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DAVAO, Philippines June 21 (Reuters) - Incoming Philippine
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned he would cancel
mining projects causing environmental harm as an anti-mining
advocate accepted his offer to head the agency overseeing the
country's natural resources.

One of the problems with traditional commercial rooftop solar is that it’s mighty heavy. Since commercial roofs tend to be very flat and commercial systems very large, the roofs often cannot withstand the weight of traditional ballasted systems that use heavy concrete blocks to help hold down the panels.

It’s 10 p.m. The lights in your village of Chibok, in a remote corner of Nigeria, went out for the night half an hour before. Blackness and quiet cover the land, and you drift off to sleep in your bed in the girls’ dormitory.

MAGNITOGORSK, Russia, June 21 (Reuters) - Russia needs to
rebalance tax burden between various sectors of its economy to
stimulate growth in non-commodities sectors, Russian Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev told a forum of the United Russia
ruling party on Tuesday.

LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria kept exporting crude oil
at a largely steady pace in May, though below historical levels,
despite repeated militant attacks on its infrastructure that
drove output down to 30-year lows this spring and helped global
prices rise, data showed.

LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 21 (Reuters) - India's coal
imports are in a declining trend, but the energy value is
dropping at a far slower pace than the physical volumes as the
South Asian nation switches to higher quality fuel.

KARACHI, June 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan stocks edged down on
profit-taking Tuesday, led lower by oil, cement and bank stocks,
dealers said.

BRUSSELS, June 21 (Reuters) - The European Union's Brussels
envoys agreed on Tuesday to extend until the end of January the
energy, financial and defence sanctions on Russia over the
conflict in Ukraine, diplomatic sources said.

TOKYO, June 21 (Reuters) - Tokyo Gas Co said on
Tuesday it has bought a 25 percent stake in an Eagle Ford shale
gas formation, in what could be among the first shale
investments in the United States by a Japanese firm since the
tumble in energy prices.

ABUJA, June 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria has agreed a one-month
ceasefire with militants including the Niger Delta Avengers in
the oil-producing southern region, a petroleum ministry official
said on Tuesday.

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