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China invests $40 billion in Iran oil, gas: Minister
TEHRAN: Iran's main economic partner China has invested around 40 billion dollars in the Islamic republic's oil and gas sector, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. | Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi also said that Tehran's oil exports to China fell ...Full Story
BP spill clouds future of U.S. drilling
| Just weeks after the Obama administration was on the verge of loosening the nation's policy on offshore oil drilling, the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused an abrupt reversal. | The full impact won’t be clear until the scope and causes of the Dee...Full Story
New climate bill has drilling veto
| WASHINGTON — Coastal states could veto offshore drilling plans under long-awaited legislation to curb global warming that was unveiled Wednesday. | The proposal by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., comes just as the Gulf oil disaster complic...Full Story
Gulf oil spill recovery efforts may be entering a new phase
| BILOXI, Miss. - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scale back'' in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen. | There were several signs yesterday tha...Full Story
US specialist says China oil spill understated
| BEIJING - China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported - bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago - and some of the oil was dumped deliberately to avoid further disaster, an American specialist said yesterday. | Ch...Full Story
Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich.-Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer. | Enbridge Inc., the Canadian owner of th...Full Story
Obama hails auto bailouts as good news
DETROIT — A year after the government's big auto industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting economy. But his upbeat ...Full Story
House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate
| WASHINGTON – The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its ...Full Story
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Sat 31 Jul 2010
China invests $40 bln in Iran oil, gas: minister
Yahoo Daily News | TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran's main economic partner China has invested around 40 billion dollars in the Islamic republic's oil and gas sector, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. | Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi also sa...
Gas explosion razes industrial building in L.A.
Denver Post | LOS ANGELES — A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker was hurled into the street, car windows were shattered and a survivor had his hair singed in the inferno. | One man died of s...
Wildlife at risk from Michigan river spill
Denver Post | Related ArticlesJul 30:Wildlife rescue escalates at Mich. river oil spill | MARSHALL, Mich. — Volunteers and government officials scrambled Friday to save wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company t...
Oil-spill recovery appears to be entering new phase
Denver Post | The sun sets Thursday behind the Transocean Development Driller III, leased by BP, as the rig drills a backup relief well at BP's Macondo well site in the gulf (. Derick E. Hingle, Bloomberg )Related ArticlesJul 27:Oil spill legal mess likely one o...
Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months
The Associated Press BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer. | Enbridge Inc....
House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress...
Cleanup of Mich. River Oil Spill Will Take Months
The New York Times | Filed at 3:01 a.m. ET | BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerab...
Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
Tulsa World BILOXI, Miss. — BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen. | There were sever...
Job, cost cuts decrease AEP profits 57 percent
Tulsa World COLUMBUS, Ohio — American Electric Power said Friday its second-quarter earnings dropped 57 percent, mainly from charges as the company slashed 11.5 percent of its work force and cut costs. | AEP recorded a one-time charge of $293 million for s...
Group fights BLM's El Paso pipeline nod
Tulsa World Federal approval of El Paso Corp.'s biggest expansion project, a 678-mile natural-gas pipeline spanning four western states, should be reviewed by an appeals court, the Center for Biological Diversity says in a lawsuit. | The lawsuit filed Friday in ...
Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months
Herald Tribune | BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer. | Enbridge Inc., th...
China oil spill estimated to top Exxon Valdez
San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 | (07-31) 04:00 PDT Beijing -- | China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported - bigger than the famous Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago - and some of the oil was dumped deliberately to avoid further...
1 dead, 1 critically hurt in L.A. explosion
San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 | (07-31) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles -- | A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker was hurled into the street, car windows were shattered and a survivor had his hair singed in the inferno...
Cabinet sits on decision
Kuensel Online | No cushion for high voltage users for much longer | Subsidy Level 31 July, 2010 - The government has not yet decided anything on the level of subsidy and power tariff for local consumers and industries recommended by Bhutan electricity authority (B...
Chevron posts huge 2nd-quarter profit
San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 | Chronicle Illustration / Chronicle Illustration | Images | View Larger Images Get Quote | Symbol Lookup | Chevron Corp. on Friday joined the parade of oil giants posting big second-quarter profits, as rising petroleum prices lifted the compan...
300 homes in wildfire's path evacuated
San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 | Mike Meadows / AP | Houses in the background are barely visible through the smoke as leaping flames from the Crown Fire race across the high desert near Lake Elizabeth Road in Palmdale. View Larger Image | (07-31) 04:00 PDT Palmdale, Los Ange...
Wildlife rescued in Michigan
Ohio | MARSHALL, MICH.: Volunteers and government officers scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife harmed by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained. ...
Michelin first-half earnings improve
Ohio | Bloomberg News | Michelin & Cie., the world's second-largest tire maker behind Bridgestone Corp., said Friday it had a first-half profit and gave a full-year operating margin target that was higher than analysts estimated because of less pressu...
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Ohio | CANTON: Habitat for Humanity has long been known for building homes that improve lives, one family at a time. | But one house going up in inner-city Canton is trying for a far broader impact. | The modest, three-bedroom house is a model of green co...
Oklahoma Deaths: Saturday: July 31, 2010
The Oklahoman   Oklahoman    Leave a comment | BARTLESVILLE | Cottle, Sarah, 86, homemaker, died July 26. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sneed Chapel, First United Methodist Church (Neekamp-Luginbuel, Bartlesville). | Culbertson, Wanda M., 93, homemaker...
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