U.S. Sen. Manchin joins effort to repeal Biden solar tariff waiver

(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on Wednesday threw his support behind a legislative effort to repeal President Joe Biden’s suspension of tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations that are the industry’s primary suppliers. He is the first Democrat to co-sponsor a resolution introduced by Senator Rick Scott, a Republican, in …

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Parlamento de Venezuela aprueba ley para incautar bienes vinculados a casos de corrupción

CARACAS, 27 abr (Reuters) – La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, controlada por el oficialismo, aprobó el jueves por unanimidad una ley que permite la recuperación e incautación de bienes relacionados a casos de corrupción cuando se investigan irregularidades en la estatal petrolera PDVSA y otras empresas públicas. Desde marzo la Fiscalía ha detenido a 61 …

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Guyana approves environmental permit for fifth offshore oil project

GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – Guyana’s environmental agency on Thursday approved a 5-year permit for the fifth project to be developed by a consortium led by U.S. Exxon Mobil, the government said. The authorization requires the group to bear all remediation costs of any oil spills. It also strictly prohibits routine flaring or venting of fossil fuels. …

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U.S. Senate votes to overturn heavy duty truck emissions rules

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to overturn Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that aim to drastically cut smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy-duty trucks but the White House said President Joe Biden would veto the measure. The bill, which was backed by Republicans and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, seeks to …

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Presidente del Senado mexicano propone suprimir instituto de transparencia

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 26 abr (Reuters) – El presidente del Senado mexicano envió el jueves a la cámara alta un proyecto de ley para eliminar el instituto nacional de transparencia, INAI, en una nueva arremetida del oficialismo contra el organismo autónomo que el mandatario Andrés Manuel López Obrador ha desacreditado de forma reiterada en el …

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Finland’s election winner seeks to govern with anti-immigration party

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s conservative National Coalition, winner of this month’s parliamentary election, said on Thursday it hopes to form a majority government together with the eurosceptic, anti-immigration Finns Party and two smaller groups. The four parties will negotiate under the leadership of National Coalition Party (NCP) head Petteri Orpo, a fiscal conservative who is widely …

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Flooding on Upper Mississippi River to halt barge traffic for weeks -USDA

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – All barge traffic will be halted across a wide swath of the Upper Mississippi River for weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, as record winter snowfall in the upper Midwest is now melting and flooding into waterways. The closures will force grain and fertilizer shippers to find …

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