Technology and Innovation are personified like Greek gods, but its mere mortals that bring these forces to life. Readers of The Green Light Distrikt are likely also technology and innovation enthusiasts.  We have to be... [read more]

A Vision to End Energy Poverty

May 5, 2010 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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By Hugh Whalan – Guest Blogger What is energy poverty? Energy forms the foundation of almost every economic development outcome – powering education in classrooms, refrigerating vaccines, pumping clean water, allowing for study or work after dark. Everything relies on energy. Think about what you do in the morning, and how many times... [read more]

Mexico’s social protection policies: can they tackle climate risks?

March 3, 2010 by Climatico Analysis
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PROGRESA/Oportunidades: Social protection in Mexico (Image by: Peter Bate, IDB, 2004) Global environmental change, particularly in the form of global warming, exacerbates the risks faced by vulnerable rural communities whose livelihoods depend on climate-sensitive activities. The occurrence of immediate climate shocks, such as... [read more]

Make Poverty History: Make Clean Energy Cheap

February 23, 2010 by Teryn Norris
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“If you gave me only one wish for the next 50 years,” declared the world’s wealthiest man during last week’s TED 2010 conference, “I can pick who is president, I can pick a vaccine – or I can pick that an [energy technology] at half the cost with no carbon emissions gets invented, this is the wish I would pick. This is the one with the... [read more]

Peak oil to hinder world development - UK lawmakers

July 22, 2008 by Ee Mien Low
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peakoil.com -> in.reuters.com, appgopo.org.uk (pdf) : The looming peak in world oil production will set back international development and threatens to hinder efforts to make poverty history, a report by a group of UK lawmakers said. "The deepening energy crisis has the potential to make poverty a permanent state for a growing... [read more]

Drought Can Spark a National Dialogue on Climate Change - Part II

October 20, 2007 by David Widger
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“You can’t call it a drought anymore, because [the US Southwest is] going over to a drier climate.  No one says the Sahara is in a drought.”   — Richard Seager, Scientist, Columbia University’s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory as quoted in “The Future is Drying Up”, New York Times Magazine, October 21, 2007 As first... [read more]

Atlanta's water problems and the blame game

October 18, 2007 by Tim Haab
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Following up on Atlanta's water problems.  A brief recap--Lake Lanier, the primary water source for most of the Atlanta metro area has only 2-4 months of water left at current outflow rates.  Drought conditions prevent the lake from refilling.  Citizens blame the state for failing to anticipate the effects of rapid... [read more]