Widespread Flooding in Texas After Days of Heavy Rain (USA)

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Category: News - Natural Disasters

23 June 2018. Torrential rain has caused flooding in southern Texas, prompting evacuations, road closures and water rescues. Corpus Christi recorded 12.89 inches (327.40 mm) of rain in 48 hours between 18 and 20 June.

FLOODLIST.COM

http://floodlist.com/america/usa/heavy-rain-flooding-texas-june-2018

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Is The German Car Industry Losing The Electric Race?

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Category: News - Transportation

23 June 2018. When you think about electric cars, chances are your mind conjures up the coyly, charming face of Elon Musk, founder of Tesla. He tells us how humans should become a multi-planetary species and how, yes, somewhere along the way, we will drive chic and clean electric cars. The future is possible! It is within reach, if we just bundle our technological and entrepreneurial might.

CLEAN TECHNICA

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/21/is-the-german-car-industry-losing-the-electric-race

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Taiwan Awards Further 1,664 MW of Offshore Wind Capacity

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Category: News - Energy

23 June 2018. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded further 1,664MW of offshore wind capacity to four wind farms which are part of two larger projects.

OFFSHOREWIND.BIZ

https://www.offshorewind.biz/2018/06/22/taiwan-awards-further-1664mw-of-offshore-wind-capacity

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International investors provide $34 million for solar plant in Zambia

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Category: News - Energy

22 June 2018. Apart from being financed by Enel with as much as $40 million, the 28 MWac/34 MWdc solar PV plant in the south of Zambia will be supported by loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

PV-MAGZINE.COM

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/06/21/international-investors-provide-34-million-for-solar-plant-in-zambia

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Nexwafe announces 250 MW “disruptive” kerfless wafer factory in Bitterfeld (Germany)

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Category: News - Energy

22 June 2018. The utilization rate of materials and energy in Nexwafe’s kerfless wafer production processes is said to be almost 100%, at a time when price pressures on solar modules are expected to get significantly heavier in the immediate future.

PV-MAGZINE.COM

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/06/21/nexwafe-announces-250-mw-disruptive-kerfless-wafer-factory-in-bitterfeld-germany

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China Set To Cut USA Oil Imports As Trade War Heats Up

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Category: News - Oil & Gas

22 June 2018. Chinese oil customers plan to reduce their intake of U.S. crude oil from September onwards to avoid a possible import tariff on American oil in China, due to the uncertain outcome of the current trade tensions, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing Chinese industry sources.

OILPRICE.COM

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-Set-To-Cut-US-Oil-Imports-As-Trade-War-Heats-Up.html

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Landslide at artisanal gold mine kills four (Honduras)

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Category: News - Mining

21 June 2018. The Honduran Fire Department informed that four people died, half of them women, and five were injured following a landslide at an artisanal gold mine in the town of El Retiro, 180 kilometres north of Tegucigalpa.

MINING.COM

http://www.mining.com/landslide-honduran-mine-kills-four

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