THE BIG PICTURE: World’s Biggest Power Companies

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:00:41 +0000

In 2017, the 10 largest power companies, ranked by their installed generation capacity, owned 18% of total global installed capacity, while the next-largest 15 owned around 10%—meaning that the top 25 companies own nearly 30% of global installed power generation capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Chinese companies account for more than one-eighth of global installed […]

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Malacañang condoles with kin of executed Filipino maid

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:52:14 +0000

Malacañang on Thursday expressed its sympathies to the family of the Filipino maid, who was executed in Saudi Arabia earlier this week, after being found guilty of murder.

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China Leads Investment in Coal Projects—and Also Renewables

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:42:16 +0000

China continues to finance new coal plants in more than two dozen countries, even as the country has taken the lead in global renewable energy investment, according to a report from a U.S. group of energy analysts. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its report said China is backing more than […]

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Desalination produces more toxic waste than clean water

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:38:51 +0000

Desalination produces more toxic waste than clean water

More than 16,000 desalination plants scattered across the globe produce far more toxic sludge than fresh water, a global assessment showed.

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Saudi woman fleeing alleged abuse heads for asylum in Canada

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:45:35 +0000

Saudi woman fleeing alleged abuse heads for asylum in Canada

An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she was abused by her family and feared for her life if deported back home left Thailand on Friday night for Canada, which has granted her asylum.

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Australians hold topless protest in support of Saudi runaway

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:07:35 +0000

Australians hold topless protest in support of Saudi runaway

Four women held a topless protest in Sydney on Thursday to support runaway Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun.

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Saudi teenager’s fate hangs in the balance

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 07:26:35 +0000

Saudi teenager’s fate hangs in the balance

Thailand landed in hot water yesterday after government officials initially indicated they planned to deport a Saudi teenager who was stopped in Bangkok en route to Australia to seek asylum

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