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Employees of Bahrain Petroleum Company, the Persian Gulf island's national oil company, crank on a pipeline valve Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in the Sakhir, Bahrain, desert oilfields. Growing evidence of a severe global economic slowdown drove oil prices below $62 a barrel Monday as investors brushed off a sizeable OPEC output

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Gulf News
At 50, Opec still dominates
Sun 5 Sep 2010
Once upon a time in Baghdad, fifty years ago and exactly on September 14, 1960, the five developing countries of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela met and announced the formation of the... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali)

An apple seller walks past graffiti saying "cash," decorated with change and small-value Nigerian naira notes, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2009.

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Gulf News
Nigeria bourse seeks foreign investors to boost economy
Sun 5 Sep 2010
Abuja: Nigeria's stock exchange is seeking foreign investors as part of its plan to demutualise the bourse and introduce new products including Islamic investments, said Arunma Oteh, head of the... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)

The Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer is lifted out of the Gulf of Mexico by the Helix Q4000 near the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.

The Australian Sun 5 Sep 2010
FBI escorts undersea evidence to NASA base in hunt for oil secrets
INVESTIGATORS looking into what went wrong in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are a step closer to answers. A key piece of evidence is now... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Disaster Oil Spill Photos US Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon explosion

Oil sheen is seen near vessels assisting in the capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead are seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana Sunday, July 18, 2010.

The Daily Telegraph Australia Sat 4 Sep 2010
BP oil well no longer 'threat' to Gulf
THE Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat", a senior US official says. "I'm... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Disaster Oil Spill Photos US Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Presidente Lula, ao lado de trabalhadores da Plataforma P-50, da Petrobras, durante inauguração da obra. ula1

Gulf News Sat 4 Sep 2010
Petrobras to sell $64.5b of new shares in record offer
Rio De Janeiro: Brazilian state oil company Petrobras last week filed to sell up to $64.5 billion of new stock — the largest in capital markets history —... (photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR.)
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Kansas City Star Sat 4 Sep 2010
Burger King to stop buying oil from Indonesian co.
More News Environmentalists on Saturday praised Burger King's decision to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rainforests. The U.S.... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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A worker power washes an air boat at the decontamination unit at the Deepwater Horizon Response Plaquemines Branch Sept. 2, 2010.

The Times of India Sat 4 Sep 2010
BP spill costs hit $ 8bn as crews unearth clues
WASHINGTON: British oil giant BP has spent $ 8 billion to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the... (photo: US Coast Guard / PO3 Charly Hengen)
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Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) Chairman R.S. Sharma(jsen2)

The Times of India Sat 4 Sep 2010
Liberate ONGC from unfair royalty burdens
The government would do well to scrap the obligation on oil and gas major ONGC to pay the entirety of royalty in its many joint ventures with private companies in oil and... (photo: AP Photo / )
Economy Energy Industry Photos Wikipedia: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Gasoline - Fuel Prices

MSNBC Sat 4 Sep 2010
Oil settles below $75 after jobs report
NEW YORK — Oil prices retreated Friday after a closely watched U.S. employment report threw cold water over future energy demand from the world's largest economy.... (photo: WN / sweet)
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Energy

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	Study: Italy should get own nuclear energy The Boston Globe
	China energy industry drives 6.3% rise in top 500 firm's operating revenue Gulf News

Gas

	Recession trims Oregon gas pipelines from 7 to 1 Fresno Bee
	Driver hit gas, not brake and plows into hotel Newsday
	CPC raises the price of gas and diesel Taipei Times

Electricity

	Electric Light Orchestra founding member Mike Edwards killed by 50-stone hay bale freak accident Newsvine
	Cessna developing electric-powered proof-of-concept 172 Skyhawk The Examiner
	Gateshead Council's electric vans cut carbon emissions BBC News

