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Duke Energy reports possible coal-ash spill at Rogers Energy Complex Biz Journals reported that storm water that could have been contaminated with coal ash that washed out of a lined landfill at Duke Energy’s Rogers Energy Complex got into a nearby creek during heavy rains over the New Year’s holiday.

Aboitiz Power secures USD 1.2 billion stake in coal plants in Bataan Business Inquirer reported that a unit of Aboitiz Power Corp. has completed its acquisition of stakes in two coal-fired power plants in Bataan province,

US green energy producers hopeful despite Trump’s coal promise Associated Press reported that Swaths of virgin desert in the U.S. West in recent years have transformed into solar farms, a trend green energy supporters predict will persist even with the election of a president who is making fossil fuel-friendly Cabinet appointments and promises to bring back coa...

Beijing inks deal to manage strategic Sri Lankan Port Sputnik reported that after pouring billions into a project to develop key air and sea travel hubs in the southern-most regions of Sri Lanka, it appears that the Sri Lankan government will officially approve undisclosed Chinese companies to manage the Port of Hambantota for the rest of the 21st cent...

World trade growth during 2016 - Allied Shipbroking It’s been a turbulent year for world trade growth during 2016, as bumps and shakes were in the daily agenda over the course of the year. In a recent note, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking noted that “growing populist and nationalist movements in the Western world start to take hold.