Despite recent advances in solar and wind energy, Brazil is considering significant new investments in gas and coal plants to help power the 2014 World Cup, according to a recent Bloomberg article. After droughts depleted dam reservoirs in 2012, the country revised rules for power auctions in a move that may boost fossil energy by 50% at the expense of wind. The new policies will allow developers to propose Brazil’s first new coal plants in auctions since they were barred in 2009 over concerns of greenhouse-gas emissions.