Energy Update
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A Haitian Senate
report has called for charges to be brought against two former
prime ministers and several ministers for alleged embezzlement,
abuse of authority and forgery stemming from the use of funds in
a Venezuelan oil loan program.
Aug 19 (Reuters) - Canada's British Columbia unveiled a new
climate action plan on Friday that kept its carbon tax frozen at
C$30 per tonne, a move environmental groups warned would
undermine the province's target of cutting 2050 emissions by 80
percent from 2007 levels.
LUANDA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Angola's ruling People's Movement
for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on Friday confirmed the
election of Jose Eduardo dos Santos for another term as leader
of the party.
SAO PAULO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Chinese power conglomerates
are gradually becoming the dominant force in Brazil's
electricity industry, where high debt, a harsh recession and
less stringent takeover barriers than in other major markets
have stoked a wave of acquisitions.
Aug 19 (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia
unveiled a new climate action plan on Friday, in which the
government said it would not be increasing the province's carbon
tax.
HOUSTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp is running television advertisements at the Rio Olympics to showcase its work on clean energy, a high-profile blitz as the company faces pressure over global warming in an intense year of climate politics.
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Pipeline company
TransCanada Corp is offering tolls as low as 82
Canadian cents per gigajoule on its natural gas mainline from
western Canada if enough producers sign up to long-term
contracts, a company executive said on Friday.
LUANDA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Angola's long-ruling president
Jose Eduardo dos Santos was overwhelmingly re-elected leader of
the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party
on Friday, results showed.
BEIRUT, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Civilians fled a city in
northeastern Syria where government warplanes bombed
Kurdish-held areas for a second day on Friday, as the Syrian
army accused Kurdish forces of igniting the conflict by trying
to take over the area.
Pages
GET IN TOUCH
- 1875 I Street NW, International Square,
Washington, District Of Columbia, 20006 - Phone: +1 (888) 317-3839
- Email: info@mglllc.com
About
Misha Gerhard & Lewis LLC is International Strategic Consulting Firm with an extensive presence in the most rapidly developing regions of the world.