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* Ministry tells teapot refineries to apply for Q1 export quotas

QUITO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Ecuador's National Assembly on Tuesday approved the 2016 budget without making any changes to the $29.835 billion proposal put forward by Rafael Correa's government.

NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is widely expected to increase requirements for biofuels use through 2016 due to higher total fuel demand, when it publishes a final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule in the coming days, sources said.

Growth in solar microgrids — and all forms of distributed solar — is accelerating. So much so that utilities better jump into the market now or risk watching it pass them by.

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Canada's most populous province, Ontario, said on Tuesday it would aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050, although it offered only hints of how it hopes to slow climate change.

For solar, the 2015 per acre rent on public land ranges from $16.50 to $6,897.20, and these rates go up every year.

MANILA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Philippines is set to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time next year as it bids to replace fast-fading local gas supplies, but cheap coal is blowing off course Manila's vow to lift the use of cleaner fuels.<

* Australian PM seen moving cautiously on environmental policy

MEXICO CITY, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at Mexico's biggest oil refinery on Tuesday and some staff were evacuated, a spokesman for state-run oil company Pemex said, the latest in a string of incidents to hit the company's refineries.

BARCELONA, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The World Bank aims to drive more funding into efforts to help African countries withstand climate change impacts and boost their clean energy production through a $16 billion plan revealed on Tuesday.

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