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Oregon Legislature Passes 50 Percent Renewable Portfolio Standard

The Oregon House and Senate last week passed a bill requiring PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric (PGE) to obtain from renewables 50 percent of the electricity they supply their customers by 2040. The bill also sets a timetable for eliminating coal-fired electric power in the state.

UPDATE 1-Second-biggest U.S. shale output drop seen for April -EIA

NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. shale oil production in April is expected to chalk up the second-largest monthly decline on record, and the sixth straight monthly decrease, a U.S.

Amazonian tribe in Peru takes hostages after oil spill

LIMA, March 7 (Reuters) - An indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon took at least eight public officials hostage to demand help from the central government after an oil spill polluted its lands, authorities said Monday.

UPDATE 2-Latin American oil producers to meet in Quito on Friday -Ecuador gov't

QUITO, March 7 (Reuters) - Latin American oil producers - including main exporters Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico - agreed to meet on Friday in Quito to coordinate a strategy to staunch the crude price rout, the Ecuadorean government said.

Chesapeake's McClendon honored by thousands in Oklahoma ceremony

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 7 (Reuters) - Friends, family and employees of Aubrey McClendon paid their respects on Monday to the U.S.

Latin America oil exporters to meet in Quito on Friday -Ecuador gov't

QUITO, March 7 (Reuters) - Latin America's major oil exporters, including Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico, will meet in Quito on Friday to discuss global oil prices, the Ecuadorean government said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-Lula's friend mulls plea bargain deal in Brazil probe -media

BRASILIA, March 7 (Reuters) - A friend of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrested in November for allegedly taking out a fraudulent loan for the ruling Workers' Party is negotiating a plea bargain deal with prosecutors, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday.

UPDATE 1-LIA leadership case adjourned, judge says premature to rule

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - A court case over the leadership claims of two rival heads of Libya's $67 billion sovereign wealth fund was adjourned in London's High Court on Monday, the judge declaring it would be premature to rule while moves were afoot to form a government of national accord.

UPDATE 1-Colombia mines minister Gonzalez resigns over energy problems

BOGOTA, March 7 (Reuters) - Colombia's Mines and Energy Minister Tomas Gonzalez has resigned his post, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday, amid a series of energy generation problems sparked by drought.

EU to defer decision on safety of weed-killer ingredient - sources

BRUSSELS, March 7 (Reuters) - The European Union will defer a decision on whether to extend approval for weed-killer ingredient glyphosate, used in herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup, following a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer, EU sources said on Monday.

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