B.C. judge rules multimillion-dollar Inside Passage fuel spill fine should go to Heiltsuk Nation

Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:21:54 +0000

The Nathan E. Stewart – an American articulated tug-barge travelling the Inside Passage from Alaska to Vancouver – ran aground and sank on a reef next to Athlone Island in the Seaforth Channel close to Bella Bella in the early hours of Oct. 13, 2016.

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Trump promotes environmental record despite rollbacks

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:06:23 +0000

Trump promotes environmental record despite rollbacks

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump declared himself a champion of the environment Monday, working to boost his standing on climate change and pollution issues in advance of the 2020 election despite having launched some of the most sweeping rollbacks in air, water and other protections in decades.

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OPEC extends oil production cuts amid weaker demand outlook

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:51:59 +0000

OPEC extends oil production cuts amid weaker demand outlook

 VIENNA – OPEC is extending its deal to cut production for another nine months in bid to keep oil prices from sagging as the oil cartel faces a weakening outlook for global demand.

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Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 02:08:49 +0000

Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia

The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region’s oil import-dependent economies.

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Tempers flare as oil-rich Venezuela starts to ration gas at the pumps

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:02:33 +0000

Tempers flare as oil-rich Venezuela starts to ration gas at the pumps

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela — Maria Lopez complains about gasoline rationing that Venezuela — home to the world’s largest oil reserves

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Iran president seeks wartime executive powers

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 07:55:50 +0000

Iran president seeks wartime executive powers

Iran’s president has told a group of clerics that he is seeking expanded, wartime executive powers to better deal with an “economic war” triggered by the Trump administration’s pullout from the nuclear deal and escalating U.S. sanctions.

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Maduro says United States wants Venezuela’s oil

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:03:01 +0000

Maduro says United States wants Venezuela's oil

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has pressed his case directly to Americans, and said Trump admin is behind an attempt to overthrow him.

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