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Lax Regulation Doesn’t Fully Explain Unsafe Buildings in African Cities: A View from Ghana
The City Fix
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008.
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A Home Buyer’s Guide to Green Homes
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Repowering project underway at Terra-Gen’s 60-MW Oasis Wind
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Vivian Krause to ‘Oil Mafia’ Supporters: ‘The Environmentalists Have Won’
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Just Climate: Al Gore and David Blood to launch new asset manager
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China Can Help Supersize Global Hydrogen Economy, According to Shell
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AfDB approves $86.72 million loan for second phase of Lesotho Highlands Water Project
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The first phase of the project was completed in 2003 and inaugurated in 2004. The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved a loan of $86.72 million to co-finance the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
MidAmerican plans to add 2 GW of wind energy resources in Iowa
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Hydrogen as part of Canada’s energy transition
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