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Massey ex-CEO pleads not guilty to new indictment in mine blast

BECKLEY, W. Va., March 24 (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Massey Energy Co pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a revised federal indictment arising from a 2010 West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 miners.

Cheap Batteries Under the Hood Add Power to Cut Fuel Consumption

Next-generation hybrid cars combining electric and gas power in new ways are emerging as a low-cost alternative for consumers as batteries get cheaper and more efficient.

Engineers Develop New Yeast Strain to Enhance Biofuel and Biochemical Production

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have used a combination of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to develop a new, mutant yeast strain that could lead to a more efficient biofuel production process that would make biofuels more economically competitive with conventional fuels.

Global demand to help oil prices despite U.S. glut-senior Gulf OPEC delegate

RIYADH, March 24 (Reuters) - Stronger-than-expected global oil demand should help support crude prices at around $55-$60 a barrel in the next two months despite some signs of a growing glut in the United States, a senior Gulf OPEC delegate told Reuters on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-IHS cuts its forecast as demand dips from energy clients

March 24 (Reuters) - Business research firm IHS Inc slashed its full-year revenue and adjusted profit forecast due to a strong dollar and spending cuts by oil producers amid a slump in crude prices.

Beijing to Shut All Major Coal Power Plants to Cut Pollution

Beijing, where pollution averaged more than twice China’s national standard last year, will close the last of its four major coal-fired power plants next year.

UPDATE 1-Britain says to boost defence of disputed Falkland Islands

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Britain will reinforce its military presence on the disputed Falkland Islands to ensure they are properly protected, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Tuesday, a move rejected as unnecessary by Argentina which lays claim to the archipelago.

COLUMN-Tank tops? Cushing isn't the whole oil market: Kemp

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Traders do not appear worried that rising oil stocks in the United States will cause storage space to run out in the next few months, despite the rapid accumulation of inventories at Cushing in Oklahoma.

Bounce in Glencore's commodity prices could kick-start dormant deal machine

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Just two weeks before Glencore can make a new approach for Rio Tinto, the rival that rejected it last summer, the Swiss firm once seen as a deal machine seems unlikely to strike again or charm investors with any other major move soon.

Wind Project Adds 200 Megawatts to Texas Grid

EDF Renewable Energy, a leading power producer in the green energy sector, has announced that its Hereford Wind Project reached commercial operation on December 22nd, 2014. The Hereford Wind Project is a wind power plant located on approximately 15,000 acres in Deaf Smith County southeast of the northern panhandle town of Hereford, Texas. The Heref

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