UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (Reuters) - A ceasefire in South
Sudan's capital Juba appears to be "largely holding, barring
sporadic gunfire" and United Nations peacekeepers were able to
carry out a limited number of short patrols on Tuesday, a U.N.
spokesman said in New York.
More and more people are interested in ‘going solar,’ but most people cannot put solar panels on their roof. Imagine this: you want to go solar, get an on-site assessment, and find out that your roof is not adequate due to tree shading, direction of the roof, or age of the roof. Over the last couple of years, community solar has emerged as a solution to this problem.
My uber-conservative utility, Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) has been against solar since before I moved into the service territory in 2007. IREA's long-serving general manager, Stanley Lewandowski Jr., would include climate change denial leaflets in the envelope along with the monthly electric bills.
Venezuela's government is lifting electricity rationing that began more than two months ago due to drought and rising temperatures that affected water levels at the 1,500-square-mile Guri Reservoir.
LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas prices have
risen by a third since hitting a two-decade low in the first
quarter, amid signs supply and demand are rebalancing and excess
stocks left over from an unusually warm winter are being worked
down.
WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - The United States urged all
parties to avoid provocative statements or actions after an
arbitration court ruled on Tuesday that China has no historic
title over the waters of the South China Sea.
UK steel demand is likely to be hit by the nation’s exit from the EU. Construction and infrastructure development look set to take the brunt of the “Leave” decision.
PARIS, July 12 (Reuters) - France added 568 megawatts (MW)
of wind power in the first half of the year, lagging its
objective to add 1.5 gigawatts (GW) annually from 2016, an
industry group said on Tuesday.
LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - OPEC on Tuesday was upbeat on
the oil market outlook for 2017, saying global demand for its
crude would be higher than its current production and excess oil
inventories would be whittled down.
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