December 5, 2011
The US state of New Yorkis considering whether to go ahead with a controversial form of gas drilling.Activists want to keep a moratorium in place on hydraulic fracturing – also known ”fracking”. Supporters say it will be good for the economy, but opponents say the practice puts the environment at risk. Al Jazeera‘s Kristen [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus Formation, Natural gas, New York, New York City, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, United States
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November 10, 2011
File picture from September shows a pipeline delivering gas from Egypt to Israel burning following an attack. (AFP/File) CAIRO (Reuters) — Saboteurs blew up the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan on Thursday in Northern Sinai using remote controlled bombs, forcing it to shut down, Egyptian security sources said. The first blast, the [...]
Tags: Arish, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Improvised explosive device, Israel, Jordan, Pipeline transport, Reuters
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October 15, 2011
Energy firms’ profits per customer rise 733%, says Ofgem Energy regulator proposes ‘radical reform’ of energy market and simpler tariffs as it reveals net margin for typical customers has risen from £15 in June to £125 in October reddit this Comments (226) Terry Macalister, Dan Milmo and Lisa Bachelor guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 October 2011 14.41 BST Article [...]
Tags: Chris Huhne, Competition Commission, Ed Miliband, Energy industry, Graham Turner, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, Ofgem, RWE
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June 26, 2011
An injured protester and his family at a hospital after clashing with police during protests in Juliaca [Reuters] Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru have taken over a commercial airport as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police. Officials said [...]
Tags: Alan García, British Columbia, Juliaca, Ollanta Humala, Peru, Protest, Puno, Santa Ana California
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June 22, 2011
Are Londoners ready to die for their air quality? Poor air quality causes more than 4,000 deaths in London each year. Join our ‘die-in’ and get Boris Johnson‘s attention London roads could be responsible for up to 30% of all new cases of asthma in children. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian On the [...]
Tags: Boris Johnson, European Union, Great Smog, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Pollution, Traffic congestion
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June 22, 2011
Poll: Americans Who Favor Withdrawing Troops Quickly at All-Time High CHRIS HONDROS/GETTY IMAGES Lt. John Paszterko, with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, talks with a local farmer while on patrol last year near Kandahar, Afghanistan. By Sara Sorcher Updated: June 21, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. June 21, 2011 | 1:51 p.m. Americans in record [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Kandahar, National Journal, Osama BinLaden, Pew Research Center, United State, United States Army
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June 22, 2011
Irked by Warnings, British PM Tells Military Leadership to Shut Up About Libya ‘You Do the Fighting and I’ll Do the Talking’ by Jason Ditz, June 21, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Warnings from top British military officials, including Navy Chief Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope have cautioned that the Libyan War [...]
Tags: British Armed Forces, David Cameron, Italo-Turkish War, Libya, Libyan War, Mark Stanhope, Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout, Prime minister
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June 18, 2011
Whatever attitude you adopt it is hard to go past the fact that the US was with Iraq and our co-criminal involvement was all about oil as a resource as well as about controlling oil reserves in the Middle East. Of course that spreads to and includes other countries with estimated massive reserves of gas [...]
Tags: 2003 invasion of Iraq, Amoco, Arab world, ExxonMobil, Iraq, Iraq War, Lukoil, middle east, Oil reserves, United States, Weatherford International
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June 17, 2011
Russia to build gas pipeline to China if contract signed – Gazprom. 16/6 Tass 446 MOSCOW, June 16 (Itar-Tass) — Russia will build a gas pipeline to China if a contract on gas deliveries is signed, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Thursday after touring the Russian and Chinese presidents through the company headquarters. Gazprom [...]
Tags: Alexey Miller, China, CNOOC Limited, Dmitry Medvedev, Gazprom, Hu Jintao, Russia, Sergei Shmatko
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June 6, 2011
The following is a petition regarding Gas Mining in New South Wales. If you agree you can sign it electronically. Or if you prefer you can go to the site at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopcoalseamgasminingnow/ The Petition To the Esteemed Members of the International Court of Justice. We the people of Keerong Valley in Northern New South Wales, [...]
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