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Bank of China jumbo green bond shows growing Asian presence

HONG KONG, July 7 (Reuters) - Bank of China's
$3 billion multi-currency green bond underlines Asia's
rapidly growing share of global green funding as countries such
as China and India, among the world's biggest polluters, finance
their environmental targets.

Iran says fire at Bu Ali Sina petrochemical complex contained, no casualties

July 7 (Reuters) - A fire that broke out at Iran's Bu Ali
Sina petrochemical refinery complex has been contained, the
Iranian oil ministry said on its official website Shana on
Thursday.

Hong Kong shares rise, aided by hopes for fresh China stimulus

HONG KONG, July 7 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks rose on
Thursday as hope for stimulus moves in China to support the
struggling economy fuelled buying, offsetting fear of further
weakness in the yuan and worry about Europe.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices edge up on U.S. crude stock draw, but slowing economies weigh

* Slowing Asian growth, surprise fall in German output
weighs

UPDATE 1-Libya's oil guards back NOC, preparing to reopen fields - spokesman

BENGHAZI, Libya, July 7 (Reuters) - Libya's oil guard
brigades, who control Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, two major export
terminals closed since 2014, are working with the unity
government's state oil company and preparing to reopen shuttered
fields to pump crude again, a spokesman said on Thursday.

Ghana IMF deal on track, allaying fears of election overspending

ACCRA, July 7 (Reuters) - It is too close to call whether
Ghana's President John Mahama will win re-election in November,
but on one score success is starting to look attainable: the
government is on course to get through an election year without
triggering a fiscal crisis.

Russia reminds wayward ally Belarus of its economic muscle

MOSCOW/MINSK, July 7 (Reuters) - When Russia annexed
Ukraine's Crimea region, Belarussian President Alexander
Lukashenko began trying to loosen his close ties with Moscow,
fearing his country would be the next target.

US nuclear industry suffers shutdowns, pressured by power prices

Nuclear power, which for a long time was among the lowest-cost electricity sources, is now having trouble competing in the US.

Cruel summer for U.S. refiners as margins tank

* Supply glut likely to hurt refiners for 2nd straight
quarter

EIA electricity generator data show power industry response to EPA mercury limits

(Thu, 07 Jul 2016) EIA recently released preliminary data from its annual survey of electric generators (EIA-860), which provides information on pollution control equipment at electric power plants. A significant amount of such equipment was recently installed in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

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