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UPDATE 3-Statoil, MEG evacuate oil sands staff on Alberta fire threat
2015-05-27 01:19:55| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Statoil ASA and MEG Energy Inc evacuated non-essential staff from oil sands projects in northeastern Alberta on Tuesday as wildfires raged through the key crude-producing region. The two are the latest of several oil producers, including Cenovus Energy Inc and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd , to move staff away from the potential danger.
MGM joins Wynn, Sands and Switch in effort to buy power without NV Energy
2015-05-22 04:10:56| Semiconductors - Topix.net
NRG Energy and MGM Resorts celebrated the world's largest convention center rooftop solar array installed at Mandalay Bay on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. MGM Resorts International filed an application with the Public Utilities Commission on Thursday to purchase power without the state's dominant utility, NV Energy.
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Oxford University says will not invest coal, tar sands companies
2015-05-19 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The University of Oxford will continue to avoid investments in companies involved in coal extraction and tar sands, the university's highest decision-making body said on Monday. The university's funds - the Oxford Endowment Fund and the Oxford Capital Fund - have 2 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) of assets under management, and none of it is currently invested in coal or tar sands, the university said in a statement. (ouem.co.uk/) "Our investment managers take a long-term view and take into account...
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Canada reneges on emissions targets as tar sands production takes toll
2015-05-16 04:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Canada has retreated on past promises to fight climate change, setting out lower targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions than any other industralised country so far ahead of a critical conference in Paris. The announcement was a setback to efforts to reach a deal in the French capital that would limit warming to 2C (3.6F), the threshold for dangerous climate change. Under the announcement, Canada committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. That is a far...
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Wynn And Sands Resorts File To Cut Ties With NV Energy
2015-05-12 19:00:51| Electronics - Topix.net
Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands have become the first resort companies to make a formal step toward cutting the cord with NV Energy and are attempting to purchase their own power. The Las Vegas Sun reports that the two companies filed applications of exit with the Public Utilities Commission and more companies are expected to follow suit.
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