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  Ottawa (AFP) March 25, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quick to welcome Washington's approval Friday of a major new pipeline from Canada into the United States, but observers say it creates political headaches for his administration. Trudeau has sought to strike a balance between two competing policies - supporting Canada's oil and gas sector, which is the sixth largest in the world, and slashing global-warming greenhouse gases. In approving the Keystone XL pipeline - which would move oil from landlocked Alberta, ... read more |
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Hurdles remain for Keystone XL oil pipelineWashington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017 The Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada still faces a range of potential hurdles even with a sign off from the U.S. government, analysts said. ... more 
Trump approves Keystone XL pipeline, hails 'great day' for jobsWashington (AFP) March 24, 2017 True to his pledge, President Donald Trump gave final approval on Friday for TransCanada to build the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, overriding environmental concerns in favor of boosting jobs and energy supply. ... more 
Iranian oil docked for market in BelarusWashington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017 Iranian state media reported Friday a batch of Iran's oil purchased by Belarus was docked at the Port of Odessa and in the processing steps for refining. ... more 
Shell dumps assets onshore GabonWashington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017 As part of an effort to streamline its portfolio after acquiring BG Group, Royal Dutch Shell said Friday it was leaving parts of Africa behind after 55 years. ... more |
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Russia trying to gain influence in Libya: US generalWashington (AFP) March 24, 2017 Russia is trying to expand its influence in Libya through a combination of military means and oil and weapons sales, a top US general said Friday. ... more 
Russian Central Bank cuts rate by a quarter percentWashington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017 Inflationary risks remain for Russia, a top oil and gas exporter, even as expectations for economic recovery improve, the country's central bank said. ... more 
Oil prices edge higher ahead of OPEC meetingWashington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017 Oil prices moved into positive territory early Friday on expectations that OPEC could extend the terms of an agreement to curb production to balance the market. ... more 
New oil and gas find offshore NorwayWashington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017 Norwegian energy company Statoil made an oil and gas discovery in the North Sea in an area not previously known to hold reserves, the government said. ... more 
A new model for capillary rise in nano-channels offers insights into frackingWashington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 In the last decades, hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," a method of oil and gas extraction, has revolutionized the global energy industry. It involves fracturing rock with a pressurized liquid or " ... more 
Norway's Statoil top bidder for U.S. offshore licensesWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 As one of the companies with the largest take in a U.S. offshore auction, Norway's Statoil said it reset its Gulf of Mexico position as the market improves. ... more |
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China's CNOOC hit by market downturnWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 After reporting steep declines in yearly oil and gas revenue, Chinese company CNOOC said Thursday its focus on cost control was relentless. ... more 
Putin insists Europe needs expanded gas pipelineWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 An expansion to a Russian gas pipeline running offshore to Germany makes sense given production declines in Europe, Russia's president said. ... more 
Oil and gas-rich Norway expects sluggish economic growthWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 There are signs that pressure from a declining energy sector is fading, though Norway's economy is not on pace for major growth, the government said Thursday. ... more 
Oil breakthrough for Mexico with Eni discoveryWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 Italian energy company Eni said Thursday it confirmed the potential for oil offshore Mexico in the first drilling campaign by a foreign company since 2013. ... more |
  Jakarta (AFP) March 20, 2017 
Brightly coloured wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil scene in the normally chaotic Indonesian capital Jakarta.
Residents have transformed the "kampung", as traditional neighbourhoods are known in Indonesia, into a model of clean and green living in an effort to fight off the threat of eviction.
Tongkol kampung was once much ... more Upton NY (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Study IDs link between sugar signaling and regulation of oil production in plants  Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
A material with the perovskite crystal structure has become very popular for solar cells. While most perovskites are inorganic compounds, this new material is a hybrid of relatively inexpensive organic and inorganic materials. In just a few short years, researchers have achieved remarkable power conversion efficiency with these perovskites, comparable with the best photovoltaic materials availab ... more Dubai (AFP) March 20, 2017Dubai harvests desert sun at vast solar plant  London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2017New solar energy plant to be installed on Barbuda  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Sea change needed for low-carbon economy |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017 
The results of an auction for the right to develop wind energy offshore North Carolina makes it a major low-carbon economic stimulus, a trade group said.
