BAKU, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Thirty-two workers have died after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea, the head of an independent committee said on Saturday.
PARIS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Senior officials from almost 200 nations approved a draft text of a U.N. climate deal on Saturday after four years' work as the basis for ministers to try to resolve hundreds of points of disagreement next week.
BAKU, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Thirty-two workers have been killed and 42 rescued from an offshore oil platform that caught fire in Azerbaijan-controlled waters in the Caspian Sea, the head of an independent committee said on Saturday.
PARIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The California Public Employees Retirement System, the largest public pension fund in the United States, will begin engaging more companies in its portfolio on climate change, its head of governance said on Friday.
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Fears low oil prices will persist for years sent shares of U.S. crude producers tumbling on Friday after OPEC failed to agree on a unified output cap, effectively letting its 13 members pump at will under a policy aimed in part at squeezing out U.S.
OTTAWA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Canada's Liberal government, unveiling its plans at the start of the new Parliament, promised on Friday to pursue a fiscal plan "that is responsible, transparent and suited to challenging economic times."
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