Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Zimbabwe's forests go up in smoke amid energy crisis

AlertNet: Pensioner Thandazani Ndlovu earns his living selling firewood, making him better off than Zimbabwe's millions of jobless. From the back of his pick-up truck, he has established a thriving business as demand for firewood continues to grow in Bulawayo, a city of 2 million people in the southwest. Residents are turning to wood for cooking and heating as Zimbabwe's electricity outages get worse, with its energy utility battling to keep the lights on in urban areas. As winter began, the state-owned...

URL: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/zimbabwes-forests-go-up-in-smoke-amid-energy-crisis
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