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Experts report the plant is at risk of extinction due to multiple threats, including habitat loss and habitat degradation.
HAVANA — For Marylín Álvarez and her family, like countless other Cubans, the question is no longer if the power will go out, ...
Among the “selected indicators” of the crisis, a standout is the 25% drop in national electricity generation during that period—a key factor behind the endless season of blackouts Cubans have endured ...
Cuba has seen its highest temperature ever recorded in the month of May, with temps reaching a scorching 100.4 degrees ...
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 Center in Hockessin, Delaware, invites visitors to connect with nature as they immerse themselves in the dynamic beauty and biodiversity of native plants. Our gardens are alive not only with ...
Cuba, an island of some 10 million inhabitants, remains highly dependent on fossil fuels to operate its eight outdated thermoelectric power plants, most of them online since the 1980s and '90s and ...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 ...