BRASILIA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Brazil has
agreed to hear a criminal case brought by prosecutors against
four companies and 22 employees for a burst tailings dam at the
Samarco mine last November, according to a court document seen
by Reuters on Friday.
MARRAKESH, Morocco, Nov 18 (Reuters) - President-elect
Donald Trump's plan to quit a landmark 2015 accord to fight
climate change is likely to dent rather than derail the pact,
with almost 200 governments defiantly saying this week that a
trend towards cleaner energy is irreversible.
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - SSE, one of Britain's
"big six" energy suppliers, has frozen its standard energy
prices this winter, it said on Friday, putting pressure on its
rivals to do the same.
Nov 18 (Reuters) - Brookfield Asset Management Inc
proposed on Friday to take a 50-60 percent stake in bankrupt
solar company SunEdison Inc unit TerraForm Power Inc
, a week after it expressed interest in buying the unit.
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - India's top gas importer
Petronet LNG is betting on liquefied natural
gas-powered ships and vehicles to drive up demand for the
cleaner fuel, its managing director said, helping the world's
third most polluting nation to improve air quality.
MOSCOW, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The arrest of Russia's economy
minister on bribery charges has sown fear across the Moscow
political elite that a wider purge may be coming of other senior
officials.
ZAGREB, Nov 18 (Reuters) - An international arrest warrant
has not been renewed for the head of Hungary's MOL who
is accused in Croatia of bribery, the Hungarian oil and gas firm
said on Friday.
NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. oil refiner Tesoro Corp's
$4.1 billion purchase of Western Refining Inc is
a bet on many things, but above all it may be a bet on Texas.
SOFIA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Bulgarian prosecutors charged
former energy minister Delyan Dobrev on Friday with failing to
take steps to stop payments to a consultancy engaged with a
now-cancelled nuclear power project.
MILAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Eni on Friday finalised
plans to develop Mozambique's Coral South offshore gas project,
part of a larger scheme that will see Italy's top energy company
and partners spend an estimated $50 billion.
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