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RPT-Anadarko ordered to pay $159.5 mln fine for 2010 Gulf spill

Dec 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered Anadarko Petroleum Corp to pay a $159.5 million civil fine reflecting its stake in the Gulf of Mexico well whose 2010 blowout caused the largest U.S. offshore oil spill.

France to spend billions of euros on African green projects

PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - France plans to spend billions of euros in renewable energy and other environmental projects in its former west African colonies and across Africa over the next five years, President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.

Norway's offshore shipping sector faces bleak year as oil price pain deepens

LONDON/OSLO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Norwegian companies that provide supply ships and drilling rigs to the global oil industry face a bleak year ahead as contracts disappear and financing options dwindle in the face of weak global crude prices.

UPDATE 1-OPEC set for tough meeting, further price fall feared - sources

VIENNA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - OPEC is heading for a tough meeting this week, delegates and officials said on Tuesday, as country members pump record volumes amid an uncertain demand outlook and as the prospects of a U.S. interest rate hike could push oil prices even lower.

REFILE-Short sellers swim against climate change tide

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The global push to combat climate change has brightened the investment outlook for low-emissions industries, but some hedge funds are ramping up negative bets on solar energy and electric car firms they see as vulnerable to competition from cheaper oil.

Obama says carbon price tag would drive innovation

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the best way to drive innovation and reduce carbon emissions is "to put a price on it" but he does not expect that from the current Republican-dominated U.S. Congress.

SIU Carbondale Receives $50K Geothermal Heat-Pump System Grant

Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale recently received a $50,000 GeoAlliance grant to help fund the installation of a highly energy efficient and environmentally friendly geothermal heat pump heating and cooling system for a portion of the Transportation Education Center.

Wind Turbine Owners Establish Global Peer-to-Peer Platform to Solve O&M Issues Collaboratively

Wind farm owners representing 12 percent of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peer online platform, called o2o Wind, dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and experience on operation and maintenance issues.

REFILE-India's Rajan expects banks to clean up bad loans by March 2017

MUMBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Tuesday he expects bad debt-burdened banks to clean up their balance sheets by March 2017, warning the central bank would monitor whether concessions made to lenders were being misused.

Climate Finance Programs Reap $41 Billion in Pledges in Paris

Industrial countries and the United Nations are shining a bit more light on how a key pledge to boost climate-related finance will reach $100 billion by 2020.

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