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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Composite wind turbine blade manufacturer TPI Composites last week priced its initial public offering of 6.25 million shares.
July 28 (Reuters) - Potash Corp of Saskatchewan
, the world's biggest fertilizer company by capacity, cut
its full-year profit forecast and dividend for the second time
this year on Thursday, and said that potash markets had reached
their low point.
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 28 (Reuters) - Brazilian mining company
Vale SA said on Thursday that second-quarter
net income fell 34 percent as provisions for potential losses
from the burst dam at its Samarco subsidiary and higher taxes
undermined productivity gains.
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