Energy Update
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - The United States will probably consume a record amount of gasoline in 2016, passing the previous peak set in 2007, and the prospect is helping lift crude oil prices.
THE HAGUE, March 21 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday found Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of war crimes, including murder, rape and pillage during a 2001-2002 conflict in the Central African Republic.
In 15 years, a forest of giant wind turbines - able to protect themselves in severe weather by folding in their rotor blades like palm trees in a hurricane Â- could be planted off the coast of Virginia, delivering enough energy to power as many as 500,000 homes, thanks to research that has earned a $3.56 million federal grant for the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science.
New York is on the path to transforming its electric industry. Since the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceedings kicked off with the goal of creating a more robust and efficient electric grid, the State is now a step closer in the quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels. And, thanks to the New York Public Service Commission (PSC), the road is looking a lot smoother.
ABUJA, March 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari urged banks on Monday to boost lending to the agriculture sector, part of his drive to encourage diversification away from oil production in Africa's largest economy.
DUBAI, March 21 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Monday hailed Russia's partial withdrawal from Syria as a "positive step" towards a political solution there, the government said in a statement after its weekly meeting in Riyadh.
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