SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The liquefied natural gas
(LNG) industry has morphed from energy's golden child to black
sheep in the last two years, with demand slumping just as
supplies soar.
LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Britain is set to miss its 2020
European renewable energy targets, a parliamentary committee
report said on Friday, setting a poor example for less wealthy
countries as the world tries to rein in global warming.
ABUJA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed elections in the
southern state of Edo to Sept. 28 from Sept. 10 because of
security threats, a government official said on Thursday.
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Pipeline company Enterprise
Products Partners on Thursday withdrew its takeover bid
for rival Williams Cos Inc, saying that Williams' lack
of engagement left it with "no actionable path forward."
Sept 8 (Reuters) - If investing in commodities involves
taking a bet against human ingenuity, than buying natural
resource equities is hedging that bet by going long productivity
gains at the same time.
LONDON, Sept 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United
Nations plans to keep working with charities in Syria despite a
decision by more than 70 relief groups to suspend ties with the
U.N. for its links to the Syrian government, officials said on
Thursday.
A three-judge panel at the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 2 denied a petition for review of a decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granting Sierra Pacific Industries a prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit for construction of a new biomass-burning power plant at its lumber mill in California.
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Four U.S. senators introduced
a joint resolution on Thursday seeking to block the U.S. sale of
$1.15 billion of Abrams tanks and other military equipment to
Saudi Arabia, citing issues including the conflict in Yemen.
ALGIERS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Algeria's President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika made a rare public appearance on Thursday to
inaugurate a conference centre, touring the site in a
wheelchair.
LIBREVILLE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Gabon's opposition leader
lodged a challenge to the presidential election result at the
constitutional court on Thursday, hoping to overturn his defeat
in a vote whose validity has been questioned at home and abroad.
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