BAKU, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's state oil fund SOFAZ is
committed to keep improving transparency, its executive director
said, in order to meet a key international benchmark that would
make the country more attractive to foreign investors.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's transition team
is examining proposals for new non-nuclear sanctions on Iran,
the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing congressional
sources who have been in contact with the president-elect's
team.
Scottish Ministers have granted their approval for the construction and operation of a 400-MW pumped-storage hydroelectric plant at the Glenmuckloch surface coal mine.
Last month, politicians, energy executives, and energy experts met in Istanbul for the 23rd World Energy Congress. A new report written by Arup for the congress outlines that although cities consume the majority of the world’s energy and house the majority of its people, they have little control over how energy is produced, distributed, or used.
CANNON BALL, N.D., Dec 2 (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S.
military veterans on Friday have been arriving at a protest camp
in North Dakota where thousands of activists, braving frigid
conditions, are demonstrating against a pipeline project near a
Native American reservation.
BHUBANESWAR, India, Dec 2 (Reuters) - India's power and coal
minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday there was no value in
splitting up India's biggest coal producer Coal India Ltd
and denied any plans to break it up.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's transition team
is examining proposals for new non-nuclear sanctions on Iran,
the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing congressional
sources who have been in contact with the Republican
President-elect's team.
Our country had a surprise when Trump was elected as our next President. He takes office in fewer than two months. Compared to his predecessors, President Elect Trump has very different views about energy, manufacturing and business in general.
Air pollution is now one of the most pressing environmental concerns. While nine out of the ten most polluted cities in the world lie in India and Pakistan that leaves no room for complacency amongst other countries; partly because they too have their own issues and also because we live in a connected ecosystem.
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