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Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky named as murder suspect in Russia

MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) - Russia wants to question former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a suspect in a murder case that has been reopened because of new evidence, federal investigators said on Tuesday.

COLUMN-U.S. Supreme Court fires warning shot across EPA's bow: Kemp

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - In a rare defeat for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered it on Monday to reconsider whether the EPA's regulations on mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants are appropriate and necessary.

UPDATE 1-China to try to curb CO2 emissions earlier than 2030 - PM

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - China formally committed to halting the rise in its emissions within the next 15 years and pledged on Tuesday to reduce the carbon intensity of its vast economy, releasing its much anticipated strategy for United Nations climate talks.

Outbid in copper, Mick Davis turns to coal to try for X2's first deal

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - X2 Resources, the private equity fund set up by former Xstrata boss Mick Davis, is now in initial bi-lateral talks to buy some of Rio Tinto's Australian coal assets, a source close to the situation said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Canada economic growth disappoints at start of 2nd quarter

OTTAWA, June 30 (Reuters) - Canadian economic growth unexpectedly edged down in April, hurt by a decline in activity in the mining and oil and gas extraction industry, data from Statistics Canada showed on Tuesday, boding poorly for an anticipated pick-up in growth in the second quarter.

India bans oil trade with Islamic State-linked organisations

NEW DELHI, June 30 (Reuters) - India on Tuesday banned trade with Islamic State-linked entities in oil and other products, complying with a U.N. resolution to act against militants active in oil-rich countries such as Iraq, Syria and Libya.

UPDATE 2-Cenovus to sell royalty portfolio to Ontario Teachers' for C$3.3 bln

TORONTO, June 30 (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy Inc, Canada's second-largest independent oil producer, said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its portfolio of oil and gas royalty properties to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for about C$3.3 billion ($2.66 billion).

China to try to curb CO2 emissions earlier than 2030 - PM

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - China will try to curb its carbon emissions before a 2030 target, its prime minister said during a visit to Paris where he announced the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter's contribution to United Nations climate talks.

OPEC oil output hits 3-year high in June on Iraq -Reuters survey

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - OPEC oil supply in June has climbed to a three-year high due to record or near-record output from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, a Reuters survey found, underlining the focus of the group's top exporters on market share.

Lifeline for German coal to be costly for public, markets

FRANKFURT, June 30 (Reuters) - German utilities hope the government will drop a plan to slap carbon levies on coal-fired power plants on Wednesday, but compensating the companies to move aging capacity to a reserve scheme instead would create new problems.

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