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Even in the leafy northern stretches of this city, home to luxury apartment buildings, mansions with swimming pools and tennis clubs, the smell of wood smoke lingers everywhere at night, the New York Times reports.
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BEIJING, Jan 31- China will soon publish cleaner standards for automotive diesel, spurred by weeks of smoggy skies in Beijing and other major cities, but the cleaner fuel won't become compulsory for about two years, according to an emission expert and an industry newspaper.
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A US pension fund with nearly $2 billion in assets is considering selling its holdings in some of the world's biggest oil and gas companies because of the threat posed by climate change. The FT reports.
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*Argentine suit stems from $19 bln ruling against Chevron. BUENOS AIRES, Jan 30- An Argentine appeals court has upheld a freeze on up to $19 billion worth of assets held by U.S. oil major Chevron Corp in Argentina as part of an environmental lawsuit by Ecuadorean villagers, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers said on Wednesday.
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BUENOS AIRES, Jan 30- An Argentine appeals court has upheld a freeze on up to $19 billion worth of assets held by U.S. oil major Chevron Corp in Argentina as part of an environmental lawsuit by Ecuadorean villagers, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, Enrique Bruchou, told Reuters on Wednesday. Two Chevron affiliates, Chevron Argentina and Ing.
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LONDON, Jan 30- Growing palm oil trees to make biofuels could be accelerating the effects of climate change, new research showed on Wednesday, adding further weight to claims the crop is not environmentally sustainable.
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Jan 30- Royal Dutch Shell's operations in Nigeria came under the spotlight on Wednesday after a Dutch court ruled that the company could be held partially responsible for pollution in southern Nigeria. Following are some of the highlights of Shell's history in Nigeria.
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A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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*BP still faces civil penalties and state claims. *BP has 60 days to submit remedial plan to U.S. authorities. Jan 29- A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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JUNEAU, Alaska-- Alaska's Senate Resources Committee has advanced legislation that would change how the state regulates wastewater from cruise ships. SB29 now goes to Senate Finance. Sean Parnell stems from a preliminary report by a panel charged with looking at cruise ship pollution.
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A U.S. division of Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday that it has agreed to join a venture that plans to export liquefied natural gas from a terminal near Savannah, Ga.. The terminal company, Southern LNG Co., applied for an export permit from the Department of Energy last March.
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*Boundary Dam power plant to trap carbon from 2014. OSLO, Jan 28- A technology that holds the hope for cleaner use of coal will be tested on a commercial scale for the first time in Canada next year, aiming to resolve big uncertainties about the vast amount of power it will need.
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WASHINGTON-- Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes.
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 27- As the titans of Wall Street banks gathered to network, gossip and consider the future of their beleaguered industry in Davos over the past week, one common worry emerged: who is going to take over when we leave?
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Corporations are leaving billions on the table by failing to follow that old crunchy-granola practice: Recycling.
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Following is a list of nominations thus far along with some Cabinet members who the White House has confirmed are staying on, and some important positions that are vacant or may soon become vacant.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan 25- President Barack Obama's promise to attack climate change is likely to light a fire under federal agencies slow to comply with a mandate to cut energy use- which could be very good news for companies that specialize in systems that save power.
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JACKSON, Miss.-- The Mississippi Public Service Commission and Mississippi Power Co. have reached a settlement in the company's lawsuit over a PSC decision to turn down construction charges for a coal-fired power plant in east Mississippi's Kemper County.
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Rick Snyder's administration is kicking off a year-long study to help set future energy policies for Michigan, including whether to require expanded use of wind, the sun and other renewable electricity sources. It will begin with seven public meetings around the state, starting Feb. 14 in Lansing and ending April 22 in Traverse City.
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LONDON, January 25- Gold prices fell on Friday after the European Central Bank said banks would repay 137 billion euros in cheap loans, which reassured investors the euro zone banking system is stabilising. Spot gold was down 0.3 percent at $1,661.86 an ounce at 1352 GMT, having earlier touched its lowest since Jan. 14 at $1,659.70 an ounce.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica-- The lushly forested nation of Guyana on Thursday joined a regional pact to protect jaguars, the elusive spotted cat that is the biggest land predator in the Americas but is vulnerable due to expanded agriculture and mining that carves away at their fragmented habitat.