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UPDATE 2-South Africa's ANC backs Gordhan, urges him to cooperate with police

* Finmin in probe over suspected spy unit at tax service

(Adds Mantashe, analyst quotes, Treasury and Eskom row)

Statoil to drill Norway's northernmost oil well next year

STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Oil firm Statoil
will drill Norway's northernmost oil well next year in
the Barents Sea, where it believes a significant oil discovery
can be made, an executive said on Tuesday.

On a Pachyderm’s Derriere: Renewable Energy in a Sustainable World

In the greater scheme of things, direct energy may be little more important than a pimple on an elephant’s butt. Granted it would have to be a pretty big pimple, but the point is that meeting the climate challenge depends upon how energy is used much more than how it is supplied.

Sustainable Women Series: UW Greek Community Perpetuating College Sustainability Movement

Officially launched in November 2015, the Green Greek Representative Program (GGRP) is a student-run program at the University of Washington working to make the Greek Community a more sustainable place. Working through UW EcoReps and supported by the UW Sustainability office, this newly-created program has already been extremely successful. 

US precious metals complex hit by dollar surge, added longs

The precious metals complex swung lower on August 30, led by gold, as a stronger US dollar and speculative-investor trends weighed on gold prices.

UPDATE 2-Uganda gives Tullow Oil, Total production licences

* Uganda aims to move more quickly towards oil production

(Adds details, background, quotes)

Oil fires cast black cloud over Iraqi town retaken from Islamic State

* More residents stay in place as military pushes towards
Mosul

Iraq blacklists tankers involved in shipping Kurdish crude

LONDON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iraqi state oil firm SOMO has
blacklisted three tankers involved in shipping crude from
Kurdistan, stepping up pressure on the semi-autonomous region
amid tense talks on sharing oil revenue.

India may auction diamond mine abandoned by Rio Tinto

* Mines agency says will talk to parties interested in
Bunder

France's Hollande says Paris climate change deal far from being implemented

PARIS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande
said on Tuesday an international deal on climate change agreed
in Paris last year was still far from being implemented and
called on countries to ensure it was ratified by year-end.

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