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China Embraces Corporate Social Responsibility 19.5.2013 NY Times: Asia-Pacific
China Embraces Corporate Social Responsibility
Editorial: Climate Warnings, Growing Louder 18.5.2013 NY Times: Editorials
Editorial: Climate Warnings, Growing Louder
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MN Gas Prices Still The Nation’s Most Expensive 18.5.2013 WCCO: Local News
(credit: GasBuddy.com)Another day, another infamous No. 1 ranking as Minnesota still has the highest gas prices in the nation, according to GasBuddy.com.
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Under Pressure, China Measures Its Impact in Myanmar 18.5.2013 NY Times: Asia-Pacific
Under Pressure, China Measures Its Impact in Myanmar
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Friday Trash Dump: Obama DOE Approves 2nd Fracked Gas LNG Export Terminal 18.5.2013 CommonDreams.org Headlines
Friday is the proverbial "take out the trash day" for the release of bad news among public relations practioners and this Friday was no different. In that vein, yesterday the Obama Department of Energy (DOE) announced a conditional approval of the second-ever LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal. read ...
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Obama's Arctic Strategy Sets Off a Climate Time Bomb 18.5.2013 Commondreams.org Views
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

One week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, outlining the government's strategic priorities over the next 10 years.

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Will California Ban Fracking? 18.5.2013 Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Efforts to put the brakes on the practice of hydraulic fracturing, often called "fracking," took a step forward in California earlier this...
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Will California Ban Fracking? 18.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Efforts to put the brakes on the practice of hydraulic fracturing, often called "fracking," took a step forward in California earlier this...
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Op-Ed Columnist: Energy Exports Are Good! 18.5.2013 NY Times: Editorials
Op-Ed Columnist: Energy Exports Are Good!
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Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit 18.5.2013 NYT > Environment
Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit
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Michael Brune: The Overview Effect 18.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Few of us will ever venture past the 60-mile boundary that separates Earth and outer space. If you do, though, you're likely to experience something known as "the overview effect" -- a cognitive shift in how you perceive our planet.
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DealBook: 3 Foreign Companies Invest in U.S. Project to Export Liquid Gas 18.5.2013 International Herald Tribune: Business
DealBook: 3 Foreign Companies Invest in U.S. Project to Export Liquid Gas
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Oil price probe widens, senator wants Justice Department help 18.5.2013 Yahoo: Business
By Simon Falush and Timothy Gardner LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A European probe into possible oil price manipulation expanded with the investigation of a small niche trading house in the Netherlands, while a key U.S. senator on Friday called for the Justice Department to join the investigation. Dutch trading house Argos Energies, a mid-sized trading company that deals in physical oil products and owns storage facilities, was visited by inspectors from the European Commission on Tuesday, a source familiar with the investigation said on Friday. ... ...
Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown 18.5.2013 Wall St. Journal: Opinion
Houston's mayor—an openly gay Democrat friendly to business—talks about why her city is the country's fastest growing and most diverse.
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Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan 18.5.2013 Yahoo: Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas. ...
Subway System Being Prepared For Next Big Storm 17.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Removable panels and inflatable plugs are among the ideas New York City's transit officials are considering to stop the next big...
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Obama Tries Hard To Change The Subject 17.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Mark Felsenthal and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening...
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New Draft Fracking Rules Give Industry a Free Pass 17.5.2013 Switchboard, from NRDC
Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City: When I talk to people who live near fracking operations, they often ask me the same question: “What is this doing to my drinking water?” Homeowners have shown me jugs of water from their kitchen sinks that look like rusty...
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U.S. Opens Door to More Gas Exports 17.5.2013 Wall St. Journal: US
The Obama administration approved a second terminal to export natural gas, a sign that the prospective benefits from exporting energy outweigh concerns about possible negative impacts on the U.S. economy.
APNewsBreak: Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG plan 17.5.2013 Yahoo: Top Stories
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department has given conditional approval to a Texas company that wants to export liquefied natural gas, the second LNG export project the Obama administration has approved as it faces a wave of export requests.
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