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US Climate Commitment Should Spur Other Countries to Act

The proposed U.S. commitment to tackling climate change in support of a new international climate agreement is a serious and achievable plan that demonstrates the United States is ready to take significant action. Coming today, eight months before the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Paris this December, known as COP 21, the U.S. submission adds momentum toglobal climate negotiations and should help spur other countries to act.

The Third Decade

The obvious isn’t always obvious but when it is, it makes quite a difference. Some game changing models over the past three decades have given us strong footing as we move into a new era on how electricity is generated, where it’s generated and how it’s stored. Here’s a quick look back to bring us to now. In the fall of 1991, an article on the diff

UPDATE 2-Russian March oil output hits new post-Soviet high

* Russia's oil output up 0.6 pct to 10.71 mln bpd in March * Total crude oil exports via Transneft up 2 pct to 4.37 mln bpd (Adds details, writes through) By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) - Russian oil production hit the latest in a line of post-Soviet highs in March, feeding higher exports that added to a global glut keeping crude prices low and hurting its economy.

UPDATE 1-China solar firm Shunfeng says to double revenue, profit in 2015

HONG KONG, April 2 (Reuters) - China's Shunfeng International Clean Energy expects to double its revenue and profit this year, due largely to an acquisition it made a year ago and the connection of more of its solar power plants to the grid, its chief executive said.

China solar firm Shunfeng says to double revenue, profits in 2015

HONG KONG, April 2 (Reuters) - China's Shunfeng International Clean Energy expects to double its revenue and profits this year, due largely to an acquisition it made a year ago and the connection of more of its solar power plants to the grid, its chief executive said.

UPDATE 1-Two Chinese energy executives under investigation

* Power exec is 2nd this week for China Southern Power Grid (Adds detail, merges with story about probe into CNOOC exec)

Yemen's Houthis fighting in central Aden - residents

ADEN, April 2 (Reuters) - Houthi fighters and their allies battled gunmen in Aden's Crater district on Thursday, in the heart of the southern Yemeni port city which is the last major foothold of forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, several residents said.

UPDATE 1-Russia's Sistema posts $5.3 bln net loss in Q4

* Weaker rouble also weighs on dollar results (Adds details)

Chinese senior power official under criminal investigation

BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - A senior executive of state-run China Southern Power Grid is under criminal investigation, legal authorities in Guangdong province said in a statement on its website on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Falklands oil explorers report first discovery of 2015 campaign

April 2 (Reuters) - Premier Oil Plc and Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd said they made an oil and gas discovery at a well in the Falkland Islands, the first in a nine-month drilling campaign.

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