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Foreign wind farms cause uproar in Mexican villages

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Foreign energy firms have flocked to a narrow region of southern Mexico, known as one of the world’s windiest places, to build towering wind turbines, but some projects have angered and torn indigenous villages. The construction of wind farms has soared across Mexico, with the gusty Isthmus of Tehuantepec in…

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Pacific island nations pledge to wind, sun and coconut power

A school boy escapes the heat by leaping into the lagoon on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, in 2004. Tiny Pacific nations which are most at threat from rising seas - such as Tuvalu - have vowed to dump diesel and other dirty expensive fuels blamed for causing global warming and replace them with clean sources

Tiny Pacific nations which are most at threat from rising seas have vowed to dump diesel and other dirty expensive fuels blamed for causing global warming and replace them with clean sources. Using coconut biofuel and solar panels, Tokelau — which consists of three island dots half way between New…

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Giant kite could be future of wind power

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A California energy company is working to develop an airborne system of wind turbines that its developer believes could be superior to any of the current ground-based systems. The system essentially consists of a giant kite that looks like a small airplane. It employs sensors to determine the optimal location…

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