By Rod Nickel and Victoria Klesty (Reuters) – Without a single sales contract in hand, Dutch fertilizer company OCI is building a $1 billion plant in Texas to produce ammonia with low greenhouse[...]
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Environment
The manufacturing backlash: No factory in my backyard
By Timothy Aeppel and Ben Klayman MARSHALL, Michigan (Reuters) – Fred Chapman has a message for Ford Motor Co, which is planning to build a sprawling factory on the outskirts of this town to mak[...]
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Brazil govt eyes sending income tax reform proposal to Congress
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government will not wait for Brazil’s Congress to finish voting on a tax reform related to consumption before submitting it[...]
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Mexican Pemex estimates platform fire shut in 700,000 barrels of oil
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican oil company Pemex estimates that a deadly fire on a major offshore platform off the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico has led to the loss of 700,000 barrels of[...]
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Republicans question BlackRock fund governance, revisiting old concerns
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – A group of 15 Republican state attorneys general have questioned whether directors of BlackRock mutual funds are sufficiently independent of the world’s largest[...]
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Yellen criticizes China’s ‘punitive’ actions against US companies, urges market reforms
By Andrea Shalal and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on Friday for market reforms in China and criticized its recent tough actions against U.S. companies[...]
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UAW wants EPA to soften vehicle emissions plan
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers union on Friday called on the Biden administration to soften its proposed vehicle emissions cuts that would require 67% of new vehicle[...]
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Tesla wants EPA to finalize tougher vehicle emissions rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla wants the Biden administration to finalize more stringent vehicle emissions limits than those proposed in April by the Environmental Protection Agency ([...]
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Analysis-Peru copper miners say red tape snarling red metal production ramp-up
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Copper miners in Peru, already battling political uncertainty and regular protests, say they have another hurdle to revving up stalled production of the red meta[...]
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