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Energy and Climate Report
August 07, 2017 - Number 151
Biodiversity Soy and the Cerrado: Exports, Ecology Collide in Brazil's Savanna Soybean cultivation cutting deep into the Cerrado is turning Brazil's vast wooded savanna into farmland, a transformation so swift that endemic species are being pushed to extinction and even the country's water supply could be affected, scientists and environmental groups warn.
Biofuels ip Foiling Bid to Shun Unwanted Ethanol Spat with Brazil
President Donald Trump's America First rhetoric is doing no favors for U.S. ethanol producers, who are hoping to avoid a trade fight with fuel buyers in Brazil.
Climate Policy Merkel Climate Goal in Doubt with Greenhouse Gases on the Rise More than 12 straight months of rising greenhouse gas pollution in Germany are casting doubt on whether Chancellor Angela Merkel's government can meet climate targets.
Endangered Species Interior Department Calls for Changes in Sage Grouse Conservation Plans Federal policy on the greater sage grouse in 11 states has much room for changes, including modification of guidelines on oil and gas leasing as well as reconsideration of the strictest protections aimed especially at mining, according to an Interior Department report released Aug. 7.
Energy
Big Oil's Dream of $65B Hidden Off Nor
ing Away
Norway's oil industry has been salivating for years over the Arctic Lofoten islands, which
could hold billions of barrels of crude. It will likely have to keep dreaming.
Energy Electric Car Boah a ives Rush to Australia's Lithium Hub A scramble by the lithium market's biggest players to tie up supply of the high-tech metal is gathering pace in the 170-year-old heartland of Australia's $90 billion mining industry.
Oil & Gas Obscure New Mexico Shale Source Means Big Results for BP As U.S. gas drillers pay up for prime assets in Texas and Pennsylvania, BP PLC may have just found a gem in a largely ignored New Mexico source.
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Pipeline Safety Pipeline Safety Agency Hires Deputy Administrator The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has a new deputy administrator.
Process Safety California's Most Protective Oil Refinery Rules Will Cost Millions California oil refinery operators including Chevron Corp., Andeavor Inc., and Valero, could spend about $58 million during the next year to comply with the state's new refinery safety rules, the state says.
Renewable Energy U.K. Clears $5.5 Billion Offshore Wind Farm for Scottish Power The U.K. government gave the green light to ScottishPower Renewables Ltd. to build a 1.2gigawatt wind farm off the coast of Norfolk that may cost as much as $5.5 billion.
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