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  New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 Tensions between the United States and the European Union over Iran soared into the open Tuesday after the Europeans announced plans for a legal framework to preserve business with Tehran and evade new US sanctions. In rhetorical exchanges that brought back memories of the feud over the 2003 Iraq invasion, the United States denounced the Europeans who in turn made clear they would not back down on diplomacy. Britain, France and Germany - along with Russia and China - had all pleaded unsuccessf ... read more |
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Rising crude prices haven't brought pain to the pump, yetWashington (UPI) Sep 25, 2018 So far, rising international crude oil prices haven't trickled down to U.S. gas pumps. ... more 
Trump comments to UN reinforce market concerns about Iran sanctionsWashington (UPI) Sep 25, 2018 President Donald Trump doubled down on OPEC Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, saying the oil cartel is ripping off the world. ... more 
OPEC won't react to Trump's threats, pushing Brent crude oil prices higherWashington (UPI) Sep 24, 2018 OPEC, Russia and other countries ignored U.S. calls to increase crude oil production, sparking a Monday rally that saw Brent futures soar past the $80 mark. ... more 
EU announces legal entity to maintain business with IranUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 The European Union said Monday its members would set up a payment system to allow oil companies and businesses to continue trading with Iran in a bid to evade sanctions after the US withdrew from a nuclear agreement. ... more |
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How slick water and black shale in fracking combine to produce radioactive wasteHanover NH (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 September 18, 2018 - Radioactivity in fracking wastewater comes from the interaction between a chemical slurry and ancient shale during the hydraulic fracturing process, according to Dartmouth Colle ... more
Trump blasts OPEC ahead of World Oil Outlook summitWashington (UPI) Sep 20, 2018 Crude oil prices moved in opposite directions Thursday morning as Brent was trending down and WTI trending up, both for different reasons. ... more 
China anti-graft agency probes head of energy administrationBeijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2018 The head of China's energy administration has been placed under investigation by the country's anti-corruption watchdog, the latest top official ensnared in the Communist Party's campaign against graft. ... more 
Cash, carbon, crude: How to make oil fields bury emissionsStanford, Canada (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 In February 2018, Donald Trump signed into law new tax credits that reward oil companies for capturing carbon dioxide and preventing it from entering the atmosphere - either by burying the gas under ... more 
Gas prices steady after onslaught from Hurricane FlorenceWashington (UPI) Sep 18, 2018 Hurricane Florence had little effect on gasoline prices because the storm didn't go near refineries or other energy infrastructure. The Carolinas and surrounding states also had an abundant supply of gasoline, analysts report, explaining the lack of a spike in prices. ... more |
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U.S. official: Increase LNG exports to Europe to counter RussiaWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2018 The United States needs to increase its natural gas exports to Europe to counter Russia's increasing energy dominance in the region, a top Trump administration official warned. ... more  |
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China temporarily spares U.S. oil imports from tariffsWashington (UPI) Sep 19, 2018 U.S. crude oil exports have been temporarily spared from Chinese tariffs, giving state-run oil refineries a short window to import as much as possible. ... more 
Permian shale producers hedging their bets against pipeline projectsWashington (UPI) Sep 14, 2018 New pipeline infrastructure can't get built fast enough in the Permian Basin, where oil is selling at a $15 discount and producers are locking in prices for the next two years. ... more 
Venezuela's Maduro pays tribute to Mao, makes deals with ChinaBeijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2018 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro paid tribute to Mao Zedong at the late Chinese leader's mausoleum on Friday before overseeing energy and gold mining deals as he seeks Beijing's help to bolster his crisis-hit country's economy. ... more 
OAS chief says should not rule out Venezuela 'military intervention'Cucuta, Colombia (AFP) Sept 15, 2018 The head of the Organization of American States on Friday said "military intervention" to "overthrow" Nicolas Maduro's Venezuelan government must not be ruled out for the country mired in economic and humanitarian crisis. ... more 
Hope, scepticism as warring South Sudan leaders sign peace dealAddis Ababa (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed a much-anticipated peace deal on Wednesday, the latest attempt to end five years of a vicious civil war that's torn the world's youngest nation apart. ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 
Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Munster (WWU) have purified and visualized the 'Cyclic Electron Flow' (CEF) supercomplex, a critical part of the photosynthetic machinery in all plants, in a discovery that could help guide the development of next-generation solar biotechnologies.
