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A massive wave of deaths has been reported among the endangered saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan. Around 540 carcasses of the animal has been found in the country, RIA Novosti reported Thursday.

Representatives from UNHCR guide humanitarian chief Valerie Amos (centre) through a refugee camp in Mentanao, Burkina Faso.

Britain is working on a new legislation that will reform the electricity market in the country to incentivize renewable energy, nuclear power and carbon capture and storage and attract around 110 billion pounds investments electricity generation and transmission.

Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the fragile state of the world’s oceans, urging greater protection for marine biodiversity.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the modernisation of Moldova’s power sector with a US$ 20 million sovereign loan to benefit Moldelectrica, state-owned energy transmission company, to finance the upgrade of the country’s transmission network.

Most scientists agree that the Earth is undergoing significant climate change, partly due to the greenhouse gases produced when fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal are burned.

At least six people have died in an earthquake in
the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) closed the door on what will hopefully be the last attempt to permit the Flaming Gorge Pipeline. FERC denied a request for rehearing from Aaron Million’s company, Wyco Power and Water, Inc.—an attempted “do-over” on FERC’s earlier denial of a preliminary permit. The Colorado developer has spent several years, and a claimed $5 million, attempting to launch this ill-conceived boondoggle. His proposal has been met with stiff opposition from conservation groups, individuals, and local communities and businesses. Now, FERC has provided a point-by-point refutation of Wyco’s application and rehearing request, and left no doubt that this pipeline remains a pipe dream.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(EBRD) is boosting its efforts to improve energy efficiency and deal with the threat of climate change with new investment in projects worth up to €25 billion over the next three years.