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SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - China's shift to consumer-led growth is accelerating demand for gasoline in the world's biggest energy user, with the fuel on track to challenge the dominance of diesel as an increasing number of middle class consumers buy bigger family cars.

SHANGHAI, May 22 (Reuters) - Apple Inc is planting trees, Mars may move to 'zero carbon' and Foxconn Technology Co Ltd is spending millions of dollars to give its factories a 'green' makeover, as companies operating in China face tighter rules on pollution.

MONTEVIDEO, May 21 (Reuters) - Energy importer Uruguay may be sitting atop shallow-lying natural gas reserves as well as previously identified oil resources, Uruguayan state oil company ANCAP said on Thursday, citing seismic studies by an Australian firm.

MIAMI, May 21 (Reuters) - Florida officials have resumed raising some of the hundreds of thousands of tires dumped off its shores decades ago during an unsuccessful attempt to create an artificial reef.

SANTA BARBARA, May 21 (Reuters) - Cleanup teams labored on Thursday for a third day to remove patches of crude petroleum that stained a California beach and fouled offshore waters from a pipeline rupture that may rank as the biggest oil spill to hit the Santa Barbara coastline in more than four decades.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Emirates National Oil Co (ENOC) went public with an offer to buy out minority shareholders in Dragon Oil, saying talks with a committee set up by the Turkmenistan-focused oil explorer had not yet produced the endorsement it believed its "full and fair" bid warranted.

BARCELONA, May 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The U.N.'s Green Climate Fund can start deciding where to deploy its cash following the signing of an agreement with the Japanese government that means it will have enough money to begin operating.

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Emirates National Oil Co (ENOC) went public on Thursday with an offer to buy out minority shareholders in Dragon Oil for 735 pence a share, after talks with a committee set up by the Turkmenistan-focused oil explorer proved fruitless.

* Companies urge goal of "net zero" emissions well before 2100

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