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  Incheon, South Korea (AFP) Oct 6, 2018 Oil giant Saudi Arabia backed down at the last minute Saturday from obstructing the adoption of a major report by the UN's climate science panel, sources told AFP. With the threat removed, the meeting of the 195-nation panel in Incheon, South Korea - deep into overtime - swiftly approved the report on how to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), and what a 1.5C world might look like. The Saudis had objected to the inclusion of a passage emphasising the need for s ... read more |
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Crude oil stays steady with Iranian sanctions just a month awayWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2018 Crude oil prices stayed steady Friday after a volatile week that saw the highest prices in four years. ... more 
Researchers map susceptibility to man-made earthquakesStanford CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2018 Earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas had been on the rise due to injection of wastewater - a byproduct of oil and gas operations - before regulations started limiting injections. Now a new model devel ... more 
Quantum mechanics work lets oil industry know promise of recovery experimentsNashville TN (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 With their current approach, energy companies can extract about 35 percent of the oil in each well. Every 1 percent above that, compounded across thousands of wells, can mean billions of dollars in ... more
After huge gains, WTI crude oil slips more than $1.50Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2018 Oil prices lost ground Thursday morning after a rambunctious rally the day before. ... more |
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Brent prices reach four-year high while experts brace for $90 crudeWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 Crude oil prices reached levels not seen in four years Monday, with Brent prices topping $85 a barrel and WTI soaring to $75. ... more 
Macron wants Iran to sell oil, urges dialogueNew 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. ... more 
Earthquake fear ends Dutch gas boomZeerijp, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 The Dutch are proud of the way they have created a country by fighting back the ocean - but when they started making their own earthquakes it proved a step too far. ... more
Brent prices dip while U.S. crude oil supplies exceed analyst expectationsWashington (UPI) Sep 26, 2018 Brent crude oil prices fell slightly Wednesday but are still hovering near a four-year high while U.S. crude oil supplies had a surprise increase. ... more 
Canada regulator to reconsider Trans Mountain pipeline to PacificOttawa (AFP) Sept 21, 2018 The Canadian government on Friday ordered a new review of the Trans Mountain pipeline to the Pacific taking into account the impact of increased tanker traffic on endangered killer whales along the coast. ... more |
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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  |
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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
Saudis face delicate balancing act at OPEC meetingWashington (UPI) Sep 21, 2018 Saudi Arabian leaders find themselves in a tough spot going into meetings with OPEC, Russia and other top oil producers in Algiers this weekend. ... more 
France fountains protest against Total's Brazil oil projectParis (AFP) Sept 22, 2018 Fountains were tinted black in several French towns Saturday during protests against plans by oil giant Total to drill near a coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon. ... more 
2 pilots killed in Sudan military jet crash: armyKhartoum (AFP) Sept 21, 2018 A Sudanese military jet has crashed near the city of Omdurman, killing the two pilots on board, the army said on Friday, in the latest accident to hit its ageing fleet. ... more |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
Pyrolysis - a process of biomass decomposition - can be organized automatically for heat generation out of the most common type of biomass such as peat and straw. That is, it is sufficient to heat biomass to a certain temperature and then the process proceeds in the autothermal mode due to its own heat release. This technology was studied by scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University in the ar ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 08, 2018 
Experts predict that by 2050 we're going to have global broadband internet satellite networks, in-orbit manufacturing, space tourism, asteroid mining and lunar and Mars bases.
More than a gigawatt of solar energy will be needed to power these activities, or the equivalent of 3.125 million photovoltaic panels. However, because it is currently the most expensive component on a satellite, sci ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 
Wind turbines, designed as an alternative to fossil fuels, still contribute to climate change due to the way they redistribute heat and moisture in the atmosphere, according to a study published Thursday.
Researchers from Harvard University found that powering the entire United States with wind energy would cause a 0.54 degree Celsius ground temperature rise in the area where the turbines we ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Oct 08, 2018 
The test piece machining workshop on the Le Creusot site, or CFE, has been using a latest-generation dimensional inspection tool since the spring.
