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  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 Drilling by Italian energy company Eni is set for the Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska in December, the U.S. Interior Department announced. "After a comprehensive review and consideration of comments received from the public, stakeholders, and Federal and state partner agencies and tribes, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today conditionally approved a Beaufort Sea exploration plan it received from Eni U.S. Operating Co. Inc.," the agency announced. The BOEM is a division of th ... read more |
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Most oil players losing confidence in the market, IEA saysWashington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 Oil market investors are losing confidence over OPEC's effort to offset the glut of supplies, though the impact could be hitting U.S. producers, the IEA said. ... more 
Libya gains balance Nigerian oil lossWashington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017 Disruption to Nigerian oil exports is offset by production gains from Libya, which is on pace to add another 100,000 barrels per day to the market, a market report found. ... more 
First Trump offshore lease sale revised to reflect market conditionsWashington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 Under the first offshore lease for the administration, President Trump's office said it was lowering royalty rates to reflect market conditions. ... more 
Oil output slow, steady for U.S. in Gulf of MexicoWashington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 The slow, but steady, gain in oil production expected from the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico shows the region is more stable than shale, a rig analyst said. ... more |
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Norway's Statoil moves closer to South American oil prizeWashington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017 Norwegian energy company Statoil said Friday it extended its reach beyond Norway to acquire stakes in what could be one of South America's biggest prizes. ... more 
Total petroleum production in Norway higher than last yearWashington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 Total petroleum production in Norway so far this is more than 1 percent, or about 9 million barrels, higher than last year, the government said. ... more 
Texas oil spill isolated, Magellan saidWashington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017 No injuries were reported and the release of oil from a pipeline in Texas was contained in a confined area, Magellan Midstream Partners said. ... more 
Oil prices stabilize after supply declined last monthWashington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 Oil prices were steady Thursday despite a report that the global supply rose last month by 720,000 barrels a day to 97.46 million a day. ... more 
Aker BP, a Norwegian company, expecting higher productionWashington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 Aker BP, a merger of Norwegian energy companies and a subsidiary of BP, said Friday it raised its guidance for output but lowered it for production costs. ... more 
Soldier killed in attack in Nigeria's oil-rich southWarri, Nigeria (AFP) July 13, 2017 One soldier was killed and several others injured in an attack on military personnel in Nigeria's oil-rich south, a security source said on Thursday, in the second incident this month in the restive region. ... more |
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ADB: Asia-Pacific 'at the heart' of climate risksWashington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017 If left unchecked, climate change could lead to the loss of about $52 billion per year for the economies of the Asia-Pacific, the Asian Development Bank said. ... more 
Electric car boom won't spell 'end of oil': IEA chiefIstanbul (AFP) July 11, 2017 The use of electric cars is set to grow in the coming years, but this will not spell the end of demand for oil, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. ... more 
Major oil discovery heralded offshore MexicoWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 An energy company working off the eastern coast of Mexico said Wednesday it made a discovery that could hold as much as 2 billion barrels of oil. ... more
Fed report, lower U.S. oil production lift oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 A good report on U.S. economic potential and forecasts for dwindling production from American shale helped push oil prices higher in early Wednesday trading. ... more |
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  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 
Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks to experts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University.
They've demonstrated how to design and genetically engineer enzyme surfaces so they bind less to corn stalks and other cellulosic biomass, reducing enzyme costs in biofuels production, according to a study published this month on the cover of the ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017A whole-genome sequenced rice mutant resource for the study of biofuel feedstocks  Okanagan, Canada (SPX) Jul 14, 2017New biofuel technology significantly cuts production time |
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 New Bedford MA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 
A partnership between Beaumont Solar and Horizon Beverage is now powering its operations with clean, renewable solar power. Family-owned Horizon Beverage Company have announced their new 978kW DC solar PV system is in operation at their Norton, MA distribution facility.
Horizon Beverage selected Beaumont Solar to fully engineer, design and construct the system. Consisting of 2,990 solar pa ... more San Francisco, CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017SolarEdge Launching First PV Inverter-Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger  Bristol, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Investors Generate 174,000,000 kWh of Renewable Electricity  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Solar cell design using diverse plant pigments |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 
Algeria is ahead of the curve when it comes to renewable energy potential in Africa and General Electric aims to ride that momentum, a regional manager said.
GE sponsored a conference on renewable energy in the African sector, highlighting Algeria's lead in wind and solar power developments. By 2030, the government aims to install about 22,000 megawatts of renewable power, which would b ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise  Bristol UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Thrive Renewables delivers mezzanine funded wind farms in Scotland  Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2017It's a breeze: How to harness the power of the wind |
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 Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017 
France's new environment minister said Monday that nearly a third of the country's nuclear reactors could be shut under plans to scale back the amount of electricity produced from atomic power.
In 2015, the previous Socialist-dominated parliament passed a law obliging the government to reduce the proportion of electricity generated from nuclear to 50 percent by 2025 compared with around 75 p ... more Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France's nuclear reactors firm  Brussels (AFP) July 12, 2017Britain must leave EU nuclear body: Verhofstadt  Cherbourg, France (AFP) July 5, 2017Sixth MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for Japan |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 
A consortium of international scientists led by a climate expert from USC have upgraded an open-source global database tracking the Earth's temperatures since 1 A.D. that further confirms that the Earth is warming at a rate unprecedented in recent geologic history. The database by the PAGES 2k Consortium relies on proxy data such as tree rings, corals, glacier ice, marine sediment and other such ... moreManila (AFP) July 14, 2017ADB warns climate change 'disastrous' for Asia  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Two significant warming intervals in southern China since 1850  New York (AFP) July 12, 2017Bloomberg outlines plan to quantify US climate efforts |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 13, 2017 
German luxury automaker Daimler manipulated the engines of around one million diesel vehicles to make them appear less polluting, local media reported Thursday, raising echoes of competitor Volkswagen's 'dieselgate' scandal.
