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SANTIAGO, June 23 (Reuters) - The Chilean capital of Santiago has experienced the driest June in half a century, leading to headache-inducing levels of pollution and Andean ski slopes bereft of snow, with no rain clouds on the horizon, meteorologists say.

CALGARY, Alberta, June 23 (Reuters) - Pipeline company TransCanada Corp and oil and gas producer Encana Corp both said on Tuesday they were cutting jobs, joining other Canadian energy firms that have laid off staff since global oil prices slumped.

Some US power markets are seeing downward pressure on prices from the weak natural gas price environment , while others are seeing shifting dynamics thanks to drought and changing energy mixes.

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - It will cost China over $6.6 trillion (41 trillion yuan) to meet the greenhouse gas reduction goals it will lay out later this month in its strategy for United Nations climate negotiations, the country's lead negotiator for the talks said Tuesday.

HOUSTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Williams Companies Inc has spurned Energy Transfer Equity's $48 billion takeover offer for now but a tie-up would give the company a dominant position in the fastest-growing natural gas market in the United States: the Northeast's Marcellus Shale.

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Green groups urged the U.S. Department of Interior on Tuesday to revoke the agency's conditional approval of Royal Dutch Shell's 2015 Arctic oil exploration plan, saying it runs counter to established protections for walruses.

CALGARY, Alberta, June 23 (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Alberta, the largest source of U.S.

* Energy rises alongside oil prices; AT&T rallies on upgrades

CAIRO/AMMAN, June 23 (Reuters) - Islamic State urged its followers on Tuesday to escalate attacks against Christians, Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims fighting with a U.S.-led coalition against the ultra-radical group.

DAMATURU, Nigeria, June 23 (Reuters) - A young female suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and injured more than 20 in an attack on Tuesday in a market in northeast Nigeria, several witnesses said, the second such attack within 24 hours.

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