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Trump's Interior Department shortlist vexes employees, green groups

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald
Trump's shortlist of candidates to lead the U.S. Department of
Interior has employees and environmental advocates fearful of a
shift in the agency's direction, from one focused on preserving
public lands to one that would open them up to more drilling and
mining.

UPDATE 1-Police fire water cannon at Dakota pipeline protesters in freezing weather

(Adds additional comment from Standing Rock Sioux)
By Chris Michaud and Stephanie Keith
NEW YORK/CANNON BALL, N.D., Nov 21 (Reuters) - Police fired
tear gas and water at hundreds of protesters in the freezing
North Dakota weather late Sunday and early Monday, in the latest
violent clash over a pipeline project running through the state.
An estimated 400 protesters mounted the Backwater Bridge

Brazil's Temer keeps minister despite allegations - spokesman

BRASILIA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - President Michel Temer has
decided his minister in charge of relations with Congress will
continue in his post despite allegations he pressed another
cabinet member to allow a luxury building in a historic
preservation area, a spokesman said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-OPEC experts' meeting makes progress on output talks

* Not settled yet on individual output targets - Libyan
delegate

Tropical Storm Otto forms over Atlantic - NHC

Nov 21 (Reuters) - Tropical depression 16 has strengthened
into Tropical Storm Otto east of Nicaragua over the Atlantic,
the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia to establish national water and energy efficiency program

RIYADH, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will establish a
national program to optimise water and energy consumption, it
announced in a cabinet statement on Monday, further moves in
areas where the government is seeking to cut back huge
subsidies.

Cheap Ice Energy Storage for Solar Homes

By the summer of 2017, solar homeowners could store surplus daytime solar in an ice-based energy storage unit with a 20-year life, for less than half the cost of a battery storing the same solar kilowatt-hours, according to Ice Energy CEO Mike Hopkins.

Statoil chief economist sees limited long-term impact from potential OPEC cut

* Oil prices rise as OPEC appears to move closer to output
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Economics Trumps Policy: Even President Trump Cannot Stop the Renewable Energy Juggernaut

Trump’s opposition to climate change policy no secret. Abolishing the EPA, revoking the Clean Power Plan and pulling American support from COP21 were all mentioned in his loose plan for America’s energy sector.

UPDATE 2-Energy Transfer MLPs Sunoco Logistics and ETP to combine

Nov 21 (Reuters) - Pipeline companies Sunoco Logistics
Partners LP and Energy Transfer Partners (ETP),
both of which are controlled by general partner Energy Transfer
Equity LP, said on Monday they would combine in a
corporate consolidation to cut borrowing and operating costs.

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