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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
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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
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

Pennsylvania is Joining RGGI. Here’s Why That Matters

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania
  • Energy
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Closing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electricity Access Gap: Why Cities Must Be Part of the Solution

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
power line in Kenya
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
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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
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  • water risk
Power plant in Germany
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RELEASE: Report: Tanzania Mini-grid Sector Doubles with Bold Policy Approach

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Energy Access
  • sustainable development goals
  • Energy
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  • Energy Access
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A power plant in India.
  • Freshwater
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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
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  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
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WRI Calls SDGs "A Bold New Agenda For International Development"

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
  • Climate
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Now Comes the Hard Part: 4 Key Challenges to SDGs

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
The Sustainable Development Goals aim to eradicate poverty and inequalities and spur economic growth while respecting planetary boundaries. UN Photo/Cia Pak.
  • Climate
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Building a Brighter Future – Powered by Renewable Energy

  • Economics
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals
Barefoot solar engineers in Tinginaput, India. Photo by DFID/Flickr.
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • 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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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

6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
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  • UNFCCC
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Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
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RELEASE: New Analysis Highlights Opportunities for Economic Gains from Climate Action in the United States

  • Business
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
  • Business
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy

RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Arkansas Can Reduce Emissions 39 percent by 2020

  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
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RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Tennessee Can Reduce Emissions 22 percent by 2020

  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
  • Energy
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  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
  • Energy
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Watching for Signs of Climate Action in the State of the Union Address

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate science
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Seven months have passed since President Obama announced the national Climate Action Plan. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson, Flickr
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate science
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
  • renewable energy