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S.African power utility briefly suspends cuts to electricity grid


S.African power utility briefly suspends cuts to electricity grid
Reuters
1 hr ago
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FILE PHOTO: Cooling towers are pictured at a coal-based power station owned by Eskom in Duhva
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa s struggling power utility Eskom will briefly suspend national electricity cuts from 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Saturday after generation capacity improved, but will resume the cuts again on Sunday, the state-owned firm said.
Relying mainly on ageing coal-fired plants to generate electricity, Eskom regularly cuts power to the national grid in a controlled effort to prevent a complete shutdown, as it struggles to produce enough power to keep the lights on. ....

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Rising global temperatures 'inexorably closer' to climate tipping point


Rising global temperatures inexorably closer to climate tipping point - U.N
Reuters
1 hr ago
By Andrea Januta
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FILE PHOTO: Clouds gather but produce no rain as cracks are seen in the dried up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet
(Reuters) -There is now a 40% chance that global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years and these odds are rising, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.
This does not yet mean that the world would already be crossing the long-term warming 1.5-degree threshold set by the Paris Climate Accord, which scientists warn is the ceiling to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. The Paris Accord target looks at temperature over a 30-year average, rather than a single year. ....

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