Avangrid Renewables was the winner of an auction for a lease area offshore Kitty Hawk with a $9 million bid to develop wind energy in federal waters. Nancy Sopko, director of offshore issues for the American Wind Energy Association, pr ... moreWashington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017North Carolina ready for offshore wind energy auction  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Flagship English Channel wind farm nears completion Paris (UPI) Mar 06, 2017French, Spanish companies set for more wind power off coast of France |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, hit by massive losses and accounting fraud allegations at its US nuclear unit.
The Tokyo-listed stock dropped as much as 13.62 percent at one point, with concerns that the embattled company's shares could be delisted from the bourse.
Toshiba ended the day at 189.5 yen ($1.65), down 12.22 p ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The EIC and Nuclear AMRC sign MoU  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success  Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste |
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 Baidoa, Somalia (AFP) March 20, 2017  Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern Somalia.
They loaded their combined belongings - blankets, cooking pots, sleeping mats, jerry cans, clothes - onto a hired donkey cart and walked beside it for 20 kilometres (12 miles) to Baidoa, the closest city.
"There is nobody left now," said the 28-year-old.
Sh ... more New York (AFP) March 23, 2017Tillerson alias emails from his ExxonMobil era prove elusive  New York NY (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Under the dead sea, warnings of dire drought  Geneva (AFP) March 21, 20172017 already marked by climate extremes: UN |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 
German energy company E.ON said Monday it was working within a government program to advance charging points for electric-powered mobility options.
The company's subsidiaries submitted grant applications for more than 700 charging stations on behalf of the municipalities in which they operate.
"Using various models, E.ON's regional companies are offering charging solutions for al ... more London (AFP) March 22, 2017China's Geely opens UK plant for electric London taxis  Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brains  New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily |
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 Washington (AFP) March 26, 2017 
The Pentagon under President Donald Trump is enjoying greater freedom to run its wars the way it wants - and not constantly seek White House approval on important decisions.
Many in the military appreciate this increased autonomy, but critics charge it is raising civilian death rates, puts the lives of US troops at greater risk and leads to a lack of oversight of America's conflicts.
No ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 26, 2017Iraqis remove bodies from rubble in west Mosul  Baghdad (AFP) March 24, 2017Iraq's Sadr threatens boycott if election law unchanged  Near Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 25, 2017Mosul exodus as air strikes kill 'dozens' |
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 Washington (AFP) March 23, 2017 
Chinese telecom giant ZTE has pleaded guilty in a US court to violating US export controls by selling goods to Iran and North Korea over several years.
The move is the final step in the case's resolution which the US government announced March 7 in which it slapped $1.2 billion in fines on the company, the largest criminal penalty in US history in an export control case, although there have ... more Washington (AFP) March 23, 2017US sees 'activity' at N. Korea nuke sites: US official  Stockholm (AFP) March 21, 2017Swedish parliament holds first war game in 20 years  Seoul (AFP) March 22, 2017North Korea fails in new missile test: Seoul |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2017 
Huang Xiaoshuai and his wife last year splashed out $70,000 for a large painting of fish by Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody - part of a growing clique of young, affluent Chinese art enthusiasts building their own high-end collections.
The picture now hangs in their Shanghai home and the couple, along with other mainland collectors, have flown in to attend VIP events at this week's Art Bas ... more Hong Kong (AFP) March 21, 2017Distraught Hong Kong villagers battle to save their homes  Hong Kong (AFP) March 26, 2017Beijing favourite Lam wins Hong Kong leadership  Hong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2017China watches Hong Kong vote as protests threatened |
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 Washington (AFP) March 24, 2017 
The US military is wrapping up operations against the Lord's Resistance Army in central Africa, even though its leader Joseph Kony is still at large, a top US general said Friday.
