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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Nigeria or Algeria cannot do the same for their oil industry. This scenario assumes a full global consensus for action on climate change. G20 countries build a generous Green Climate Fund, well above the $100-billion-a-year goal in the Paris climate agreement. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait might, and should be encouraged to do so.

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New Algerian city to be model for low-carbon urban development in developing world

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A newly unveiled project to build a sustainable, low-carbon city in Algeria—Boughzoul—may serve as a prototype for urban development in other cities of the developing world without adding to greenhouse gas emissions. The project is being spearheaded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which will provide 8.5

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New Algerian city to be model for low-carbon urban development in developing world

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A newly unveiled project to build a sustainable, low-carbon city in Algeria—Boughzoul—may serve as a prototype for urban development in other cities of the developing world without adding to greenhouse gas emissions. The project is being spearheaded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which will provide 8.5

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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

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Sand Job” takes the presenters to the remote and little-viewed country of Mauritania, located in the northeast corner of Africa southwest of Algeria. & The group turn around and climb the mountain the tunnel cut through, before encountering a work crew with a backhoe and a van which is, we’re told, building a road.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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from a market for Russian crude and natural gas (via LNG) to a global competitor. into a major (potential) LNG competitor in global LNG import markets, and, via the U.S. by Dalan McEndree for Oilprice.com. The emergence of the U.S., This has transformed the U.S. If, as seems increasingly likely, the ban on crude exports is lifted, U.S.

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