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Analysis: Water crisis pushes Brazil’s rural producers to switch to solar energy

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The milking shed for her 80 dairy cows that can yield 1,100 litres of milk per day, along with the barn that houses 21,000 chickens at a time, will soon sit alongside a photovoltaic solar plant with 85 panels. Even the new church in town, which is under construction, will have solar panels,” May says. MW to 791.32 billion a year.

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An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

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A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. The government has even tried to retrain some herders to work as ranchers, but there is little known about the progress of this initiative. We want the government to help us. A floundering government response. We grew up here.

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The Stream, February 1, 2023: US Government Restores Protections for Alaska’s Tongass Forest

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According to Grist, Congress still has the power to approve these exchanges. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers 200 million Cubic meters of water that Israel will supply to Jordan annually, in exchange for 600 megawatts of solar power capacity.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California.

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Analysis: After Trump cut funding for energy transitions overseas, could China step in?

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The impacts of the US withdrawal In March, South Africa’s government announced the cancellation of US-funded projects that were in the planning or implementation stages. Still, the US moves rocked confidence in global climate governance. billion in funding pledges from non-US donors, higher than the USD 8.5