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Government snubs oil deal with US firm

Somalia’s president and prime minister banded together to cancel the agreement, just signed by the petroleum minister Somali Petroleum Minister Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed announced on Sunday that the country had signed a revenue sharing deal with a US oil firm. Shortly afterwards, it was denounced by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein […]

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company și Borealis au semnat un acord de 6,2 miliarde de dolari pentru extinderea uzinei Borouge din Emiratele Arabe Unite

În urma acordului va fi construită a patra facilitate la complexul de fabricare de poliolefine Borouge (polimeri sintetici – n. r.) din Ruwais, lângă Abu Dhabi. Borouge produce materii prime industriale care sunt exportate clienţilor din întreaga lume şi sunt folosite de companiile locale, majorând lanţurile locale de aprovizionare industrială. Unitatea ar urma să devină […]

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Multinational oil and gas giant Total accused of playing down threat of global warming since late 1980s – report

A report published in the peer-reviewed Global Environment Change journal has blasted oil and gas company Total for “promoting doubt regarding the scientific basis for global warming,” accusing it of moving from “denial to delay.” The accusations are laid out in a report that explores Total’s response to global warming between 1971 and 2021, following […]

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Police remove survivors of 1980s mass canola oil poisoning from Madrid’s El Prado museum, where they threatened suicide

A group who survived a mass canola oil poisoning 40 years ago have been removed by police after occupying Madrid’s El Prado museum, having threatened to end their lives if the government ignores calls to help the victims. Protesters had occupied the Madrid museum, stating that in “six hours” they would “start ingesting the pills” if […]

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Dozens of environmental activists block Shell’s oil refinery in Netherlands in protest over ‘greenwashing’ ads (PHOTOS)

Over 80 activists from a dozen EU states have blocked entry to Shell’s oil refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to protest against the giant’s “greenwashing” advertisements and call for a new law that bans fossil fuel ads. On Monday, Greenpeace EU climate and energy campaigner Silvia Pastorelli announced that the group’s activists were barricading Shell’s […]