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...In early June, Bac Giang province — home to Samsung and Apple suppliers — scheduled hours-long brownouts by district, though big manufacturers have reportedly been able to resume some production....
...Local people did a deal with the devil over the past 100 years: they let mining machines carve chunks from the lush green forests, destroyed centuries-old villages to dig up millions of tonnes of the dirty...
...Their utility has since been quantified....
...The target, as set out by Governor Gavin Newsom, is to treat up to 1mn acres of forest every year by 2025....
...It’s not like a lot of other Conservative districts. It’s not a shire,” he said. What money people managed to save they used to buy homes and look after their children....
...Hofor, the city’s utility, sees them as a long-term measure but Morten Kabell, one of the city’s mayors, argues that they should be a stopgap....
...Dense forests of mostly unpainted red-brick apartment blocks, separated by narrow alleys, above which balconies almost touch, extend for vast distances in almost every direction around the capital....
...Soft-spoken and low-key, Mr Lund prefers running in the forests outside Oslo or reading a book on global politics to “fox-hunting with bankers”, he says....
...Demand for the bestsellers – Snowdon, the English lakes, the Peak District and New Forest – hasn’t dropped....
...Lights out Tokyo, usually a heavily illuminated urban sprawl, is in semi-darkness at night, the famed “neon forests” of Shinjuku and Ginza switched off....
...In the first stage, a total of 115 pilot districts have been selected for such convergence....
...In Bashteel, as in other informal settlements around Cairo, the state eventually had to extend utilities such as water, electricity and sewerage....
...Americans are more likely shunning gas-guzzling sports utility vehicles because of higher prices at the pump than fears of global warming....
...Unspoilt forests surround Bear Lake, known as “Romania’s Dead Sea” because of its high mineral content....
...With these incentives, and new technology that can support larger projects, big utility companies are starting to take an interest....
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