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Wind power: An Environmental Disaster
AUSTRALIANCLIMATESCEPTICS.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2011: "I have seen situations where energy has been produced by windmills, by solar batteries and the damage that they have done to the environment is simply incredible."] ARTICLE: That little yellow thing is a bulldozer. It's burying windmill blades. Why? Because the lifespan of a modern, top quality wind turbine is 20 years. After that, the gigantic fiber composite blades cannot economically be reused, refurbished, reduced, repurposed, or recycled so they're buried in special landfills, which are already running out. Then, every 20 years, we'll have an equal number of new blades to bury from all the replacement turbines. And that's with wind only supplying about 7% of the nation's energy. On top of that, there's the 500,000 birds wind turbine blades kill each year, most of which are endangered. How green is that? ...
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Wind turbines generate mountains of waste
WATTSUPWITHTHAT.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2010: "My sense is we are looking to the future for a massive increase in nuclear use around the world.... We don't have an alternative."] ARTICLE: Environmentalists, governments and news media never tell you about the costs of wind energy. For example, in 2013, when turbines were smaller, concrete manufacturer Lafarge said anchoring just one wind turbine required 2,500,000 pounds of concrete. Remember that manufacturing concrete is already the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide and also requires nearly a tenth of the world's industrial water use. Furthermore, wind farms create unsafe flying conditions. Indeed, a Michigan county bars air ambulances from rescuing citizens living near wind farms. In addition to being weather-dependent, intermittent and unreliable, wind turbines cover vast areas of land, require massive amounts of raw materials, involve enormous air and water pollution in faraway countries where ...
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2020: Expansion of AKFED's gas-fired Azito power plant in Côte d'Ivoire
ESI-AFRICA.COM -- Independent power producer Globeleq and IPS (West Africa), a company owned by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, announced that their subsidiary, Azito Energie SA has secured financing for its 253MW expansion of the Azito gas-fired power plant near Abidjan. The combined cycle gas turbine technology will allow the deployment and monetisation of Côte d'Ivoire's domestic gas reserves in the most efficient and environmentally effective and sustainable way. The Phase IV expansion and other upgrades, will see Azito supplying approximately 30% of Côte d'Ivoire's installed capacity. Construction has already started with first power expected in ...
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John Kerry's climate colonialism
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2007: "Skyrocketing [electricity] costs work to reinforce the cycle of poverty for millions."] ARTICLE: President Biden's climate envoy, John Kerry, told African countries to give up, beyond 2030, using natural gas to grow their economies despite the fact that African countries contribute less than 4% of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions. Meanwhile, due to current gas shortages, many Western countries are extending their use of coal. Western insistence that Africa forgo using their gas, oil and coal energy reserves has long been a blockage on Africa's development. Today, more than 600 million Africans have no access to electricity at all. If African countries are not supposed to use their gas reserves, what should they do, exactly? No wonder the President of Senegal rejected Kerry's orders. They need electricity for power. They need fertiliser, produced from gas, for agriculture. And they need ...
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The Organization of the Ismaili Da'WA -- BoAI Vol #4
GOOGLE.COM -- How much is known about the activities of these "dai'is" whose main task was to spread and preach the Ismalli doctrines considered by the 'Abbasids and the Saljuqs as a threat to their domination? By whom were these "da'is" appointed, and what were the status and functions of their various ranks? Unfortunately most of the Isma'ili sources tend to give a rather ideal or Utopian picture of the Isma'ili organization, which they consider to be the embodiment of history; and all that is available to supplement them is very scrappy information provided by ...
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Two Stakes winners to sell at Arqana this week
Dilawar and Rozgar entered in the Arc Sale. The Aga Khan Studs will offer two Stakes winners for sale on Saturday at the Arqana Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud. Both lot 21, ROZGAR, and lot 38, DILAWAR, have won multiple races and have also performed admirably in Group 1 company. Three-year-old ROZGAR, a son of Exceed And Excel out of a Stakes-placed ...
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Comemoração do Global Ismaili CIVIC Day 2022
Portugal -- No passado dia 25 de setembro, o Jamat juntou-se para uma ação de limpeza na Praia da Ponta dos Corvos, no âmbito da comemoração do Global Ismaili CIVIC Day 2022. O Ismaili CIVIC é uma iniciativa global sob o qual a comunidade Muçulmana Shia Imami Ismaili uniu-se em torno da sua tradição secular de servir a humanidade, prestando serviço ...
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Generations project breaks ground in Toronto
Global -- Prince Amyn attended the groundbreaking ceremony today for Generations Toronto, a multi-generational housing development close to the Ismaili Centre in Toronto. Distinguished guests included Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Toronto's Mayor John Tory and local and national leaders of the Jamat. Based on a successful pilot project launched in Calgary during Mawlana Hazar Imam's Golden Jubilee in 2007, Generations Toronto ...
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Exemplary service of TKN volunteers on IIS Academic Support Program
TKN -- The Academic Skills Support Team in the Department of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) is tasked with raising the number of high-quality applicants for the Institute's graduate programmes from priority countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Syria and Tajikistan. In particular, we focus on finding excellent candidates to apply for the Secondary Teacher Education Programme ...
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What's so special about architecture?
Global -- The eagerly anticipated winners of this year's Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced this week. The six winning projects uniquely differ from one another, but they share one important aspect. As an architect myself, I have always been fascinated by how architecture can encompass all aspects of an individual's life, from secular facets of aesthetics, beauty, functionality, and ...
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This is our SDG Moment
Global -- Action, ambition, and hope were on display this week as world leaders joined United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Amanda Gorman, and others for the annual SDG Moment at the UN headquarters in New York. Projected onto the big screens this year were Prince Hussain's photographs depicting the beauty and fragility of the natural world. Convened by the UN ...
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Settlement of Afghan Ismaili Families
ANZ -- In between country and home Article by Maryam Ismaili. Afghan Ismaili refugee to Australia, 2019 "I was born in a war-torn country. From the moment that I was smart enough to realize what life is, I wasn't able to live a life where I could feel safe and happy. My memories of my own home country are so dull. ...
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Ismaili CIVIC assists with flood-relief efforts in Pakistan
Global -- As rehabilitation efforts continue in Pakistan, Ismaili CIVIC volunteers continue to support affected individuals and the communities in which they reside - demonstrating a commitment to Islam's core values of service, peace, compassion and care for the vulnerable. Devastating record floods in Pakistan have displaced 33 million people, with the death toll reaching 1500. Hundreds of villages have been ...
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VIDEO: Municipal Honours ceremony in Toronto | Celebrating 50
Join host Mursal Bahri for the first instalment of Celebrating 50, an Ismaili TV special going behind-the-scenes at this week's commemorative events taking place across Canada. Day one includes highlights from the Municipal Honours ceremony, in which the Key to the City of Toronto was awarded to Mawlana Hazar Imam and a segment of Wynford Drive was ceremonially named Aga Khan Boulevard. The ...
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VIDEO: The Aga Khan Garden: A Gift That Keeps Giving.
Inaugurated on September 29, 2022, the Diwan is a year round pavilion and event space for the University of Alberta Botanic Gardens and the final piece to complete the 4.8 hectare Aga Khan Garden, Alberta. The site of the pavilion was designated in the original concept plan for the Garden. In addition to providing multi-use functionality, the pavilion resonates with its rich ...
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