OPEC oil edges up to 72.89 dollars

OPEC Vienna Oct. 2006

IEA Predicts Greater Reliance on OPEC Oil

OPEC oil price hovers above 72 dollars

OPEC oil retreats to 72.39 dollars m&c
OPEC oil price up at 73.05 dollars m&c
OPEC oil price rises to 72.36 dollars m&c
Iraq says it may abide by OPEC quotas in 2-3 years MSNBC
50th Anniversary of OPEC Fast Company
50 years of OPEC Newsvine
Opec to invest $40b in refineries Gulf News
FG Flags Off OPEC's 50th Anniversary Celebration All Africa
OPEC facing dilemma over oil prices Middle East Online
Petroleum stocks at 20-year high weigh on crude market Gulf News
OPEC oil price inches down to 73.03 dollars m&c
OPEC oil eases to 73.05 dollars as US stocks grow m&c
OPEC's spare crude oil capacity - will it disappear by the e Energy Bulletin
OPEC oil gains 0.98 dollars after 5-day fall m&c
Feds say deepwater wells can no longer dodge environmental r Grist
OPEC oil slips further, to 72.27 dollars m&c
Peak oil review Energy Bulletin
OPEC oil ended week down at 72.64 dollars m&c
OPEC ups 2010 world oil demand growth to 1.2% The Siasat Daily
Opec sees sluggish demand on surplus stockpiles Gulf News

KNPC's Zanki hired as new CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corp

Petroleum and Transport workers want their rights protected

US Navy 060526-N-8959T-056 Iraqi Oil Terminal Fire in the Persian Gulf

Iraq's oil future may be vulnerable after US exit

Concerns raised over oil industry's role in health study National Post
Ethanol mandate could strip regular unleaded fuel option fro The Daily Telegraph Australia
Culpable BP Oil blowout preventer raised from ocean floor The Examiner
Make your own play dough with natural dyes The Examiner
10 of 18 penguin species experience further serious populati DNA India
Petrol pump dealers threaten strike over sale commission The Times of India
Oil's rangebound 2010 catches out price bulls The Times of India
BP brings blowout preventer behind the Gulf oil spill to sur The Examiner
Battle brews over Karoo gas Business Report
India pitches for stake in Ghana energy sector Deccan Herald
India gas production to rise 25 per cent to 180 mmscmd by 20 The Times of India
No Risk, Says Leader of Spill Response The New York Times
Money and rhetoric from the right The News & Observer
Parties, Etc. ---Sunday, September 5, 2010 The Oklahoman
Oklahoma Deaths: Sunday, September 5, 2010 The Oklahoman
Testing to continue on Oklahoma Pikepass stickers The Oklahoman
Wind industry fights to defend its position as clean energy The Oklahoman
Life and times of Oklahoma pioneers chronicled across the st The Oklahoman
Deals that made Bill White wealthy reflect a demanding, focu The Dallas Morning News
Oklahoma City bank grows without branches The Oklahoman

Brazil shows the way to renewable fuels: Subsidize innovation, then get out of the way

Food poisoning bacteria may be key to future of renewable energy

Ragan renews Atlanta glory days

Severn green energy project loses government funding The Guardian
EC eyes 20 percent renewables target for 2020 MSNBC
Idaho - the US hub for renewable energy The Examiner
Are solar panels the next e-waste? The Guardian
Shaughnessy teams up Renewable Choice for carbon offsets pro Energy Business Review
Pasture renewal focus for latest Farming Review Scoop
Offshore Ship Designers helps to harness marine renewable en Offshore Shipping Online
Renewed commitment to injury prevention Scoop
Tata Power-led consortium to set up 240-mw project in Indone The Times of India
Feds lease prime solar land, but narry a panel is in sight Grist
U.S. Energy Use Declines, Renewables Increase The Examiner
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security The Star
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas The New York Times
Richard Burr: objectionable and vulnerable Grist
Americans using less energy, more renewables Newsvine
Nissan Motor, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan sign MOU to promot Energy Business Review
Waste Management expands recycling services through investme Energy Business Review
FirstEnergy's conversion of coal plant to biomass undermines The Examiner
UOP to provide technology for Rialto Renewable Energy Center Energy Business Review
Key to limitless energy Gulf News

Water Pollution

Water meet focuses on pollution and quality

Eurostar and Thalys TGV at Paris Gare du Nord In November 2007, various British newspapers reported that Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national train company, had applied to use the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1 rail line into St Pancras Internationa

