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  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • The massive Big John dragline works to reshape the rocky landscape in some of the last sections to be mined for coal at the Hobet site in Boone County

    Why US Coal Producers Are Having a Very Good Year

    By Tom DiChristopher, CNBC

    U.S. coal exports are rising this year, giving the fossil-fuel friendly Trump administration reason to cheer, but analysts believe the good times won't last. The surge in exports doesn't herald a...

  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves during a pro-government rally with workers of state-run oil company PDVSA, in Barcelona

    The Crisis in Venezuela Could Send Oil Prices Soaring

    By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

    Venezuela’s deteriorating crisis is “going to be the biggest geopolitical story to watch in the oil markets," according to Helima Croft of RBC Capital Markets. The economic, political and security...

  • FILE PHOTO: A sign is painted on a parking space for electric cars inside a car park in Hong Kong

    The Battery Problem That Could Slow the Electric Car Revolution

    By Zandi Shabalala, Reuters

    Producers of processed lithium - an essential element for batteries used in electric cars - are agreeing long-term contracts with their customers to fund the investments needed to address a looming...

  • A prototype of the Tesla Model 3 is on display in front of the factory during a media tour of the Tesla Gigafactory which will produce batteries for the electric carmaker in Sparks, Nevada, U.S. July 26, 2016. REUTERS/James Glover II

    The Great Battery Battle: Tesla Sparks an Arms Race in Energy Storage

    By Ryan Browne, CNBC

    Elon Musk's car company Tesla appears to be leading the "arms race" for lithium-ion batteries — for now. Musk recently announced plans to build the world's biggest lithium-ion battery storage project...

  • Japan's former PM challenges Abe's energy policy in Tokyo race

    Japan's former PM challenges Abe's energy policy in Tokyo race

    By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Linda Sieg, Reuters

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese premier Morihiro Hosokawa pledged on Wednesday to push the nation to abandon nuclear power if elected governor of Tokyo next month in a race that could affect Prime...

  • Russia hacked hundreds of Western, Asian companies: security firm

    Russia hacked hundreds of Western, Asian companies: security firm

    By Jim Finkle, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. cybersecurity firm says it has gathered evidence that the Russian government spied on hundreds of American, European and Asian companies, the first time Moscow has been...

  • Bitter cold lingers as U.S. northeast digs out from snow

    Bitter cold lingers as U.S. northeast digs out from snow

    By Victoria Cavaliere and Barbara Goldberg, Reuters

    NEW YORK/MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Residents of the northeastern United States on Wednesday dug out from a deadly winter storm that dumped more than 15 inches of snow in some places, with...

  • Panama Canal, consortium discuss new financing proposal

    Panama Canal, consortium discuss new financing proposal

    By Lomi Kriel, Reuters

    PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The Panama Canal Authority said on Tuesday it was in talks over a new financing proposal with the Spanish-led consortium in charge of expanding the waterway and its insurer...

  • France, Germany agree to coordinate foreign policy

    France, Germany agree to coordinate foreign policy

    By Reuters

    PARIS (Reuters) - Foreign ministers of France and Germany agreed on Tuesday a closer coordination of foreign policy, including making joint trips abroad and ensuring they go into European Union...