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Energy and Climate Report
August 21,2017 - Number 161
Climate Change Trump Administrate u I .bands Climate Advise <nel The Trump administration has disbanded a broad federal advisory panel formed to critique the government's National Climate Assessment.
Coal Mining Ten ip Administration Halts Study of Surface Mining Health Effects Coal industry supporters are hailing the Trump administration's decision to nix a study on the health effects of surface coal mining, saying it's not necessary and likely wouldn't have yielded reliable conclusions.
Energy
Forrr
byist Named Energy Commission Chairman's Chief of Staff
Anthony Pugliese, a former Pennsylvania energy lobbyist, was named Aug. 21 as new
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Neil Chatterjee's chief of staff.
Energy
Germany's I
ts Power Contract for 20 MW Indian Solar Plant
German solar developer IBC Solar AG signed a power-purchase agreement with the Solar
Energy Corp, of India, a government enterprise, to buy electricity from its 20-megawatt plant
in the state of Odisha.
Mergers and Acquisitions Rosneft, Trafigura Finalize $12.9 Billion Deal for Essar Oil Rosneft PJSC and partners including Trafigura Group finalized their $12.9 billion purchase of India's Essar Oil Ltd.
Oil & Gas Atlantic Governors Seek Continued Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Ban North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is urging federal regulators to continue the current ban on oil and gas drilling off his state's coast, joining Republican and Democratic governors in East Coast states who don't want the Atlantic included in the government's next five-year drilling plan.
Oil & Gas Crestone Peak's Colorado Oil Drilling Plan Faces Hurdles Crestone Peak Resources is seeking permission to use horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in Boulder County, Colo., the first new oil and gas activity since a five-year drilling
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