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EIA: Top 5 US crude oil suppliers account for 72% of total crude imports; highest proportion since 1997

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During 2012, Iraq replaced Nigeria as the fifth-largest supplier of US crude oil imports. Highlights from the major crude oil supplying countries to the United States in 2012 included: Canada. Crude oil imports rose 4% to 906,000 bbl/d, the first increase since 2007. Crude oil imports by the United States averaged a record 2.4

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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When precancerous tissue forms, new blood vessels grow to supply it with blood. Improving neonatal care in sub-Saharan Africa In 2007 Richards-Kortum, Oden, and their team began developing technology to improve neonatal health care and reduce death rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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The full report will also cover Nigeria and Indonesia and will be released later in 2010. Revealing the Scale of Subsidies to Fossil Fuels (2007). The authors note that the US is an important test case for the idea that price-gap evaluations alone are not sufficient to capture the many ways that fossil energy is subsidized.

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Glencore to pay >$1.1B to resolve government’s investigation into bribery and commodity and price manipulation

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Between approximately 2007 and 2018, Glencore and its subsidiaries caused approximately $79.6 Between approximately 2007 and 2018, Glencore and its subsidiaries caused approximately $79.6 bought from, and sold to, another party, did not reflect legitimate forces of supply and demand.