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Trudeau’s White House Visit Sets Stage for U.S.-Canada Climate Cooperation
›March 10, 2016 // By Schuyler Null
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the White House this week and climate change is expected to be one of the highest profile topics of conversation.
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An Update on Kenya’s Dwindling Lake Turkana as Ethiopian Dam Begins Operation
›A four-part video series produced by the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism gives an update on the beleaguered communities of Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake that supplies vital ecosystem services and livelihoods to 300,000 people in northwestern Kenya. The lake is fed entirely by the Omo River, flowing south from Ethiopia, but a newly completed upstream dam has raised questions about the future.
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Mike Eckhart: “We Are 40 Years Into a 100-Year Energy Transition”
›“In my view, we are 40 years into a 100-year transition to a clean energy economy,” says Mike Eckhart, global head of environmental finance and sustainability at Citigroup, in this week’s podcast. “We’re in the mainstream of building an industry.” -
Can Myanmar Avoid Conflict Pitfalls in its Hydro Blitz?
›Myanmar is undergoing multiple transitions, from military rule to democracy, decades of civil war to peace, and from a command economy to a market-based one. No less of an important challenge amidst this backdrop of change and hope is addressing the country’s energy poverty.
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Modi’s Grand Plan to Divert Himalayan Rivers Faces Obstacles
›One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first priorities after winning an overwhelming victory last year on a platform of development and growth is to fast-track a decades-old plan to link India’s rivers.
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Why Canada Is an Energy Titan and How Its Hydropower Can Help the U.S.
›The United States: The world’s lone remaining superpower, home of the world’s largest economy and military, the world’s largest producer and consumer of natural gas, and soon the leading producer and consumer of oil.
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“In my view, we are 40 years into a 100-year transition to a clean energy economy,” says Mike Eckhart, global head of environmental finance and sustainability at Citigroup, in this week’s podcast. “We’re in the mainstream of building an industry.”
