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UPDATE 1-UN suspends aid in Nigeria's Borno state after attack on convoy

UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations has
temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria's northeastern
state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram,
after a humanitarian convoy was attacked, the U.N. children's
agency UNICEF said on Thursday.

REFILE-CORRECTED-N. American forests not the climate change remedy hoped for - study

NEW YORK, July 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - North
American forests will not fight climate change by absorbing
carbon dioxide at levels once hoped for because the trees may
not grow big enough, a study said on Wednesday.

RPT-Pioneer says some U.S. fracking costs competitive with Saudis

HOUSTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Improved fracking techniques
have helped cut Pioneer Natural Resources Co's
production costs in the Permian Basin to about $2 a barrel, low
enough to compete with oil rival Saudi Arabia, CEO Scott
Sheffield said on Thursday.

UN suspends aid in Nigeria's Borno state after attack on convoy

UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations has
temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria's northeastern
state of Borno, the former stronghold of Boko Haram militants,
after a humanitarian convoy was attacked and two people injured,
the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday.

My Turbine Lies Over The Ocean: It Takes Herculean Labor To Build America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Eric Crucerey and his team can move mountains. Well, maybe not mountains, but machines that dwarf the Statue of Liberty. Crucerey, who works for GE Renewable Energy, is the project director in charge of delivering GE’s Haliade wind turbines for America’s first offshore wind farm that’s being built by Deepwater Wind near Block Island, Rhode Island.

Fourteen civilians killed in air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Fourteen civilians were
killed and another was injured in six U.S. air strikes against
al Qaeda and Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria between
July 28 last year and April 29 this year, the U.S. military said
on Thursday.

CORRECTED-N. American forests not the climate change remedy hoped for - study

NEW YORK, July 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - North
American forests will not fight climate change by absorbing
carbon dioxide at levels once hoped for because the trees may
not grow big enough, a study said on Wednesday.

Pioneer says some U.S. fracking costs competitive with Saudis

HOUSTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Improved fracking techniques
have helped cut Pioneer Natural Resources Co's
production costs in the Permian Basin to about $2 a barrel, low
enough to compete with oil rival Saudi Arabia, CEO Scott
Sheffield said on Thursday.

IndyCar Driver Stefan Wilson Shifts Solar into High Gear

TerraSmart had the pleasure of meeting Indycar driver Stefan Wilson earlier this month at our Intersolar booth in San Francisco. That may be the last place one would expect to find a racecar driver, but Stefan is as passionate about clean, renewable energy as we are. Plus, he has big plans to impact the carbon footprint of the Indycar sport. We contacted him to learn more.

Figtree Stands Tall Among Nation’s Commercial PACE Providers

State and local governments in the U.S. embrace PACE because of its ability to create jobs, promote economic development, meet sustainability standards and improve local building stock using no public monies. According to PACENation, 29 states and the District of Columbia have enabled PACE financing in their respective jurisdictions.

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