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Regulators delay action again on huge California methane leak

DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Jan 20 (Reuters) - Air quality regulators, meeting for the third time this month to address a huge natural gas leak that has forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes, delayed action again on Wednesday on a proposal to curtail the escaping methane.

'Great Green Fleet' using biofuels deployed by U.S. Navy

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy formally deployed its "Great Green Fleet" on Wednesday, sending warships powered by alternative energy to conduct operations in the Pacific three years after controversy over the price of developing new fuels provoked a fight in Congress.

CANADA STOCKS-TSX falls 1.3 pct, touches 2012 low on oil rout

TORONTO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell 1.3 percent on Wednesday, managing to pare some losses after plunging to an almost 3-1/2 year low as a rout in oil prices rumbled on and the Bank of Canada deciding against cutting rates.

Links between slavery, environmental damage are cause for hope, author argues

NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Human slavery and environmental destruction go hand in hand, a complex but encouraging combination that could make efforts to eradicate the global woes easier to focus and succeed, a leading expert argues in a new book.

Brazil miner Samarco says CEO to step aside after disaster

SAO PAULO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Brazilian mining company Samarco Mineração S.A.

U.S. justices target Alaska moose hunter's hovercraft claim

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court took aim on Wednesday at a U.S. government regulation that banned an Alaska moose hunter from riding his hovercraft through a conservation area in a case that touches upon simmering tensions over federal control of public lands.

Natural gas likely overtook coal as top U.S. power source in 2015

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Last year looks like it was an unwelcome watershed for the embattled U.S. coal industry. Power companies in 2015 for the first time may have burned more natural gas than coal to generate electricity, according to analysts who attribute it to the cheapest gas prices in 16 years and a record number of coal-fired plants retired from service because of the high cost of meeting environmental regulations. Data from the U.S. Energy Information

Syria talks may not start on Jan. 25, "pressure, momentum" needed - UN envoy

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Wednesday that peace talks might not start as planned in Geneva on Jan.

Crude rout worsens, but bond funds remain confident

NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Big bond investors who have bet on high-yield oil producers are sticking to losing bets, waiting for a turnaround in the price of crude, even though their performance has suffered and fund assets have shrunk as oil has plunged.

RPT-Even in slump, U.S. oilfield firms hesitate over post-sanctions Iran

* Sanctions lifted, OPEC member Iran pushes oil and gas revival

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