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The Conversation CA Fears over Ethiopian dam’s costly impact on environment, peopleThe Conversation CAEthiopia’s GIBE III hydropower dam is now operational. However, rights groups have raised concerns over the impact that it is having on downstream communities and the environment. The Conversation Africa’s Samantha Spooner asked expert Sean Avery …

National Science Foundation (press release) NSF awards $13 million for research on how humans, environment interactNational Science Foundation (press release)“The complex interplay between our activities and the natural environment has major impacts on human well-being and on environmental quality,” said Tom Baerwald, CNH program director for SBE. “A deeper understanding of these dynamics is critical…

Pakistan Today Climate summit kicks off in Morocco to review action agenda …XinhuaRABAT, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — The second Climate Chance World Summit kicked off Monday in Morocco’s southern city of Agadir with the aim to assess climate …Climate summit begins in Morocco to review action agenda …Business Standard all 2 news articles »

Forbes The Impact Of Hurricanes Harvey And Irma On Energy OperationsForbesHere’s our assessment of the impact on energy operations. Hurricane Harvey. As we look at the big picture, crude oil production fell, but not as much as refinery demand and exports, which led to builds in crude oil and draws of refined product. A …Weekly…

Washington Post Duke Energy: Over 1 million customers in Florida without powerWashington PostDuke Energy, which serves about 1.8 million customers in Florida, said the vast majority of its subscribers are without power as of Monday afternoon. About 1.2 million customers are still without electricity since Hurricane Irma swept through the state …Restoring power to Florida…

Las Vegas Review-Journal Proposed NV Energy rate increase raises concernLas Vegas Review-Journal“To be clear, NV Energy is asking for no additional revenue for its core operations,” the utility said in a statement. “As directed by a Public Utilities Commission of Nevada order issued last Friday, NV Energy is requesting in its general rate review …

HuffPost The world’s future energy system: cleaner, more efficient and less demandHuffPostGlobal energy demand will plateau from 2030, oil demand will flatten from 2020 and continue to decline significantly thereafter, the shift to renewable energy will be quicker and more massive than most people realize, and yet the energy transition will … and more »

GeekWire Bill Gates gives a boost to ARPA-E, the feds’ endangered energy research agencyGeekWireThe Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy was created in 2009 within the U.S. Department of Energy to support technology development in the energy realm. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (a.k.a. DARPA) serves as its …

Los Angeles Times Harvey and Irma say this is the right time to discuss global warmingLos Angeles TimesAs Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida on Friday, Scott Pruitt, who runs the federal Environmental Protection Agency, told a television interviewer that the moment was inappropriate for discussing climate change because, well, there were other …Hurricanes…

BBC News Hurricane Irma: Pope Francis condemns climate change scepticsBBC NewsPope Francis has warned history will judge world leaders who do not act as he blasted climate change sceptics in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey. The pontiff said the recent storms meant the effects of climate change could be seen “with your own …Pope…