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BP-CEO won’t take up Rosneft board seat

WNM | Dec 20, 2019 at 12:01 AM

Incoming BP-CEO Bernard Looney will not take up either of BP’s seats on the board of Rosneft when he takes over in February because of the complexity of the relationship with the Russian oil giant, five company sources said.

Deforestation on Brazilian tribal lands highest in 11 years

WNM | Dec 19, 2019 at 9:53 AM

Deforestation on protected indigenous lands in the Amazon was almost three times higher than the loss of trees in the region as a whole and the highest since 2008, according to a new study based on satellite imagery.

Illegally traded chemical halted Russian Druzhba pipeline

WNM | Dec 18, 2019 at 10:15 AM

The substance that brought one of Russia’s longest oil pipelines to a halt in April was carbon tetrachloride, a lethal chemical meant to be tightly controlled by an international agreement, according to the results of three separate, undisclosed tests seen by Reuters.

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Indonesia files lawsuit against EU at WTO over palm oil

WNM | Dec 16, 2019 at 10:35 AM

Indonesia has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization against the European Union, claiming the bloc’s restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel are unfair, the country’s trade ministry said in a statement.

Climate change hitting top U.S. fishery in the Arctic

WNM | Dec 14, 2019 at 9:10 AM

Climate change is causing chaos in the Bering Sea, home to one of America’s largest fisheries, an example of how rising temperatures can rapidly change ecosystems important to the economy, U.S. federal government scientists said in a report.