On September 18, 2017, the category-5 Hurricane Maria ravaged the shores of Dominica, damaging or destroying 90 percent of its buildings and causing damage equivalent to 200 percent of the small Caribbean island nation’s GDP. In the aftermath, 20 percent of Dominica’s roughly 70,000 inhabitants had to flee due to lost homes or...
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Q&A: Inventor from a Small Fishing Village in Saint Lucia Provides Hope for Water Woes
Castries , Mar 11 2019 (IPS) – Karlis Noel spends his days in his lab in the small, picturesque community of Laborie in St. Lucia. The former fisherman’s story might sound like an overnight success, but his present accolades in the field of engineering are the result of years of...
Dominica to Begin Construction of Geothermal Plant in 2019
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — The Dominica Government says it intends to start construction of a geothermal energy power plant by the third quarter of 2019. Energy Minister Ian Douglas said that the plant to be constructed in the Roseau Valley, on the outskirts of the capital, will be a major...
Survey Report – OECS Regional Collaboration on Geothermal 2016
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Hurricanes, Heat Waves, Fires Ravaged Planet in 2017
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear. It was also the year the world’s second largest polluter, the United States, turned...