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Siemens May Cut Jobs in Power Turbine Business Overhaul

only 4.7 percent, as it suffered from weakness in demand for the large drives it supplies for power plants.   Dramatic Changes The volume of new coal-fired power plant projects dropped last year due to a clamp-down in China and less finance available in India, according to a report in March by Greenpeace, U.S. group the Sierra Club and coal research group CoalSwarm. There was 570 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity in the pre-construction planning stage in January 2017, down 48 percent year-on-year, and projects under construction were down 19 percent at around 273 GW. "In light of

Shell's Arctic Drilling a Threat for Pacific Walrus

to address this basic deficiency in Shell’s drilling plan and permit applications, protect the Pacific walrus, and ensure agency decisions resulting from the review of Shell’s drilling proposal are defensible and lawful," wrote Earthjustice. Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA, argued in an email to HuffPost that the Obama administration must "not let an oil company make up its own rules in the Arctic." Greenpeace is one of the groups that joined Earthjustice's letter. While the Pacific walrus is not currently listed under the Endangered Species Act

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Greenpeace Targets Russian Tanker at Rotterdam Port

Mikhail Ulyanov, an ice-breaking shuttle tanker (ice class – ARC6) belonging to OAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group), has been the subject of a Greenpeace protest, while at the Port of Rotterdam carrying a cargo of 67,000 tons of crude oil, loaded on the continental shelf of the Pechora Sea, Russia.   “We are extremely disappointed that our vessel has been the subject of an irresponsible publicity stunt by Greenpeace, which occurred despite the measures taken by our ship and the port authorities, including the Coast Guard and the Marine Police. Mikhail Ulyanov is an ultra-modern high ice

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