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India’s top court order revokes order to open Vedanta smelter

February 18, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aluminum (TRBC), Asia / Pacific, Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, Copper, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, INDIA, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Major News, Metals Markets, Pollution, Regulation, SMELTER, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US, VEDANTA

FILE PHOTO: Police stand guard outside a copper smelter controlled by London-listed Vedanta Resources in Thoothukudi in the southern state

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Canadian National train derails in Manitoba, leaks oil

February 17, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Canada, Company News, CRUDE, Crude Oil, Disasters / Accidents, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, Environment, Freight Transportation : Ground (TRBC), North America (Energy), Pollution, Rail Freight, Regulation, SPILL, US

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – A Canadian National Railway Co train derailed early on Saturday in Western Canada, leaking an undetermined

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Global commodity traders to monitor deforestation in Brazil’s savannah

February 15, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, BRAZIL, Canada, CERRADO, Climate Politics, Coal (TRBC), Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Government / Politics, Netherlands, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, US, Western Europe

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Six major commodities traders, including Cargill Inc and Bunge Ltd, have agreed to a common mechanism to

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U.S. issues new rules requiring rail oil spill response plans

February 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Canada, Company News, Crude Oil, Disasters / Accidents, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, Freight Transportation : Ground (TRBC), Ground Accidents / Collisions, OIL, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Pollution, Production Status Changes, Property and Casualty Insurance (TRBC), RAIL, Rail Freight, Refined Products, Regulation, Transportation (TRBC), Transportation Markets / Transportation, United States, US, US Government News, USA

FILE PHOTO: A crude oil train moves past the loading rack at the Eighty-Eight Oil LLC’s transloading facility in Ft.

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U.S. emergency-management chief Brock Long to resign

February 13, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, FEMA, Government / Politics, International / National Security, LONG, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, United States, US, US Government News, USA, Wildfires / Forest Fires, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, said he would resign on Wednesday,

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Republican leader says Senate will vote on Green New Deal

February 12, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Elections / Voting, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, GREENNEWDEAL, Labour / Personnel, Lawmaking, Major News, Non, Pollution, Regulation, Solar Power Stations, United States, US, US Government News, US Senate, USA, Utilities (TRBC), Wind Farms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the U.S. Senate will vote on a “Green

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Exclusive: Brazil’s Vale knew deadly dam had heightened risk of collapse

February 11, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Basic Materials (TRBC), BRAZIL, Company Management Issues, Company News, DISASTER, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EXCLUSIVE, General News, Government / Politics, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Pictures, Pollution, Regulation, SA, South America / Central America, US, VALE

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) – Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, knew last year that the dam in

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Seismic surveys of U.S. Arctic refuge coastal plain delayed

February 8, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ALASKA, Earthquakes, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, Environment, Europe, Natural Gas, OIL, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Regulation, United States, US, USA, West Coast (PADD V)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – There will be no seismic exploration this winter on the coastal plain of the Arctic National

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Last year was fourth hottest on record: outlook sizzling – U.N.

February 6, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, CLIMATECHANGE, Environment, Europe, France, Japan, Picture available, Pollution, Science, TEMPERATURES, United Kingdom, United States, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

OSLO (Reuters) – Last year was the fourth warmest on record and the outlook is for more sizzling heat approaching

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Biofuels group Growth Energy sues U.S. EPA over small refinery exemptions

February 4, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Advocacy Groups / Pressure Groups / Lobbies, Agricultural Markets, Bioethanol, BIOFUELS, Cellulosic Biofuels, Commodities News (3rd Party), Corn, Environment, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Gasoline, Government / Politics, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, LAWSUIT, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil Refineries, Pollution, Regulation, Renewable Energy, United States, US, US Government News, USA

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S.,

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