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Roots and Shoots: Rainy-Day Plants
Part of the holly family, this partially evergreen shrub has dark gray bark graced with red berries covering its branches in ...
HAVANA — For Marylín Álvarez and her family, like countless other Cubans, the question is no longer if the power will go out, ...
Actions will be taken against those who consume excess electricity, plus “a restrictive plan” for people connected to ...
As US restrictions tighten, Cuba’s efforts to protect its ecosystems are faltering — with rising deforestation, strained ...
While Cuba’s economic turmoil meant that it had little to offer by way of trade, its strategic geography remained unrivaled. In February 1999, China’s Minister of Defense, General Chi Haotian, visited ...
Cuba, an island of some 10 million inhabitants, remains highly dependent on fossil fuels to operate its eight outdated thermoelectric power plants, most of them online since the 1980s and '90s and ...
Cuba Center, a nonprofit botanical garden in Delaware dedicated to the conservation of native plants and their habitats. His role involves managing plant trials, collecting data, writing research ...
Cuba plans to build seven photovoltaic power plants across the country with China’s help, saving an estimated 18,000 tonnes of imported fuel per year, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
The hit to Cuba’s resources has left it unable to import enough food or sufficient animal feed and fertilizer to support domestic agriculture; fuel to run its aging power plants, leading to ...
The Friday collapse marked the fourth nationwide blackout since October. Cuba's oil-fired power plants, already obsolete and struggling to keep the lights on, reached a full crisis last year as ...
Millions of people in Cuba remained without power Saturday after ... disruptions are a result of fuel shortages at power plants and aging infrastructure. Most plants have been in operation for ...
HAVANA TIMES – Surrounded by the same secrecy that accompanied their arrival, in recent weeks, the Turkish floating power plants have begun to leave Cuba. By the end of February, only two of these ...