CLIMATE CHANGE: How Eco-Friendly Is Natural Gas?
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Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 22 (IPS) – Natural gas, a non-renewable yet plentiful energy source, is being promoted by the gas industry as part of the solution to climate change. But experts say that its contribution to global warming is only slightly less than that of coal and oil.
Methane, [...]
ENERGY-BRAZIL: Putting (Human) Waste to Work
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By Fabiana Frayssinet
PETROPOLIS, Brazil, Oct 6 (IPS) – Biodigester technology, which originated in Asia as a natural process for treating sewage waste, is reemerging in Latin America as an integrated system providing cheap energy, improved sanitation, and even attractive landscaping.
It is hard to imagine [...]
ENERGY-CAMEROON: Dam Project Questioned
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Ngala Killian Chimtom
LOM-PANGAR, Cameroon, Aug 4 (IPS) – Construction has begun on a new dam at the confluence of the Lom and Pangar rivers in Cameroon. The government is pushing the project as key to addressing an energy shortfall, allowing for economic growth; observers believe [...]
U.S.: Coal Power Hitting Roadblocks
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Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA, Jul 31 (IPS) – As more and more states are turning against coal power facilities in the U.S., advocates have been using the legal system to halt new pending plants.
In Georgia, a major case is testing the implications of the 2007 ruling [...]
