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• All change as gas reserves soar

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 144
  With coal being too dirty and wind farms and nuclear power plants arriving late, it seems the world is left with a stark choice: keep on polluting or turn out the lights. Unless, that is, someone comes up with an alternative. Energy executive Rune Bjornson thinks he has the answer.
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• Trade pact a road to $1-trillion Gulf market for India: Bahrain

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The free trade agreement that India and Gulf countries hope to sign will give Indian firms greater access to the $1-trillion market in the Middle East, apart from a cost-competitive route to western economies like the US, a senior executive of Bahrain’s Economic Development Board has ...
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• NYT > World: China Pledges $10 Billion to Africa

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . China offered African governments a multibillion-dollar package of financial and technical assistance.
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• Carbon Nanotube Sponges Can Absorb Oils and Solvents up to 180x Their Own Weight; Potential for Enhanced Oil Spill Cleanup

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 598
  The carbon nanotube sponge is hydrophobic, but can absorb up to 180x its own weight in organic matter. Click to enlarge. Researchers at Peking University and Tsinghua University have developed a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based sponge that can soak up organic pollutants—such as oils and solvents—from the surface ...
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• Transition Towns and Resilience Thinking

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 163
  The concept of resilience appears to be really spreading.  One interesting group of people attempting to build resilience in specific communities is the Transition town movement. A global network of communities each of which is attempting to build their resilience to climate change and peak oil while addressing the ...
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• Colorado Avalanche Host the Edmonton Oilers in Denver

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 163
  Colorado Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson (41) reacts after Edmonton Oilers center Andrew Cogliano (13) scored the final goal during the third period at the Pepsi Center in Denver on November 8, 2009. Edmonton beat Colorado 5-3 to end the Avalanche’s unbeaten home streak. UPI/Gary C. Caskey… Date Taken: ...
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• Hemp Is The New / Old Perfect Food

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 163
  Photographer: G Monkie (CC) Milk is for calves. Soy is for losers. So, what’s the alternative? Hemp. Hemp is the oldest food known to mankind, but only lately has it been receiving massive buzz as the next must-incorporate-into-your-diet super food. The reasons are clear. With its nutty creamy taste, hemp ...
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• Around the Web – Shell, HP, Obama, Geoengineering

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 622
  Today’s news from around the web.Shell to pay $19.5 mln for California violationsYahoo FinanceG20 makes little progress on climate financingReutersU.S. Water Use Declines Despite 30% Population IncreaseCleanTechnicaHewlett Packard’s Data Center Smart Grid: Two Trends in One NameSeeking AlphaObama set to announce ...
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• Athabasca Oil Sands

  
  Geology News — Authority: 515
  In the ranking of the world’s proven oil reserves, Canada stands behind only Saudi Arabia. Canada possesses an estimated 178.6 billion barrels of crude oil accessible using current technology. Of this reserve, 174 billion barrels are in Alberta’s Athabasca oil sand fields.
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• EXCITING JOB VACANCY AT OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2009

  
  NIGERIA TOP JOBS and CAREERS BLOG WEBSITE — Authority: 447
  OUR CLIENT SOUTH ATLANTIC PETROLEUM IS A KEY INDIGENOUS PLAYER IN THE UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. WITH ITS FIRST DEEPWATER PRODUCTION NOW ON STREAM, IT IS SEEKING TALENTED INDIVIDUALS WITH ENTHUSIAM, DRIVE AND ORIGINAL IDEAS TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF ITS EXISTING ASSESTS AND PURSUE AN AMBITIOUS EXPANSION AGENDA.   ...
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• “High Tide”

  
  Thaw Malin Art — Authority: 120
  Welcome. I love to paint and would like to share my paintings with you. Most days I will try to create and place a new painting here. Sign up for my emails and I will send you an image of my daily painting every time I do a new one. “High Tide”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. ...
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• Iron Man,Wild Goose! Sounds like a finger up a tin mans backside,doesnt it?

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 738
  Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice. After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed Wonga Coup – including Mark Thatcher. [previously] The plot itself is well documented – how in March 2004 Mann, Nick du Toit and ...
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• Only 1,400 working in the DIFC after five years

  
  ArabianMoney.Net — Authority: 480
  Today marks the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Dubai International Financial Centre. The tally of 869 trade licenses is impressive but that includes the tailor and ice-cream parlour. Less impressive is that after five years only 1,400 professionals work in the DIFC. Yes, that is not a misprint. Not 14,000 or ...
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• Africa to Get US$10 Billion in Loans from China

  
  China Briefing News — Authority: 500
  Nov. 9 – China has committed to providing US$10 billion in concessional loans to African countries and cancel debts as a way of increasing its role in the continent during the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation yesterday.The loan package will allot a US$1 billion special loan for small and medium-size ...
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• International NGO Battles Malaria in Oil Rich Niger Delta’s Rural Communities

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  As Nigeria grapples with high deaths caused by malaria, an NGO, the International Centre for Women Empowerment and Child Development (ICWECD) has taken the battle against the disease to 200 rural communities in oil rich Delta State where malaria has become highly prevalent. ICWECD Executive Director, Bridget ...
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• Abstract art can be awesome! so can non-objective art!

  
  The Fine Art Blog of Darren Daz Cox — Authority: 115
   I refuse to pigeon-hole myself into a genre of art so I make some non-objective art as well as abstract art. To the masses, the two words are one and the same but they mean two different things. Abstract is based on a thing, such as an apple, non-objective is not based on a thing, [...]
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• Vacancy for FPSO Project in SINGAPORE [RPE]

  
  Bursa Lowongan Kerja — Authority: 141
  RPE GROUPWe are RPE GROUP also known as RPE-Engineering an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) for oil and gas industry immediately looking for several positions to be placed in SINGAPORE for FPSO Project:1. Senior Instrument and Control Engineer Minimum Bachelor Degree from Physics or ...
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• (PXD) Pioneer Natural Resources Company Misses Forecasts, but Volumes are up

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Pioneer Natural Resources Company ( PXD ) reported its third quarter results of 2 cents per share, well below than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 6 cents and year-earlier quarter earnings of 91 cents. Before adjusting one-time items, loss per share was 6 cents. Despite the increased production volumes and lower ...
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• (SE) Spectra Energy Corporation Surpasses Consensus Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Spectra Energy Corporation ( SE ) reported its third quarter results of 30 cents per share, compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 28 cents and the year-earlier quarter earnings of 49 cents. Earnings came in above expectations on the back of contribution from the company’s fee-based businesses. The U.S. ...
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• (STO) Statoil ASA Slips, but Volumes up

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Statoil ASA ( STO ) reported its third quarter results of 38 cents per share, compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 40 cents and in line with the year-earlier quarter earnings. Revenue for the quarter was NOK 123.1 billion ($20.1 billion), down 29% year over year. Though the company’s results were hurt by ...
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