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MADRID, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Spanish energy company Abengoa is close to a deal with creditor banks on its planned 650 million euro ($725 million) capital increase, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he hopes major countries agree to "aggressive enough targets" to cut carbon emissions at climate talks in Paris later this year, but he said any deal will fall short of what is needed to slow global warming.

OSLO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Companies including Goldman Sachs , Walmart and Starbucks joined an alliance on Wednesday that aims to get 100 percent of electricity from renewable sources to combat climate change.

* No further asset sales planned -CEO (Recasts, adds CEO quotes, context)

NAIROBI, Sept 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Malaria is killing three children each day in an overcrowded camp sheltering civilians in South Sudan, a medical charity said, as people continue to flee fighting despite an August peace deal that has yet to be felt on the ground.

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Gasoline sales to U.S. motorists rose by more than 5 percent in July compared with the same month a year before, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

* Gas prices crucial for investment in Iran - Indian minister

Senate Democrats unveiled a bill that would provide more tax credits for renewable energy while killing some tax incentives for oil and natural gas producers.
Senators Maria Cantwell of Washington, Harry Reid of Nevada, Charles Schumer of New York and Ron Wyden of Oregon announced the legislation at a press conference in Washington Tuesday.

Private equity infrastructure specialist Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Hong Kong-based independent power producer Sky Solar Holdings on September 21 announced they are outting as much as $100 million of equity capital to work in developing an international portfolio of solar PV projects.

Billionaire Phil Anschutz’s plans to build a $5 billion wind farm in southeast Wyoming will no longer be stymied by the mating dance of the greater sage grouse.

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