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Weighing in on Obama’s Power Africa program: Pros and cons

President Obama’s plan to double power to sub-Saharan Africa has people buzzing about an Africa where energy poverty is a thing of the past.

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A stunning graphic that might change your perceptions of climate change in the developing world

Climate change receives a lot of attention--powerful storms, severe droughts, frequent floods, and rising temperatures. But climate change policy, on the other hand, is eternally made a back-burner issue.

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India's energy sector gets a $100 million boost and a nudge from U.S. Secretary of State

India, the fourth-largest consumer of energy worldwide, is showing the rest of the world how to eradicate energy poverty by looking skyward towards the sun.

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The end of energy poverty? Developing nations invest $112 billion in renewable energy

From Azerbaijan--where the wind blows 250 days per year--to the swift moving current of Zimbabwe’s bountiful rivers, developing countries worldwide are increasing efforts to invest in renewable energy.

Traditional cooking fire in Myanmar. Photo: B. Manser for Mercy Corps.

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Clean cookstoves in Mozambique lure big investors

This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor .

Crops resilient to climate change are especially important to farmers in developing countries. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cimmyt/5210265334/">CIMMYT (Flickr)</a>.

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As climate becomes a moving target, 'virtual crops' aim for the future

Climate change is threatening crop survival. Some researchers believe the solution lies in "virtual crops."

Mera Gao Power: Men installing solar panels

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To feed its growth, India weighs coal subsidies against solar ones

Could decentralized, solar energy be the solution to India’s power poverty?

Nairobi is home to the first of a UN-created system of incubators for green business. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2629335476/in/set-72157605940042670/">World Bank (Flickr)</a>

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Can Kenya's new climate center pull green investors to Africa?

In an attempt to reposition developing economies “towards low carbon, green growth paths,” the World Bank has opened its first Climate Innovation Center in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Don't panic, environmentalists: A richer world can be a better one

Forty years ago, a shocking report tagged economic growth as the catalyst for environmental collapse. Now, a new article claims the world's responses to that forecast failed to make things better.