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• 100% Of New Power Capacity In US Came From Renewable Energy In November (2nd Month This Year) | CleanTechnica

  "I got news of this a couple of days ago and decided to pass on covering the story since we basically already covered it 3 weeks ago, when the news was that 99% of new power capacity added in November would come from renewables. That somehow changed to 100% once the final figures were announced, but I figured it wasn’t really worth doing another story over a change from 99% to 100%. "

  tags: renewable energy gas oil unitedstates solar

• To clean up coal, Obama pushes more oil production - The Denver Post

  "America's newest, most expensive coal-fired power plant is hailed as one of the cleanest on the planet, thanks to government-backed technology that removes carbon dioxide and keeps it out of the atmosphere. But once the carbon is stripped away, it will be used to do something that is not so green at all. It will extract oil."

  tags: oil gas energy obama coal

• BBC News - Mexican president signs controversial oil and gas law

  "Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has signed a controversial law that allows foreign companies to drill for oil for the first time since the sector was nationalised in 1938. The legislation was passed by Congress on 13 December and ratified by a majority of Mexican states."

  tags: mexico oil gas upstream exploration energy northamerica

• Businessmen and academics denied entry to Ukraine - FT.com

  "A prominent foreign businessman who has voiced solidarity with pro EU demonstrators is being held at a Ukrainian airport and prevented from entering the country, raising concern among diplomats and the expatriate community. "

  tags: ukraine europe russia putin business politics

• Action books room in budget hotels sector - FT.com

  "A Kuwaiti hotel developer is to test the largely untapped market for mid-scale and economy hotels in the Middle East by listing his business on Aim, raising £30m to fund expansion. "

  tags: hotels hospitality investment middleeast

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