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GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY -- In this nation that embraced one of the world's most aggressive campaigns against global warming, the Pokropp family can almost hear the cha-ching when switching off their lights.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies...
Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 By MICHAEL RUBINKAM The Associated Press DIMOCK, Pa. — Pat Farnelli says there’s something in the water at her house. Like her neighbors in this rural community 15 miles south of the New York...
Derek Neas, Associated Press The Iron Range Interpretative Center opened in 1977 to preserve the heritage and culture of the immigrants who settled the Range. A geology museum and ethnic center were added in 1978 and 1979. a...
Updated Friday, November 20, 2009 ; 04:49 PM A 34.46 carat diamond found in 1928 was sold at Sotheby's in 1984. One of the largest diamonds ever found in North America was unearthed in Peterstown during a game of horseshoes in...
Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil Author: Peter Maass Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf WE live in a world that is painfully ironic, more so if it concerns oil. As Peter Maass puts it in his new book Crude World, the world of...
Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 Active oil, gas rigs in U.S. up by 12; Texas gains 9 The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 12 this week to 1,113. Houston-based Baker Hughes said Friday that 726...
With a population of 27 million, Uzbekistan is Central Asia's most populous and dominant power. Since the global recession that began a year ago, however, Uzbekistan's fiscal conservatism, previously dismissed by the foreign...
Saad Group has agreed to sell a 19 percent stake in Petra Diamonds Limited, a UK-based mining company focusing on diamond resources, for $100 million in a private placement, SPA reported. Saad Group is a Saudi Arabia-based...
has agreed to sell a 19 percent stake in Petra Diamonds Limited, a UK-based mining company focusing on diamond resources, for $100 million in a private placement. Saad GroupSaad Group is a Saudi Arabia-based conglomerate...
