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COLUMN-Shorting OPEC, hedge funds leave crude prices at risk from recoil: Kemp

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - As ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries head to Vienna, hedge funds have almost never been more bearish about the outlook for oil prices.

About 43 percent of Islamic State's oil revenues affected by U.S.-led strikes - Dunford

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Islamic State's oil revenue has been affected by U.S.-led strikes over the past month, the top U.S.

Thermal Energy Partners Secures PPA for First of Four Caribbean Geothermal Projects

Austin, Texas-based Thermal Energy Partners recently signed a PPA worth about $800 million for the first of four planned geothermal projects in the Caribbean.

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.

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