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Rising Ventures: Yunnan Zhenghong Brings Energy Solutions to Rural China
China has a huge impending energy problem.? While the US is by far the leader in GHG emissions worldwide, China - with its high growth and booming population - is quickly becoming the elephant in the room during discussions on global energy policy.? Issues of rising demand and...
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New Meso-Finance Mechanisms in South Africa
In my relentless search to find reasons to move to the fair city of Cape Town (as if biodiversity-friendly winelands, Lion’s Head & the 12 Apostles, and?the World Cup semi-finals in 2010?weren’t enough), I regularly read?South Africa’s Mail & Guardian.? ?I am rarely...
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It’s Hard Out Here for a Shrimp Boat Captain
What do shrimp fishermen in Louisiana have in common with cotton farmers in Burkina Faso? Both have suffered serious financial setbacks because of American farm subsidies. And with the breakdown of the Doha Round earlier this week, both will continue to suffer well into the foreseeable...
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