"The Stuttgart-based firm sold vehicles with higher levels of damaging emissions than allowed for almost a whole decade between 2008 and 2016, in Europe and the United S ... more Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Forget defrosting your car at a glacial pace  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 10, 2017German 'dieselgate' investigators target Porsche employees  Paris (AFP) July 6, 2017France 'to end sales of petrol, diesel vehicles by 2040' |
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 Hasan Sham, Iraq (AFP) July 15, 2017  Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him and thousands more displaced Iraqis, returning remains a distant dream.
On Monday, the Iraqi authorities announced victory over the jihadists of the Islamic State group.
But the unprecedented destruction in the country's second city and the unstable security situation will delay the retu ... more Washington (AFP) July 11, 2017US eyes continued presence in Iraq after IS: general  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2017Mosul's once-thriving Old City now a grey wasteland  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 14, 2017Iraq's Mosul residents search for their Old City dead |
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 Paris (AFP) July 16, 2017 
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday assured visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his "vigilance" regarding the 2015 nuclear accord reached by Western powers with Iran.
Netanyahu "expressed his concerns regarding the Iranian regime," Macron told reporters with Netanyahu at his side. "I assured him of our vigilance, in particular over the strict implementation of the ac ... more Seoul (AFP) July 15, 2017N. Korea likely has more plutonium than previously thought: monitor  Washington (AFP) July 14, 2017Two years on, nuclear deal has fewer friends in US and Iran  Jerusalem (AFP) July 10, 2017Israeli nuclear whistleblower spared jail over 2013 meeting |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 14, 2017  Activists accused Beijing of crippling Hong Kong's parliament Friday after four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified.
The High Court judgement is a massive blow for the democracy movement as it means the balance of power in the partially elected legislature swings further to the pro-China camp because opponents do not have enough seats to veto bills.
Former Umbrella Movement protest ... more Shenyang, China (AFP) July 14, 2017China hits back at criticism over Nobel laureate's death  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 14, 2017China under pressure to free dissident's widow Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017China's ailing Nobel laureate in 'critical condition' |
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 Nairobi (AFP) July 13, 2017  The soldiers came at dawn to Fulgence Rukundo's house in a village in western Rwanda, and accused him of stealing a cow.
They draped slabs of the dead cow's carcass around his shoulders and positioned the animal's head on his before marching him into a banana plantation and shooting him dead, according to witnesses cited in a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on extrajudicial killings released ... more Addis Ababa (AFP) July 5, 2017AU chair questions US stance on African peacekeeping  Bamako (AFP) July 6, 20173 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violence  Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 7, 2017Gambian army 'hostile elements' working against government |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017  Sikorsky has signed an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defense to supply spare parts and engineering services for Israel's fleet of Ch-53D helicopters.
The program is slated to last 7 years and will procure and deliver obsolete or diminished supply parts. Israel has operated the helicopter since 1969 and is the only remaining D model operator left in the world. Many parts are har ... more Singapore (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Singapore developing space-based VHF communications for air traffic management  Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017Boeing receives contract for MH-47G special operations helicopters  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Leonardo contracted by Britain for Typhoon countermeasures upgrades |
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 Singapore (AFP) July 14, 2017  A Chinese consortium on Friday offered more than $11 billion for Singapore's Global Logistic Properties Ltd, which provides warehouses for the likes of Amazon China and WalMart, as e-commerce drives demand for logistics space.
In filings with the Singapore Exchange, both firms said they were "pleased to announce the proposed acquisition" after GLP selected Nesta Investment Holdings as its pr ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017China wants free trade deal with Canada  Beijing (AFP) July 14, 2017Fitch keeps China's 'A+' rating but warns over debt  Berlin (AFP) July 12, 2017Germany toughens rules on foreign buyouts in strategic sectors |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 
Two guided-missile ships have arrived at the Ukrainian port city of Odessa July 10 to participate in the Sea Breeze 2017 maritime exercises, the U.S. Navy announced on Monday.
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Hue City and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney will play active roles in the exercises, which involve air, naval and land forces from 17 nations.
Sea Breeze 2017 ... more Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2017China ships troops to its first overseas base in Africa Shenyang, China (AFP) July 14, 2017Beijing faces backlash after dissident Liu Xiaobo dies in custody  Brussels (AFP) July 13, 2017NATO warns Russia to honour war games promises |
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 Paris (AFP) July 13, 2017  At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors - 40 percent from indigenous tribes - were murdered around the world in 2016, the deadliest year on record, the watchdog organisation Global Witness said Thursday.
The grim tally, double the number slain two years earlier, is the largest since the NGO began tracking such violence in 2002, it reported.
The real number is probably hig ... more Lowell MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Study finds toxic mercury is accumulating in the Arctic tundra  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Human activities worsen air quality in Dunhuang, a desert basin in China  Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017Herbicide boost for tadpoles: study |
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 Washington (AFP) July 12, 2017 
The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, an independent monitor said Wednesday.
Airwars - a London-based collective of journalists and researchers that uses social media, eyewitness reports and other sources to compile its data - said the concurrent assaults on Raqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq were often "devastating." ... moreMosul, Iraq (AFP) July 13, 2017West Mosul residents start mammoth task of rebuilding  Beirut (AFP) July 8, 2017In IS-held Raqa, parched civilians risk lives for water  Tallinn (AFP) July 6, 2017EU ministers pledge steps to tackle migrant flood |
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