The findings, made in collaboration with an international team of scien ... more |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 
A unique combination of imaging tools and atomic-level simulations has allowed a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to solve a longstanding debate about the properties of a promising material that can harvest energy from light.
The researchers used multimodal imaging to "see" nanoscale interactions within a thin film of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite, ... more |
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
Wind power is an important pillar in Germany's energy policy turnaround: According to the German government, the resource should cover 65 percent of German electricity needs by 2030, along with solar, hydropower and biomass. In a recent study, Dr. Christopher Jung and Dr. Dirk Schindler from the University of Freiburg show that it will be possible to cover 40 percent of the current electricity c ... more |
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 Berwick PA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018  Framatome has signed a contract with Talen Energy's Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC, to supply its advanced ATRIUM 11 fuel design. The company will deliver the first of six fuel reloads - consisting of approximately 300 fuel assemblies - in January 2021 to the site located in Berwick, Pennsylvania.
Framatome has supplied Susquehanna Nuclear with fuel for every reload since 1983 under a series of ... more |
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 Bloomington IN (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
Scientists have observed for years that the Earth's tropics are widening in connection with complex changes in climate and weather patterns. But in recent years, it appeared the widening was outpacing what models predicted, suggesting other factors were at work.
A new paper co-authored by Indiana University Bloomington researcher Paul Staten, however, finds that the most up-to-date models ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Sept 24, 2018 
Drivers for Uber, Lyft and other US ridesharing services have seen their incomes fall by half in recent years as more people get behind the wheel, according to a study released Monday.
The report by US banking giant JPMorgan Chase, based on deposits received by the bank, offers a sobering note on the so-called platform or "gig" economy, although it left a number of questions unanswered.
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 19, 2018 
An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced to death on terror charges a prominent jihadist described as a deputy of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after he was captured in Turkey.
Ismail Alwan Salman al-Ithawi was hunted down, caught and extradited after a joint operation involving Turkish, Iraqi and US intelligence agencies, according to the Iraqi authorities.
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2018 
Iran is adhering to its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal and the accord - repudiated by the United States - should stay in place, Britain's prime minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
"From what we see, we believe that it is doing that," Theresa May told CBS.
"We believe that that should stay in place. And others, involved in putting that deal together believe that ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 24, 2018 
Hong Kong on Monday banned a political party which promotes independence, calling it a threat to national security, as Beijing clamps down on challenges to its sovereignty.
It was the first ban on a political party since the city was handed back to China by Britain 21 years ago. The foreign ministry in London expressed concern at the move.
Semi-autonomous Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unse ... more |
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 
Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram jihadists to overrun a military base in northeast Nigeria, military and civilian sources told AFP on Tuesday.
Dozens of jihadist fighters from an Islamic State-backed Boko Haram faction attacked the base on Sunday in the village of Kekeno, near the garrison town of Monguno, in Borno state.
Recent months have seen repeated attacks on ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming 50 miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds - PMCs.
A recent NASA long-duration balloon mission observed these clouds over the course of five days at their home in the mesosphere. The resulting photos, which scientists have just begun to ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Sept 24, 2018 
The EU on Monday gave Britain two months to recover 2.7 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in lost customs duties or risk referral to the EU's top court after London allegedly ignored a scam by Chinese importers.
The demand, part of a so-called infringement action launched by Brussels, threatens to further inflame tensions amid fraught Brexit negotiations just days after an EU summit in Austria en ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 
China vowed to "deepen cooperation" with the Maldives Tuesday and congratulated opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on his election victory that ousted Beijing-friendly strongman Abdulla Yameen.
Solih, a candidate from the main opposition alliance, won 58 percent of the vote on Sunday in a surprise defeat for Yameen, who had cultivated closer ties with China and borrowed heavily from Be ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2018 
A new NASA-led study helps answer decades-old questions about the role of smoke and human-caused air pollution on clouds and rainfall. Looking specifically at deep convective clouds - tall clouds like thunderclouds, formed by warm air rising - the study shows that smoky air makes it harder for these clouds to grow. Pollution, on the other hand, energizes their growth, but only if the pollution i ... more |
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 Rabat (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 
Morocco's navy on Tuesday fired on a boat carrying migrants which refused to respond to its orders, leaving a Moroccan woman dead and three other people wounded, local officials said.
The patrol was "forced" to open fire on a speedboat driven by a Spaniard who "refused to obey" orders in waters off the Moroccan locality of M'diq-Fnideq, the authorities said in a statement.
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