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UPDATE 1-Quebec key to cutting New England power costs -Maine governor

BOSTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Maine Governor Paul LePage on Friday said building high-voltage transmission lines from eastern Canada will be key to helping New England cut its soaring electricity costs, which he said had driven out businesses and cost the region jobs.

UPDATE 1-Brazil union recommends strikers accept Petrobras contract

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Leaders of Brazil's largest oil workers' union said on Friday they had proposed ending a 13-day strike, the most disruptive in 20 years, at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras.

UPDATE 1-U.S.-led strikes target Islamic State oil revenues -Pentagon

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - U.S.-led air strikes in Syria have inflicted "significant damage" to Islamic State's ability to fund itself, the Pentagon said on Friday.

UPDATE 1-U.S. oil drillers add rigs for first week in 11 -Baker Hughes

Nov 13 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added oil rigs for the first week in 11, data showed on Friday, despite continued weak crude prices.

U.S. oil drillers add rigs for first week in 11 -Baker Hughes

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UPDATE 4-Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

NEAR SINJAR TOWN, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State on Friday, a Reuters witness said, in one of the most significant counter-attacks since the militants swept through the north last year.

South Africa's shrinking economy helps keep the lights on

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 13 (Reuters) - South Africa's power company Eskom has kept the lights on for the longest period this year, partly because power demand is declining as the economy weakens, industry players said.

UPDATE 1-Russia says OPEC unlikely to cut output at December meet -agencies

MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said he does not expect the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to take steps to cut oil output at a meeting on Dec. 4, Russian news agencies Interfax and TASS reported on Friday.

Top 5 Developments Enabling Shift to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

According to a new Clean Edge report, these five developments are supporting the trend toward higher penetrations of renewable energy...

Top 5 Developments Enabling Shift to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

According to a new Clean Edge report, these five developments are supporting the trend toward higher penetrations of renewable energy...

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