A test piece is a sample of steel taken from the solid part of a forging or casting and machined to be used for the purposes of a given mechanical test. Before being sent to an in-house laboratory on the Le Creusot site - the Vulcain laboratory ... more |
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 Incheon, South Korea (AFP) Oct 8, 2018 
Dismissed a decade ago as far-fetched and dangerous, schemes to tame global warming by engineering the climate have migrated from the margins of policy debates towards centre stage.
"Plan A" remains tackling the problem at its source. But a major UN climate science report released in South Korea on Monday makes it clear that slashing carbon pollution - even drastically - won't be enough to ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 
Under dazzling autumn sunshine in the heart of Paris, Marc Fiot steps out of a new Zoe, Renault's flagship all-electric hatchback, and readily declares it "the future".
Does that mean the 70-year-old retiree, who says he hasn't missed an edition of the Paris Motor Show since 1966, is ready to join what carmakers insist will be the electric revolution?
"Not right away," Fiot says. "What's ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 1, 2018  Over the last few weeks, four go-getting Iraqi women have separately met premature deaths - two falling victim to men firing automatic weapons into their vehicles.
The deaths have sparked fear among women who dare to break the mould and visibly achieve in the conservative country.
The latest to die was 22-year-old social media influencer and model Tara Fares.
Her bloody demise at th ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Oct 4, 2018  The United States hinted Thursday it might withdraw from a landmark Cold War nuclear arms reduction treaty if Russia does not stop "violating" the accord.
Washington has complained for nearly two years that a ground-launched missile system deployed by Russia breaches the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 6, 2018  China on Saturday warned foreign countries not to "interfere" over Hong Kong's decision to effectively blacklist a senior Financial Times journalist, after the UK and other governments expressed alarm over eroding freedoms in the former British colony.
Victor Mallet, the FT's Asia news editor and a British national, earned the ire of authorities for hosting a speech in August by Andy Chan, t ... more |
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 5, 2018 
A rebel attack on an army post in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo left six people dead, civilian and military sources said Friday.
The Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is suspected of having carried out Thursday night's attack in the city of Beni, which sits near the DRC border with Uganda.
The raid is thought to have targeted General Marcel Mbangu but instead killed four othe ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2018 
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has completed its first deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
The U.S. Air Force announced Thursday that three B-2s and about 200 airmen completed hundreds of sorties and regional training between Aug. 15 and Sept. 27 as part of the U.S. Strategic Command's Bomber Task Force deployment, including integrations with F-22 Raptors, weapons loa ... more |
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 Bali, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 7, 2018 
Rising protectionism, vulnerable emerging markets and record debt levels: The IMF holds its annual meeting this week in earthquake-stricken Indonesia, as it shines a light on tremors in the global economy.
Finance ministers and central bankers from 180 nations will be among 32,000 attendees in Bali for the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which takes place ev ... more |
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 Barcelona (AFP) Oct 4, 2018 
Catalonia's separatist leader urged Madrid to consider foreign mediation in the conflict over his region's demand for independence, in a letter made public Thursday and also sent to Russia, China and others.
Media published the leaked letter addressed by Quim Torra to the Spanish government. Copies were also sent to the presidents of several countries that have faced violent separatist crise ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) Oct 2, 2018 
Wearing matching blue Nehru jackets, the dozen inspectors fan out across Mumbai's hectic Crawford Market, each scouring for violators of an ambitious plastic ban.
It doesn't take Mahindra Wayangankar long to find one: a dry fruits seller, wrapping his wares in plastic, is hit with a hefty 5,000-rupee ($69) fine.
Wayangankar, 50, is one of 311 officials dubbed the "blue squad" and tasked ... more |
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 Palu, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 4, 2018  Many children have been separated from their families and are "in shock and traumatised" following Indonesia's devastating quake-tsunami, aid workers said Thursday, as much-needed supplies trickled in to shattered communities.
A total of 1,411 people have been confirmed dead and over 2,500 injured after the monster earthquake struck Friday sending destructive waves barrelling into Sulawesi i ... more |
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