More than three billion people globally depend on solid fuels, often using inefficient technologies that pose health risks to users. In Africa, firewood and charcoal provide energy for over half of ...

But the charcoal they were making is known as "green", and backers hope it can save impoverished Chad from rampant deforestation. Chad, a vast, landlocked country of 19 million people perched at the ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad - Covered in black soot, the workers zigzagged from one machine to another in the searing African sun. But the charcoal they were making is known as “green”, and backers hope it can ...