FRANKFURT, Oct 17 (Reuters) - BASF, the world's
biggest chemical company, said it now believed two of its
employees died on Monday in an explosion and subsequent fire at
its site in Ludwigshafen in Germany, where it is headquartered.
HOUSTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp asked a federal
court on Monday to throw out a subpoena from New York State that
would force the oil company to hand over decades of documents as
part of a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it misled investors
about climate change risks.
AL-AHMADI, Kuwait, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Kuwait's finance
minister and acting oil minister, Anas al-Saleh, said on Monday
he was optimistic that an understanding on production "at least"
would be reached between producers at an OPEC meeting in
November.
HOUSTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp asked a federal
court on Monday to throw out a subpoena from New York State that
would force the oil company to hand over decades of documents as
part of a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it misled investors
about climate change risks.
Madrid-based grid operator Red Electrica de Espana last week inaugurated a new substation that will connect with the planned Soria-Chira pumped storage hydropower plant in the Canary Islands.
China’s Ministry of Finance, National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration on Sept. 23 jointly released the sixth edition of national renewable energy tariff surcharge subsidy catalogue, which lists the 1,300 new energy power stations approved for the subsidy.
A closely held California renewable-energy developer is proposing the world’s largest solar farm in the Nevada desert, a $5 billion project that would rival the capacity of two nuclear power plants.
Whether proscribed by law or not, unequal treatment of women continues to pose challenges in both industrially developed and lesser developed countries worldwide. With an estimated 1.2 billion worldwide people living without electricity, so does energy poverty.
Understatements can be jarring in a place like Dubai, where little is left to the imagination when it comes to wealth and statements of status are a way of life.
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