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Brazil's Rousseff backs zero deforestation rate by 2030

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday said her Latin American nation must engage in a clear reforestation policy, calling for a zero deforestation rate between now and 2030.

Nigeria's Buhari may not appoint ministers until September

ABUJA, June 30 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari may not name a cabinet until September as he takes time to find credible ministers and build a government untainted by the corruption of the past, a senior official and party sources said.

UPDATE 1-French, Spanish ministers discuss new cross-border energy links

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - French, Spanish and Portuguese energy ministers have discussed plans for new power and gas infrastructure across the French-Spanish border, the French energy ministry said on Tuesday.

Bosnian regulator suspends decision to increase power prices

SARAJEVO, June 30 (Reuters) - The power regulator in Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic on Tuesday suspended a decision to allow the region's power utility ERS to raise electricity prices by an average 8.76 percent from July, citing legal and technical problems.

"Top predator" humans causing catastrophic ecosystem shifts - study

ROME, June 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Never before has a single species become the top predator on land and sea, and human dominance over the natural environment has caused shifts in world ecosystems unprecedented in the last 500 million years, researchers said on Tuesday.

CORRECTED-Coal giant Peabody faces federal scrutiny over clean-up insurance

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - Coal giant Peabody Energy has been among the harshest critics of federal energy policies, joining a court challenge to the Obama administration's new clean air regulations and denouncing its promotion of renewable fuels.

Efficient stove technology eases N. Kenya's medical waste problem

WAMBA, Kenya, June 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poor weather, security threats and bad roads have made disposing of the Wamba district hospital's medical waste a challenge.

UPDATE 1-U.S., Brazil pledge to raise renewable energy in power output

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - The United States and Brazil pledged on Tuesday to increase their share of renewable energy in electricity generation from sources other than hydro-power to 20 percent by 2030 in an effort to show commitment to fighting climate change.

U.S. seeks $34 mln for Griffiths Energy bribe scheme of Chad diplomat

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - The United States is seeking to recover $34 million, the cash value of shares Griffiths Energy used to bribe Republic of Chad's former ambassador to the United States and Canada, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 2-Israel to let US-led consortium keep control of biggest offshore gas field

JERUSALEM, June 30 (Reuters) - Israel plans to leave its biggest offshore natural gas project, Leviathan, in the hands of a U.S.-Israeli consortium while opening the industry to more competition, under a proposal announced on Tuesday.

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