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Poland plans to postpone the collection of tax on shale gas production by five years and improve regulation to ensure investors continue exploring for the fuel in the eastern European nation.
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Canadian energy producers lobbying for U.S. approval of the Keystone XL pipeline are targeting undecided Democratic lawmakers in Washington in advance of a decision on the $5.3 billion project.
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Poland’s shale gas boom is threatened even before it gets started after some wells failed and the government sought to increase taxes on profits.
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Bank of Montreal, Canada’s fourth- largest lender by assets, hired David Jacobson, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as a vice chairman.
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The European Union should scrap fossil fuel and renewable energy subsidies and set a target to cut oil imports to remain the leader in the fight against global warming, according to Poland’s environment minister.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seeking to counter opposition to TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, a project crucial for boosting Canada’s economy and Harper’s plans to make the country an energy superpower to rival Saudi Arabia.
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Quebec Environment Minister Yves- Francois Blanchet introduced legislation that would ban hydraulic fracturing, drilling and testing for natural gas in the St. Lawrence River valley for as long as five years.
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Canada is “very close” to an agreement with industry on new rules to lower greenhouse-gas emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, Environment Minister Peter Kent said.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel must ditch coal in favor of cleaner gas power plants to protect the climate, said the co-leader of Germany’s Greens party, urging a redoubling of efforts to raise carbon prices in the world’s biggest cap-and-trade program.
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Singapore’s dengue cases are set to surge to a record this year, prompting the government to break into homes that could be breeding grounds for mosquitoes that transmit the disease.
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