By Scott Stearns White House 25 April 2006 President Bush President Bush is temporarily suspending environmental rules on gasoline and deferring purchases for the nation's strategic reserves in hopes

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By Paul Sisco Washington 28 March 2007 watch Ethanol Racing report If it works for one, the rest usually follow suit. That's the way it is in motor racing. This year all 33 race cars in the Indianapolis 500 are running on ethanol, not gasoline, not

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Nigerian militants in the restive Niger Delta appear to be making good their promise to cripple the country's petroleum industry, targeting oil company employees and attacking facilities in the oil-rich region. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports the

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By Dan Robinson Washington 25 September 2009 The revelation that Iran has been constructing a second uranium enrichment facility has reinforced the determination of the U.S. Congress to move forward with sanctions legislation. With Iran now facing i

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Iraq Taps Its Oil Riches, But Risks Deter Big Investment Iraq's government says recent explorations show the country could be sitting on the world's largest oil reserves at up to 350 billion barrels. The figure is unproven, but many agree that Iraq h

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Burma-China Pipelines Bring Benefits, Complaints At Mandalay Hills Su Taung Pyai Pagoda a Chinese visitor makes a ritual cleansing prayer. China is Burmas biggest investor and here in the countrys second largest city residents say an influx of Chines

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The drive to develop a battery to power automobiles, without using petroleum, is also behind the effort to develop an electric powered airplane. New designs for electric aircraft were recently unveiled at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA)

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The Obama administration said Thursday it has set no deadline for its diplomatic outreach to Iran to show results, but that U.S. patience on the issue of Tehran's nuclear program is not infinite. The new administration has said it will be a full par

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This week, the British oil company BP issued a controversial report on the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico four months ago. Regardless of who was at fault, the release of an estimated four million barrels of oil had a major envir

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Protests Grip Venezuela 抗议活动控制委内瑞拉 WASHINGTON Nearly one year after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, violent protests have erupted against his hand-picked successor, President Nicolas Maduro. The unrest is fed by det

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Sanctions Threat Weighs on Russian Oil Industry 国际制裁对俄罗斯石油业的影响 MOSCOW Russias economy runs on oil and gas, but with Russias economy on the edge of recession, a new threat has emerged: possible sanctions against energy tech

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In Africa, New Technologies Help Teach Women to Read 在非洲,新技术帮助教女人阅读 More Africans are communicating via text, social media and email. In Senegal, literacy experts are using the new technologies to motivate and teach women

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Fuel Shortages in Nigeria Could Affect Economy, Election 尼日利亚燃料短缺可能影响其经济和选举 LONDON Nigeria is suffering from a gasoline shortage as falling oil prices have affected the countrys ability to import and distribute ref

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The Bush administration is denying media reports that it is ordering Belarus to close its embassy in Washington as well as its consulate in New York, but is not ruling out such actions in the future. 布什政府否认媒体有关美国下令让白俄罗

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The local share market finished higher today, buoyed by gains in energy and bank shares. The All Ordinaries Index put on 12 points and the ASX 200 added 13 points. Oil and gas producer Santos added almost two percent, while Woodside Petroleum put on

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The key monthly business survey by National Australia Bank shows confidence remains below the level which it hit post-election. Conditions remain weak with employment falling sharply and forward orders remaining down. NAB says it shows the economy is

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Good morning. It was expected that the key measures of Chinese activity would fall and imports did drop more than expected for the tenth month in a row as well. But the weak conditions conversely prompted hopes of further government stimulus and prov

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能源和环境危机Fuel and Environment Crisis 人类一直利用地球上的资源来发展自身。环境因人的使用而改变,而人类并没有改变自己来适应环境。 Listen Read Learn Human beings have always used the resources of the Earth of their own development. The environment

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Do you have gas? Beginners. What kind of a question is that? Are you talking about my body or my car? Well, actually, I am talking about your car. Gas, or petrol, as it is called in England, is a big subject at the moment. Driving a car has become re

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 December 2006 OPEC oil ministers meeting in Nigeria have agreed to cut the organization's overall production by half a million barrels a day in February, but turned down calls for more immediate cuts. Gilbert da Costa re

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