Archives for May 2017
Vistra Energy buys large West Texas solar farm
Dallas-based Vistra Energy said Wednesday that it has purchased one of the largest utility-scale solar farms in Texas, known as Upton County Solar 2. The project, which is expected to start generating energy next summer,...
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Shell to offer at least 16 weeks maternity leave
Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday that beginning Jan. 1 it will offer at least 16 weeks paid maternity leave to its female employees worldwide. The policy will particularly boost benefits for employees in 45 countries...
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Under Trump, U.S. less attractive for renewable energy investment
The Trump administration’s plans to dismantle the Clean Power Plan and its waffling on the Paris climate accords could push renewable energy investors away from the United States, according to a report released this week from...
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Prices rise as oil, fuel inventories continue to fall
More bullish news for oil producers came out Wednesday with data indicating the nation’s large stockpiles of crude oil and refined fuels are shrinking. U.S. commercial crude inventories fell by 1.8 million barrels last week,...
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Drilling applications backing up at Bureau of Land Management
President Donald Trump’s pledge to open oil and gas drilling on federal lands has hit a bureaucratic log jam. More than 3,000 applications for drilling permits are awaiting review at the Bureau of Land Management,...
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