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India Has 31% Of The World's Poor Kids

About 31% of the world’s “multidimensionally poor” children live in India, according to a new report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiativ...

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Goal On Energy (SDG7) & The World Bank Group

Access to clean, modern, sustainable energy is critical for improving the health and livelihoods of billions of people around the world. There is growing evidence linking s...

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Sustainable Development

Seeing The Light: How India Is Embracing Solar Power

India unveiled the world's biggest solar farm earlier this year and has quadrupled its solar capacity in the last three years, bringing electricity to millions of off-grid ...

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Sustainable Development

Could Agave, Hemp And Saltbush Be The Fuels Of The Future?

Oilier plants, new processing technologies and multipurpose crops could put the biofuel industry back in the race for greener transport fuels Biofuels have long been touted...

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Sustainable Development

Germany Strikes Offshore Wind Deals, Subsidy Not Included

European governments have spent large sums of money in recent years subsidizing giant offshore wind projects in hopes of creating a clean source of energy that could eventu...

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Sustainable Development

Farms Are Turning To Solar As Electricity Prices Soar

Step onto a farm in California, and you're likely to find solar panels planted near almonds or oranges.
Solar energy is a growing presence in the agriculture industry,...

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Environment

Solar-Powered Trains Are Closer To Reality Than We Might Think

How can we connect solar photovoltaics (PV) directly to railways to power electric trains? That’s the question my charity 10:10 and researchers at Imperial College&rs...

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Environment

ERM Power Criticised For Choosing $123m Fine Over Renewable Energy Certificates

The Clean Energy Regulator has castigated a major electricity company for choosing to pay a $123m penalty rather than build or contract new wind or solar power.
It sai...

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Environment

All That Glitters Is Not Green: Costa Rica's Renewables Conceal Dependence On Oil

Unless you’ve avoided social media for the last week, you probably know that last year, Costa Rica was able to produce 98% of its electricity without oil – a fe...

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Environment

UK Hits Clean Energy Milestone: 50% Of Electricity From Low Carbon Sources

Half of the UK’s electricity came from wind turbines, solar panels, wood burning and nuclear reactors between July and September, in a milestone first. Official figur...

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