Marie A. Monteleone

Jan 11, 2025 | energiesnet.com | Simon Casey |Danielle Balbi |Doug Alexander |Marie A. Monteleone

If a hydroplant responsible for 30% of the nation’s electricity went offline, it would compound an energy crisis already roiling the nation. By Peter Millard and Stephan Kueffner, Bloomberg News Photography and video by Johanna Alarcón for BloombergThe $3 billion Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric power plant in Ecuador has been a public relations disaster since its inception nearly a decade ago — for its construction flaws, cost overruns and a corruption scandal.

Sep 25, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Manuela Tobias |Lujan Agusti |Alan Crawford |Marie A. Monteleone

The island province of Tierra del Fuego is Argentina’s electronics base thanks to a quirk of history. Islanders’ natural resilience is being severely tested by the president’s economic policies.

Sep 13, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Todd Woody |Emily Biuso |Marie A. Monteleone

Officials are drafting regulations to enforce a law that prohibits vegetation within five feet of homes in high fire risk zones that include the state’s most privileged communities. Along the sylvan streets that wind through the Berkeley hills overlooking San Francisco Bay, the spires of towering redwoods punctuate the sky and the scent of eucalyptus and bay laurel lingers in the summer sunshine.