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...
Cuba
Caribbean Biomass Initiative
BACKGROUND Dr. Tawainga Katsvairo, Caribbean Initiative Director The 23 Caribbean island countries with their 42 million inhabitants share a common history of colonization and agriculture that has shaped their economic, social and cultural development. The rise and fall of the sugar cane industry has been one of the most significant...
Petroleum Update in the Caribbean
Cuba Hits Crude Oil Milestone Cuban Central Petroleum Perforation and Extraction Company celebrated the arrival this Thursday at the one million tons of crude oil (7 million barrels) extracted in their facilities during 2008. It is the fourteenth time that they have reached this figure in a 12-month period, a...
Cuba to try Alternative Energy System in 2011
A pilot micro solar energy system will be connected to the national power system in Cuba by the beginning of 2011 in an effort to reduce oil consumption by taking advantage of that renewable source. The micro system will function as a pilot institution looking to achieve energy independence and...