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Uruguay Continues Investing In Renewable Energy

October 27, 2015 By Brandon Jordan Leave a Comment

The Uruguayan government recently announced 30 percent of the nation’s electricity would come from wind energy by the end of 2016 in their latest push for more renewable energy.

The government believes it can soon generate enough electricity from wind to the point where it can share power with its neighbors, Argentina and Brazil.

Two-thirds of electricity comes from renewable energy, specifically from hydroelectric power, although the government is turning toward more solar and wind investments.

Gonzalo Casaravilla, head of the state-owned firm known as UTE, told Bloomberg in June that the country aims to be a leader of wind power in Latin America:

Filed Under: Elections, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Climate change, Latin America, renewable energy, Uruguay, wind power

Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez And The United States’ Subjugation Of Puerto Rico

January 19, 2015 By Matt Peppe 4 Comments

With Eric Holder on his way out the door as Attorney General, many Puerto Ricans are stepping up their calls for President Barack Obama to pardon 71-year-old political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, who has spent the last 33 years behind bars for seditious conspiracy. The holiday season is a common time for Presidents to use their power to grant clemency, but this was not to be in 2014 for the President who has granted the fewest pardons in modern times.

For Puerto Ricans, dismissal of their political demands is emblematic of their subjugation as colonial subjects.

In December, at a concert in San Juan, reggaeton singer René Pérez Joglar of the band Calle 13 brought López’s daughter Clarissa on stage to read a letter pleading for her father’s release. After winning the silver medal in judo in the Central American and Caribbean games in November, Augusto Miranda told the press: “I want to use this forum for all the people of Puerto Rico and the United States. It’s an abuse what they’ve done to Oscar López Rivera, political prisoner. It’s time to give him his freedom.”

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, National News Tagged With: #FreeOscarLopez, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Alejandro García Padilla, American Indian Movement, apartheid, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Calle 13, CELAC, Chicago Tribune, Church Committee, Clarissa Lopez, clemency, Cointelpro, colonialism, Commonwealth, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Congress, decolonization, democracy, Desmond Tutu, entrapment, Eric Holder, FALN, FBI, Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña, GOP, Human Rights, indepdenence, Insular Cases, international law, Interstate Commerce Clause, Israel, J. Edgar Hoover, José Mujica, José “Pepe” Mujica, Juan R. Torruella, Latin America, Law 53, Lolita Lebrón, Loretta Lynch, Luis Muñoz Marin, Máiread Corrigan Maguire, Marshall Islands, Medicare, Nationalist Party, Native Americans, Nelson Mandela, Nicolás Maduro, Nobel Peace Prize, occupation, Oscar López, Oscar López Rivera, Partido Popular Democratico, Pedro Albizu Campos, Pedro Pierluisi, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Presidential Pardon, Puerto Rican Senate, Puerto Rico, Pueto Rican Constitution, René Pérez Joglar, Republican Party, SCOTUS, seditious conspiracy, social media, Social Security, Spain, Spanish-American War, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of The United States, UN General Assembly, UN Special Committee on Decolonization, United Nations, United States Attorney General, Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR, Uroyoán Ramón Emeterio Walker, Uruguay, Venezuela

Mining The Earth & Fracking The World: Hallelujah, Save The Planet!

December 24, 2014 By Kate Lanier 2 Comments

Kate Lanier offers selections from global mining, fracking and energy-related news including:

Chile: “Chile is now emerging as the southern hemisphere’s renewable energy giant, particularly in the mining sector.” They’re “building independent solar, solar thermal, wind and geothermal power plants” which are producing power at prices “competitive with or lower” than conventional producers. Chile’s latest renewable power costs are $80/megawatt hour—compared to $95 for coal.

Russia: Rosneft tried to buy “a Morgan Stanley oil-trading firm,” but the deal went poof! thanks to US authorities whose sanctions “have hurt Rosneft’s ability to finance the operations.” Those sanctions also mean ExxonMobil and other Rosneft partners won’t be developing offshore oil in the Arctic.

Texas: Gas flaring at the Eagle Ford Shale “burned off more than 20 billion cubic feet of natural gas,” producing as many tons of pollution in seven months as were produced in all of 2012. Not all the flaring was state permitted, either. The TX Railroad Commission (I know, I know, but they’re in charge of these things) has sent lots and lots of letters to the companies involved, reminding them they shouldn’t flare without permits, but with the price of oil so low, what’s a company to do?

Filed Under: Environment, Foreign Affairs, National News Tagged With: Africa, Alaska, Anglo American, Antarctica, Arctic, Arizona, Australia, Barack Obama, Barrick Gold Corp, BG Group, BHP, Brazil, Buckeye Terminals, California, Canada, Chevon, Chile, China, Citigroup, coal ash, Colorado, ConocoPhillips, Copper, David Cameron, Eagle Ford Shale, energy, Eritrea, Exxon Mobile, fossil fuels, fracking, Freedom Industries, gas, Global Witness, Goldman Sachs, Guinea, hydraulic fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Imperial Oil, iron, JPMorgan Chase, Kevin de Leon, Keystone XL, Lincoln Electric System, liquefied natural gas, Maxima Acuna de Chaupe, mining, Nebraska, New York, Newmont Mining Corporation, Ohio, oil, OPEC, Peru, Rio Tinto, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senate, silver, Simandou, Southern Cal Edison, Tasmania, Texas, Texas Railroad Commission, Tony Abbott, TX Railroad Commission, United Kingdom, Uruguay, US Attorney General, Value, West Sacramento, West Virginia, Wildcat Silver, Zamin Ferrous Corp.

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