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COLUMN-U.S. propane stocks hit record despite strong exports: Kemp

LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) are the fastest-growing category of hydrocarbon exports from the United States, with volumes up almost four-fold since 2012.

Vale confirms arsenic found in water days after Brazil dam burst

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Toxic materials, such as arsenic, were found in the water of the Rio Doce river days after a dam burst at a mine in Brazil earlier this month, an executive for Vale, the co-owner of the mine operator, confirmed on Friday.

Brazil's Andrade Gutierrez to admit World Cup bribes -Folha paper

SAO PAULO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Engineering group Andrade Gutierrez has agreed with Brazil's prosecutor-general and other investigators to confess to paying bribes for contracts relating to the World Cup and state-run companies Petrobras and Eletrobras, according to a report Friday by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.

REFILE-Britain sends mixed messages on climate ahead of Paris talks

LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's cuts to renewable energy subsidies and abandonment of its carbon capture and storage scheme are likely to diminish the country's influence at the global climate talks starting in Paris this weekend, investors and green groups said.

Brazilian lawyer arrested in Rio for planning bribes with senator

BRASILIA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Police on Friday arrested a Brazilian lawyer who authorities say was caught on tape arranging bribes with a ruling party senator to stop his client from turning state's witness in a massive corruption probe.

After oil price drop, Algeria eyes subsidy system reform

ALGIERS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Algeria's government is considering reforming its subsidy system, covering everything from energy and gas prices to food costs, to reduce spending as the OPEC country struggles with a sharp fall in oil prices.

INSIGHT-Musk's Tesla faces German battle over battery-powered homes

FRANKFURT, Nov 27 (Reuters) - If Elon Musk's vision of millions of households producing all their own power becomes a reality, it will probably happen first in Germany.

Brazil dam disaster shows flaws in decrepit mining regulator

BELO HORIZONTE/BRASILIA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - With leaking windows, moldy walls and piles of paper where you might expect computers, the office of Brazil's National Department of Mineral Production speaks volumes about the regulation of the country's mining industry.

UPDATE 1-Spain's troubled Abengoa changes boss amid creditor talks

MADRID, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Spanish renewable energy and engineering group Abengoa stepped down on Friday just two days after the indebted company began insolvency proceedings.

German firms get creative in tackling CO2

FRANKFURT, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Filtering carbon dioxide through microbe-infested bubble baths is just one of the ideas being developed by top German industrial companies as they come under growing pressure to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases.

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