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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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By adding an airbase to their military presence in Syria, the Russians—coordinating with Iran, Syrian President Assad, and eventually possibly Iraq—would have the capability to disrupt shipments from Persian Gulf and Red Sea terminals. In addition, mismanaged confrontation with the U.S.

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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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In Tokyo, the fires merged into a firestorm so intense that it created its own wind system and set alight the city’s many wooden buildings. Earthquake-prone areas have invested heavily in making their buildings and infrastructure as earthquake-resilient as possible. Survivors rushed to seek safety.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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To increase and improve the sector, Estonia is not only spending heavily on RD&D for biomass-based energy, wind and solar power, but it is also pursuing solutions such as fuel cells and electrolyzers as well as computer-based energy management technologies for buildings, power storage and grid development.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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Furthermore, several national oil companies, Venezuela’s among them, are building refineries with local partners in Asia, which will use their crude. They are fighting a multi-front war with Iran directly (in Yemen) and indirectly (in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq). Saudi confidence in their financial wherewithal is proving misplaced.

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Commercial Satellites Are National Security’s Next Frontier

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Meanwhile, the general public already had access to “satellite imagery of the war operations in Syria, horrific videos on YouTube, detailed maps and timelines of events, and audio recordings.” Lewis says the sharp contrast between such information and the official dossier released on Syria, “further harmed the credibility of U.S.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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These low values underscore the potential impact of population ageing on the labor market and economic performance, as well as the fiscal pressures that many countries will face in the coming decades as they seek to build and maintain public systems of health care, pensions and social protection for older persons.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. Vehicle manufacturing is an energy-intensive process. In 2021, Global EV purchases jumped to 6.6 Where does lithium come from?