Topic: Energy Technology
South Africa may face power cuts if no World Bank loan
Reuters US Online Report World News
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa may need to enforce power cuts or raise electricity tariffs further if a disputed $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved, a senior government official said on Thursday. "If they say no, we will either increase the tariffs or we will face ...
Yucca foes hail historic step
Las Vegas Sun
WASHINGTON The moment that Nevadans had awaited for decades arrived in a flash. There, popping up on computer screens in offices in Washington and Carson City, was the news that a slim, 15-page legal document had been filed, taking the biggest step yet one in a series of giant leaps ...
Time for next stage of sustainable business
Reuters Environmental Online Report
BOSTON (Reuters) - Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an activist U.S. investor group argues in a new report ...
Brazil, Germany clash on Iran nuclear sanctions
AFP Global Edition
Brazil and Germany differed sharply Wednesday on whether to threaten Iran with fresh United Nations sanctions in a bid to rein in its disputed nuclear program. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle said after talks here they agreed it was crucial to allow the creation ...
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