What India Needs To Do To Achieve Net-Zero Status by 2070 — Global Issues

What India Needs To Do To Achieve Net-Zero Status by 2070 — Global Issues

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As India grows and develops, its economic production and energy consumption will increase. | Picture courtesy: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Opinion by R R Rashmi (new delhi) Friday, May 20, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, May 20 (IPS) – The recent IPCC report that came out in the month of March…

Oil Business Burns Enough Gas to Power the Whole Sub-Sahara or Two Thirds of Europe — Global Issues

Oil Business Burns Enough Gas to Power the Whole Sub-Sahara or Two Thirds of Europe — Global Issues

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Global gas flaring increased to 144 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2021 from 142 bcm in 2020. It is estimated that each cubic metre of associated gas flared results in about 2.8 kilograms of CO2-equivalent emissions. Credit: public domain by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID,…

Opacity Surrounds Fossil Fuels in Mexico — Global Issues

Opacity Surrounds Fossil Fuels in Mexico — Global Issues

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Lack of disclosure of contracts, payments and socio-environmental impacts characterize Mexico’s coal industry. The picture shows workers at the Nueva Rosita coal mine in the northern state of Coahuila. CREDIT: Courtesy of Cristóbal Trejo by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Monday, May 09, 2022 Inter Press Service MEXICO CITY, May 09 (IPS)…

The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador — Global Issues

The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador — Global Issues

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Francisca Piecho stands with her daughter-in-law Johana Cruz and her grandson outside her home that now has electricity from solar energy, in the village of Cacho de Oro, Teotepeque municipality, in the southern department of La Libertad. Hers and other rural Salvadoran families have seen their lives improve with the…