The World Bank and other key multilateral developments institutions are failing to solve the crucial issue of energy access for the global poor, and in the process are missing out on the profound opportunities presented by distributed clean energy solutions, concludes to a major new report released today.
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Donāt let fossil fuel subsidies undermine clean energy momentum in Canada
On Tuesday, Justin Trudeauās government unveiled their first budget. Thereās good news, and thereās bad news.
Drowning in Bad Oil Debt
Imagine you went on a weekend gambling tip to Las Vegas and played roulette, and that you carried on betting on black and yet every time the ball ended up landing on red.
Worldās First Tidal Lagoon Project Moves Closer
The worldās first major tidal lagoon renewable energy scheme has moved a step closer after a Chinese construction company has been chosen to build the scheme in the UK.
BP Out of Touch on Climate and Clean Energy Technology
How BP’s Outlook for Energy looks to the past not the future
World Bank Lending Priorities Fall Short on Access to Clean Energy and the Climate Challenge
The World Bank should prioritize energy access by redirecting energy financing away from large fossil fuel projects toward decentralized renewables.
Who Needs Oil or Nukes Anyway?
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan many commentators, including some leading environmentalists argued that despite the inherent risks of nuclear power, it was still a necessary evil in the battle about climate change. They joined other pro-nuclear voices that have been growing steadily over the last few years in arguing that … Read More
Now Obama Turns the White House Green
So its not only Obamaās war machine that is going green. So is the White House. In recent days some in the press have compared Obama to Jimmy Carter, saying their presidencies are similar in the way they failed to live up to expectations. But there is another way that Obama is replicating Carter – … Read More
Universal energy access stressed at UN
Yesterday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the importance of making energy available to the poor as a foundation for combating poverty as world leaders gathered in New York this week at the Millennium Development Goal Summit. At a high-level event yesterday, the Secretary General said that it is lack of political will that is keeping … Read More
The Gulf of Oil
Venice, LA ā Iām down at the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico or what for now is the Gulf of Mexico.Ā Rick Steiner, a marine conservationist and oil spill expert flew over the gulf Wednesday morning and said, āItās not the Gulf of Mexico any more. Itās the gulf of oil.ā Rickās been … Read More