"This thing is coming to an end," said General Thomas Waldhauser, head of the US military's Africa Command.
A self-styled mystic and prophet, Kony launched a bloody rebellion three decades ago seeking to impose ... more Abuja (AFP) March 21, 2017Nigerian rights group denounces 'attacks' on Amnesty office  Bamako (AFP) March 19, 2017Rags, not riches, defining Africa's urban explosion  Conakry (AFP) March 13, 2017Senegal extradites Guinean soldier wanted over massacre |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017 
Lockheed Martin's production in Texas of F-16 Fighting Falcons is to be moved to a facility in South Carolina beginning at the end of the year, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
"As part of our effort to make room for the F-35 production here in Fort Worth, the F-16 production line must be relocated," Ken Ross, a spokesman for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, told the For ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017Raytheon tapped for Super Hornet, Growler radar upgrades  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017French government approves Rafale F4 upgrades  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017RAF getting new G-force centrifuge facility |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
Fair trade certified coffee is the kind of phrase that sounds good on a Whole Foods shelf, the type of marketing that merges first world affluence with third world resource. For the average consumer, it implies fairness in labor and wealth, the idea that small producers profit directly from the products and goods they produce.
The reality is far more complex, says Lindsay Naylor, assistant ... more Geneva (AFP) March 21, 2017China asks WTO to weigh in on EU anti-dumping measures  Tangiers, Morocco (AFP) March 20, 2017Morocco's Tangiers to host Chinese industrial city  Sydney (AFP) March 24, 2017China inks $4.6 billion deal for Australia mine project |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2016 
Chinese growth stabilised in the third quarter, data showed Wednesday, as ample credit and hot property markets propped up the world's second-largest economy.
But while the forecast-beating reading was in line with state targets, it came as experts warned that authorities have relied too much on easy credit, which has in turn increased financial risks.
The economy grew 6.7 percent in Jul ... moreNew York (AFP) Oct 14, 2016China data and US banks propel equities higher  Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2016No debt-for-equity cure for zombie firms, says China Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2016China's ranks of super-rich rise despite economic slowdown |
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 Washington (AFP) March 25, 2017
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with NATO members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as alliance diplomats worked to nail down the date.
"We are currently planning to hold the meeting of NATO foreign ministers on 31 March. Consultations on scheduling among Allies are ongoing," a NATO official in Brussels said.
The NATO foreign ministers meeting had been planned f ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Germany blocks defense exports to Turkey  Beijing (AFP) March 23, 2017China-backed bank approves 13 new members  Manila (AFP) March 23, 2017Manila could share maritime resources with China: Duterte |
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 Jakarta (AFP) March 22, 2017 
Indonesia said Wednesday a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a British company had damaged about 18,900 square metres of coral reef, increasing the estimate of the devastation caused when the vessel ran aground.
The accident happened this month in Raja Ampat, eastern Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on Earth and a favourite with intrepid travellers and divers due to i ... more Minneapolis, MN (SPX) Mar 23, 2017'Super sponge' promises effective toxic clean-up of lakes and more  Punta Gorda, United States (AFP) March 22, 2017Florida eco-friendly town opens for business Jakarta (AFP) March 17, 2017Indonesia summons UK envoy over coral reef destruction |
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 Dhaka (IANS) Mar 27, 2017 
Bangladesh has signed an agreement with India to formally join New Delhi's 'South Asia Satellite' initiative, through which the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a communication satellite for serving the South Asia region.
The agreement was inked by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood and Indian High Commissioner Harsh Va ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Video game study suggests people will remain calm as the world ends  Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 23, 2017SES is enabling disaster response and connecting affected communities  Tokyo (AFP) March 17, 2017Japan court rules government liable for Fukushima disaster |
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