Energy Update
RIYADH, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will cut ministers'
salaries by 20 percent and scale back financial perks for public
sector employees, according to a cabinet statement and royal
decree broadcast on state-run Ekhbariya TV on Monday.
Bangkok-based Thai Solar Energy Co. last week said that its board agreed to move forward with investments in three biomass projects in southern Thailand.
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Obama administration
will soon ask federal agencies to require that treaty rights be
considered in decision-making on natural resource projects,
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said on Monday, hoping to avoid
future conflicts with Native-American tribes such as the current
one over the Dakota Access pipeline.
DUBAI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's government has
decided to curb to some financial perks for public sector
employees, according to a live broadcast of the cabinet's weekly
meeting.
LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Four British power generators
have called on the government to maintain the country's carbon
tax until at least 2025, according to a letter seen by Reuters,
putting them at odds with industrial groups who want it
scrapped.
BAKU, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan held a referendum on
Monday on extending the presidential term from five to seven
years, a step that a European democracy watchdog said would hand
unprecedented power to President Ilham Aliyev.
Sept 26 (Reuters) - Pipeline operator Williams Cos Inc
said on Monday it added two new directors, prompting
activist investor Corvex Management LP to withdraw plans to
replace the company's entire board.
VIENNA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The United States has kept its
side of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran has no
reason to complain that Washington has not done enough on
lifting sanctions against it, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
said on Monday.
President Barack Obama’s plan to rein in carbon pollution from power plants has been a boon for at least one group: the legal profession.
* OPEC/non-OPEC graphic: http://tmsnrt.rs/2ctYZNY
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