Energy Update
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.
OSLO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Norway's right-wing government
reaffirmed on Thursday a ban on oil and gas exploration off
picturesque Arctic islands, rejecting suggestions it might open
the area to drilling in the run-up to elections in 2017.
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Four U.S. senators introduced
a joint resolution of disapproval on Thursday seeking to block
the U.S. sale of $1.15 billion of Abrams tanks and other
military equipment to Saudi Arabia.
LIBREVILLE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Gabon opposition leader Jean
Ping on Thursday lodged a challenge to the result of an Aug. 27
election with the constitutional court, Jean Gaspard Ntoutoume
Ayi, president of Ping's communication team, told a news
conference.
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - About 10,000 retired coal
miners and their families descended on the U.S. Congress on
Thursday to pressure lawmakers to pass stalled legislation that
would prevent 22,000 of them from losing their pension and
health benefits as soon as early 2017.
BRASILIA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Norway's Statoil sees
changes to Brazil's oil industry laws, including the end of
mandatory participation by Petrobras in all subsalt blocs, as
key for attracting foreign investment, Chief Executive Officer
Eldar Saetre said on Thursday.
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