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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St ends down after energy decline, China concerns

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed lower in a choppy trading session on Tuesday as oil prices pressured energy stocks for a fifth day and weak Chinese trade data reignited fears of a global economic slowdown, pushing down materials stocks.

U.S. judge closes SEC's case against ex-Enron chief Skilling

Dec 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge has ruled that former Enron Corp chief executive Jeffrey Skilling violated U.S. securities laws, finally closing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's 11-year-old case involving the energy giant's 2001 collapse, the SEC said on Tuesday.

Climate-change naysayers better at war of words, study finds

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C limate-change opponents are better at spreading their point of view than those who see climate change as real and troublesome, according to a study underlining the challenge of rallying public support as world leaders meet in Paris to discuss the environmental threat.

UPDATE 2-Pimco adding energy-related securities to some portfolios

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Global investment management firm Pimco is adding energy-related securities to some of its portfolios as the Newport Beach, California firm expects oil prices to rise over the next 12 months, Dan Ivascyn, group chief investment officer, said in an interview on Tuesday.

France's Fabius hopes climate deal will be adopted by Friday deadline

PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday he hoped to secure a final climate deal among nearly 200 countries participating in a conference in Paris by a Friday deadline.

UPDATE 1-European utilities want carbon price as main climate change tool

* Analyst says this is a strategy to delay renewables revolution

U.N. calls on Brazil to improve safe water access after dam burst

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government and responsible mining companies must do more to ensure access to safe drinking water after a dam burst at a mine in early November and polluted a major river, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Energy slide batters U.S. stocks, ETFs, but pain is spread unevenly

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Price swings in the energy market weighed on stocks and exchange-traded funds again on Tuesday, hitting the shares of oil producers for the fifth consecutive trading day.

UPDATE 1-Oil bull Hall's fund down 10 pct in Nov, heads for worst year

* Fund's assets down to $2.4 bln from about $3 bln at 2015 start

EPA head says U.S. pollution rules could help China tackle smog

PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Obama administration's new pollution rules are under attack from Republican critics at home, but its top environmental official is telling China that similar regulations offer a solution to the air pollution currently choking its major cities.

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