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As Iraq smolders, Kurds sit on oil richesIrbil, Iraq (UPI) Dec 22, 2011 As Iraq looks like collapsing into another sectarian free-for-all, with energy resources a key prize, the semi-autonomous Kurdish region is like an island of stability and security. In large part, that's because it's sitting on its own energy treasure house, an estimated 60 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, more than Libya's entire reserves, and 45 billion barrels of oil, roughly the amount Britain has produced from its North Sea fields. "Sweeping changes have taken place in Iraq's ... read more |
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  New Take on Impacts of Low Dose Radiation Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), through a combination of time-lapse live imaging and mathematical modeling of a special l ... more | .. |
 Landmark discovery has magnetic appeal for scientists A fundamental problem that has puzzled generations of scientists has finally been solved after more than 70 years. An international team of scientists has discovered a subtle electronic effect in ma ... more | .. |
 Global Natural Gas Consumption Regains Momentum Driven by surging natural gas consumption in Asia and the United States, global use of the form of fossil fuel rebounded 7.4 percent from its 2009 slump to hit a record 111.9 trillion cubic feet - i ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Self-healing electronics could work longer and reduce waste When one tiny circuit within an integrated chip cracks or fails, the whole chip - or even the whole device - is a loss. But what if it could fix itself, and fix itself so fast that the user never kn ... more | .. |
  Paraguay presses for better trade terms Landlocked Paraguay pushed its demand for better terms of economic collaboration and trade with its Mercosur partners, increasingly a sore point because of what Paraguayans see as unfair treatment by Argentina and Brazil. ... more | .. |
  EU, US lock horns on Europe airline emissions charges Europe and the United States headed for confrontation Wednesday after the EU won key legal backing for its proposal to slap carbon emissions charges on all airlines in its airspace from January 1. ... more | .. |
  US approves new nuclear plant design The US approved a new nuclear plant design Thursday, paving the way for the country's first new nuclear power facilities since 1996 to be built. ... more |
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  China reports massive vehicle emissions Motor vehicles produced more than 52 million tons of pollutants in China last year, a government report indicates. ... more | .. |
 Australia's Gloucester, China's Yanzhou in tie-up Australia's Gloucester Coal Friday agreed to a merger with China's Yanzhou in a deal valued at some Aus$2.2 billion (US$2.3 billion), a tie-up which will create a major Australia listed coal firm. ... more | .. |
 Areva's Finnish EPR reactor delayed until August 2014 The start-up of Finland's fifth nuclear reactor, being built by the French-German consortium Areva-Siemens, has been delayed until August 2014, Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 China says it opposes EU airline emissions charges China Thursday joined Washington in opposing a plan by the European Union to impose carbon emissions charges on all airlines in its airspace from January 1, warning it risked sparking a trade war. ... more |
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  Japan cuts growth outlook as yen, disasters weigh Japan on Thursday cut its economic growth forecast for the year to March 2012 and the following 12 months, citing the impact of a soaring yen, natural disasters and the eurozone debt crisis. ... more | .. |
 Rush to clean major oil spill from Shell field off Nigeria Authorities rushed to prevent one of Nigeria's worst recent oil spills from reaching the West African nation's shoreline on Thursday, with production from a major Shell field also shut due to the leak. ... more | .. |
 Toyota eyes 20% global sales growth in 2012 Japan's biggest carmaker Toyota said Thursday it would aim to boost global sales by a fifth next year, seeking growth in emerging markets to counter sluggish demand in the crisis-hit developed world. ... more |
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 Former spymaster's firm seeks uranium in Israeli desert An Israeli energy firm run by a former head of the Mossad spy agency is to start prospecting for uranium in the southern Negev desert, the company said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Brazilian firms win Boeing aviation deals Two Brazilian companies have contracted to work with Boeing on a range of engineering and logistics projects that give the American company a firmer foothold in the expanding aviation and defense manufacturing sector in Brazil. ... more | .. |
 Brazil police blame Chevron for environmental crime Brazilian Federal Police concluded in a probe on the November 8 oil spill that the local president of US oil giant Chevron and 16 other oil executives committed environmental crimes, local media reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 White House hopeful Perry rips Obama on pipeline Texas Governor and Republican White House hopeful Rick Perry on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama for delaying the approval of a controversial US-Canada pipeline. ... more |
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 Need a new material? New tool can help Thanks to a new online toolkit developed at MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, any researcher who needs to find a material with specific properties - whether it's to build a better m ... more | .. |
 Researchers discover a way to significantly reduce the production costs of fuel cells This ALD method for manufacturing fuel cells requires 60 per cent less of the costly catalyst than current methods. This is a significant discovery, because researchers have not been able to achieve ... more | .. |
 Fuel reduction likely to increase carbon emissions Forest thinning to help prevent or reduce severe wildfire will release more carbon to the atmosphere than any amount saved by successful fire prevention, a new study concludes. There may be valid re ... more | .. |
  Arizona YMCA's Go Solar Centrosolar America and Scout Solar have announced plans to activate solar PV projects at four 'Valley of the Sun YMCA' branches. The solar arrays will be installed at YMCA branches in the Tempe, Ch ... more |
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Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
Russia faces intense barrage of drones, shutting down Moscow airports
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  Eneco appoints Natural Power as Owner's Engineer on 51MW Lochluichart wind farm Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been appointed as Owner's Engineer at Lochluichart wind farm for energy company Eneco. The company will be providing constr ... more | .. |
 EU-Ukraine deal stalls on rights concerns The EU says expanding energy and economic cooperation with Ukraine will in part depend on Kiev's treatment of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. ... more | .. |
 China plans oil spill response facilities China plans to open 12 offshore oil spill response facilities before the end of the year, an official said. ... more | .. |
 Romania restarts nuclear reactor after technical problem A Romanian nuclear reactor closed down on Monday because of a technical problem was restarted on Wednesday, the national operator Nuclearelectrica said. ... more |
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 Chinese hacked into US Chamber: report A Chinese group has hacked into America's largest business lobbying organization, compromising all data on its servers and information about its three million members, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 EU, US lock horns on Europe airline emissions charges Europe and the United States headed for confrontation Wednesday after the EU won key legal backing for its scheme to slap carbon emissions charges on all airlines in its airspace from January 1. ... more | .. |
 EU court rejects US airline challenge to emissions charges The European Court of Justice threw out Wednesday a case brought by north American airlines against a new EU system charging airlines for carbon emissions. ... more | .. |
 Six jailed in Germany for tax evasion in carbon permit trade A German court jailed six men on Wednesday for tax evasion in the trading of carbon emission permits through the country's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank. ... more |
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