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President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Warren Smith. (Internet photo)
President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Warren Smith. (Internet photo)

CDB advancing energy sustainability in the C’bean

By Melanius Alphonse  BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has made energy security a cross-cutting theme in its new Strategic Plan 2015 to 2019 to help stimulate growth,…

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Workers use electricity and firewood to prepare cassava bread in Canaries, St. Lucia. The country’s government says renewable energy can help with value-added in the agricultural sector. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS
Workers use electricity and firewood to prepare cassava bread in Canaries, St. Lucia. The country’s government says renewable energy can help with value-added in the agricultural sector. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS

Falling oil prices won’t derail St. Lucia’s push for clean energy

By Kenton X. Chance CASTRIES, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) – At Plas Kassav, a roadside outlet in Canaries, a rural community in western St. Lucia, a busload of visitors from…

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