Utility Duke Energy to Sell Tennessee Natural Gas Business for $2.48 Billion

By Pooja Menon July 29 (Reuters) – Duke Energy (DUK.N) said on Tuesday it would sell its Tennessee natural gas distribution business to Spire (SR.N) for $2.48 billion in cash, as the utility aims to streamline operations and unlock capital to invest in electric grid upgrades. About $800 million of the proceeds will be used …

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Foreign Oil Companies in Venezuela Await US Authorizations, Sources Say

(Reuters) – About a half dozen foreign partners of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA are awaiting authorizations from the U.S. Treasury and State departments, following talks last week about fresh licenses to allow them to operate in the sanctioned South American country, according to six company sources. The companies’ licenses, including a key one for …

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China Could See High Tariffs if it Continues to Buy Russian Oil, Says Bessent

(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday he had told Chinese officials that, given U.S. secondary tariff legislation on sanctioned Russian oil, China could face high tariffs if Beijing continued with its Russian oil purchases. Bessent was speaking after two days of bilateral talks between the world’s two largest economies in Stockholm. …

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Trump’s EPA to Repeal Core of Greenhouse Gas Rules in Major Deregulatory Move

(Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, setting off what it describes as the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. Republican President Donald Trump’s pick to run the EPA Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s plan to …

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