TORONTO, July 25 (Reuters) - Canada will take older tank
cars out of crude-by-rail service much earlier than originally
planned, its transport minister said on Monday, in the
government's latest move to toughen rail safety after a deadly
2013 crash.
On Tuesday, Schneider Electric introduced its New Energy Opportunities (NEO) Network, an online platform that it hopes will help commercial and industrial companies quickly identify and vet renewable energy and cleantech prospects.
July 25 (Reuters) - An oil leak from a Husky Energy Inc
pipeline into a major Canadian river has forced a
second city in the province of Saskatchewan to stop drawing
drinking water, officials said on Monday, widening the impact
and cost of the spill.
As voters go to the polls this November, at least four states will consider ballot questions on marijuana legalization. Pending proposals in Nevada, Maine and California would authorize recreational marijuana use, while Floridians will vote on whether to allow medical marijuana use.
July 25 (Reuters) - An oil spill by Husky Energy Inc
into a major Canadian river reached the city of Prince
Albert, Saskatchewan on Monday, hours earlier than expected, as
workers there raced to stretch a 30-kilometre (19-mile) hose to
draw drinking water from another source.
BENGHAZI, Libya, July 25 (Reuters) - Libyan Petroleum
Facilities Guard (PFG) commander Ibrahim Jathran said on Monday
he was ready to end a blockade at key oil terminals, but the
U.N.-backed government still needs to sign an agreement for
exports to resume.
BAKU, July 25 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's highest court on
Monday approved an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev to
extend the head of state's term of office to seven years from
five, a step his critics see as illegal and undemocratic.
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