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Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
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A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
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China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
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  • renewable energy

Pennsylvania is Joining RGGI. Here’s Why That Matters

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania
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  • electric grid
  • GHG emissions
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Power Explorer

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40% of India’s Thermal Power Plants Are in Water-Scarce Areas, Threatening Shutdowns

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • power plants
  • water risk
India power plant
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  • mapping
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Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • mapping
  • power plants
  • water risk
Power plant in Germany
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • mapping
  • power plants
  • water risk
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A power plant in India.
  • Freshwater
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • water risk

WRI Calls Publication of Clean Power Plan in Federal Register "A Key Milestone"

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
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  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
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Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Economics
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Economics
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
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Big Data Improves Renewable Power Forecasts. Will It Help India?

  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Tamil Nadu is India's leading wind power state. (Zamin Uthukuli, Tamil Nadu, India) Photo by Dhruvaraj S/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
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A Multi-Trillion Dollar Opportunity for Better Growth

  • Economics
  • Energy
  • international climate policy
  • restoration
A new report calls on the world to invest at least $1 trillion a year in renewable energy, among other recommendations. Photo by David Dodge/The Pembina Institute
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • international climate policy
  • restoration
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India’s Supreme Court Reinforces Renewable Energy Targets for Industry

  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Solar panels in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Knut-Erik Helle/Flickr.
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
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Building Climate Equity