U.S. Plays Catch-Up on High-Speed Rail

Rice - Food - Commodity - Grain

Mozambique's food riots �ro" the true face of global warming

Prince Charles promotes being 'green' with five staff and a The Daily Mail
Greenpeace activists arrested for occupying Arctic oil rig Newsvine
Official: Obama backing research tax credits The News & Observer
Ken Cuccinelli addresses 200 at town-hall meeting in Virgini The Examiner
Investigative Report: How the BP Oil Rig Blowout Happened // Newsvine
Pollution, worsening quality focus of World Water Week Zeenews
TUCKER: Summer hot with cultural worries Nashville Tennessean
Analysis of "How will Israel bomb Iran?" from LA Eurasian Ex The Examiner
Koch brothers donate $1 million in support of Proposition 23 Contra Costa Times
BP investigator laments 'nobody in charge' - U#S# news - Env Newsvine
Letters: Sep. 5 Knox News
POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie, GOP back Castle The Guardian
Chris Christie Backs Delaware GOP Senate Candidate Mike Cast Huffington Post
Environmentalists face tough task in climate debate The Boston Globe
Kate Watson's innovation: Bristol Green Doors weekend The Guardian
Rising wheat prices raise fears over UK commitment to biofue The Guardian
Miliband accuses coalition of 'greenwash' over North Sea oil The Independent
Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming The Observer
The growing pains of Otter Farm The Observer
Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf: US official PhysOrg

An aerial view of a heavy-water production plant, which went into operation despite U.N. demands that Iran roll back its nuclear program, in the central Iranian town of Arak, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006.

Japan imposes additional sanctions on Iran

Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan waves to media at his residence in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Pakistan defended Saturday the easing of restrictions on Khan, saying the man who once confessed to passing nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya no longer posed a risk because his smuggling network had been dismantled.

Pakistan's bomb has prevented war with India: A Q Khan

A U.S. flag flutters as an Indian flags flutters atop the Parliament House, background, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 27, 2006. Bush's visit to India will be judged by whether he seals a nuclear deal with New Delhi, yet its success also depends on whether he finds a new footing with a burgeoning economic power that some Americans fear and others em

Cracks in India's nuclear law

Germany aims to extend nuclear plant use Khaleej Times
Study says Italy should introduce nuclear energy The Boston Globe
German government debates future of nuclear energy BBC News
Merkel government ponders nuclear power decision (2nd Lead) m&c
Railways eyeing captive nuclear plant to meet energy needs The Times of India
Merkel government ponder nuclear power decision (1st Lead) m&c
Merkel government to reach nuclear power decision m&c
Farmland is being readied for a nuclear crop Kansas City Star
India to host Asian Nuclear Prospects conference in October The Siasat Daily
UN nuclear chief asks Israel to join treaty The Jordan Times
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may end up as Genghis Khan with a nuclea The Daily Telegraph
’59 nuclear-meltdown site may get cleanup The Columbus Dispatch
Nuclear agency asks Israel to join pact The Boston Globe
Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site Herald Tribune
EDITORIAL: Nuclear pact with India Asahi News
Tom Geer Joins Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Business redOrbit
Calif, feds announce deal to clean up LA-area site of 1959 n Star Tribune
Calif, feds announce deal to clean up site of 1959 nuclear a Hartford Courant
UN nuclear agency chief asks Israel to consider signing the Star Tribune
Isreal rejects opening up nuclear programme, IAEA reports m&c

Coal-bed methane water examined in 6 states

Public pleads with EPA to regulate coal ash waste

New coal mine exhibit at museum

S. Carolina power company coal ash sites face closure under Toledo Blade
Greenpeace wants Facebook center off coal fuel MSNBC
Coal a 'driving factor' in U.S. Senate race Lexington Herald-Leader
Coal ash hearing set for Wednesday The Oklahoman
Polluted coal ponds face EPA closure threat The State
S.C. power company coal ash sites face closure under federal The Miami Herald
Industry fears toxic label for coal ash waste MSNBC
Coal India public offer gets Crisil's top grading The Hindu
PMO may ask coal blocks in 'no-go' mining areas to supply UM Indian Express
Coal India gets higher IPO ratings Deccan Chronicle
CRISIL assigns top rating to Coal India IPO The Times of India
Crisil assigns top rating to Coal India's IPO Deccan Herald
Shengkai Innovations Attended Key Coal-Chemical Exhibition redOrbit
"Burning the Future" an unsettling look at coal Denver Post
Nearly 10,000 coal trucks stuck in latest north China traffi Star Tribune
Ill. regulators: Clean-coal plant to cost plenty MSNBC
Green camapigner wants coal seam gas moratorium Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Studies for A$4bn coal mine to be concluded by 2011 Mining Weekly
SESB studying alternative energy after coal-fired power plan The Star
Sierra Club sues east Texas coal-fired power plant Houston Chronicle

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