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Small Glimmers Of Hope As Climate Changes Exacerbate Violence

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has established a causal link between climate change and the rise in armed conflicts in sub-Saharan African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. This region has become the global epicenter of violent extremist activity.

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The 5 Countries That Could Push Oil Prices Up

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Iraq represents the most obvious near-term threat to global supplies, but because the bulk of the country’s output is located in the south, far from the unrest, the potential outage is likely capped at 600,000 bpd, and would probably be temporary. mb/d, meaning Libya won't be able to bring output back to pre-war levels of 1.6 mb/d currently.

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Platts: June OPEC output of 32.73M barrels of crude per day, highest since Aug. 2008

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million b/d, as production in Nigeria and Libya tentatively recovered along with steady increases for Saudi Arabia and Iran, according to an S&P Global Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials. —Eklavya Gupte, senior editor for S&P Global Platts. million b/d, the lowest since February 2003, S&P Global Platts data showed.

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U Florida team using fungi to extract cobalt and lithium from waste batteries

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Although a global problem, the US leads the way as the largest generator of electronic waste. are using three strains of fungi: Aspergillus niger , Penicillium simplicissimum and Penicillium chrysogenum. It is unclear how many electronic products are recycled. To drive the process, Cunningham and Valerie Harwood, Ph.D.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Global electrification has risen steadily since World War II, reaching 73 percent in 2000 and 90 percent in 2019 (the pandemic year of 2020 was the. Therefore, to understand the progress of electrification, we need to augment the rate of nationwide access with information on the urban-rural divide and on actual per capita consumption.

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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

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The skepticism shown by a majority of financial analysts and oil commentators about the real threat to global oil (and gas) production volumes was countered by the news that the production at Saudi Aramco’s main offshore oil field, Manifa, has been hit by technical problems. Amin Nasser’s aim is to go beyond global oil markets.

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Water Levels Dropping in Some of the Worlds Major Rivers

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Rivers in some of the world’s most populous regions are losing water, according to a comprehensive study of global stream flows. Several of the rivers channeling less water serve large populations, including the Yellow River in northern China, the Ganges in India, the Niger in West Africa and the Colorado in the southwestern United States.

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