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Turning more fat and sewage into natural gas
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
After treating sewage, wastewater treatment plants are left with solid sludge, called biosolids. For years, utilities have treated biosolids with microbes that ...
Esper: U.S. will keep 500 to 600 troops on the ground in Syria
Nov 14, 2019 (UPI)
That number is consistent with a statement made by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley earlier this week, telling ABC News that the U.S. footprint i...
US to keep around 600 troops in Syria: Pentagon chief
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
"We're still moving troops out of northeastern Syria," the US defense secretary said onboard a plane as he travelled to Seoul, where he begins a tour of Asia on...
IEA says world needs 'laser-like focus' to bring down emissions
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
The IEA said in its World Energy Outlook 2019 report that if current policies continue, demand will rise 1.3 percent annually through to 2040, "resulting in str...
New catalyst efficiently produces hydrogen from seawater
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a significant breakthrough with a new oxygen evolution reaction catalyst that, combined with a hydrogen...
Chinese scientists pleads guilty to technology theft
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
Hongjin Tan, 35, a Chinese national who was a permanent legal resident of the United States, was arrested in December 2018 and charged with stealing trade secre...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley: U.S. troops to remain in Syria
Nov 11, 2019 (UPI)
In his first televised interview since assuming the chairman's position in September, Millet told ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday that the U.S. footprint in Syr...
Tech juggernaut Saudi Aramco faces new test: shareholders
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia is offering a sliver of the company, touted as the kingdom's crown jewel, in its upcoming initial public offering that is the bedrock of Crown Prin...
Top US military official says 500 troops to remain in Syria
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
"There will be less than 1,000, for sure," General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on ABC's "This Week." "Probably in the 500ish frame,...
Pentagon: Syria oil revenue going to Kurdish fighters
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
"The revenue from this is not going to the US. This is going to the SDF," said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman, referring to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democrat...
UN report finds Jordan, Turkey, UAE violated Libya arms embargo
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
The three countries "routinely and sometimes blatantly supplied weapons with little effort to disguise the source," a summary of a year-long study by the UN exp...
Greek tanker firm readies files for Brazilian oil probe
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
The group hired by Bouboulina's owners, Delta Tankers, said Brazilian officials had written to the Greek merchant marine regulator requesting that four shipping...
A 3rd of California methane traced to a few super-emitters
Nov 07, 2019 (JPL)
Like carbon dioxide, methane traps heat in the atmosphere, but it does so more efficiently and for a shorter period of time. Scientists estimate that most metha...
US navy prepares allies to 'protect navigation' in Gulf
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
Washington's three-week International Maritime Exercise (IMX), which started on October 21, came after a number of commercial vessels were attacked in the Gulf ...
Brazil races to clean up oil-stained beaches before peak tourism season
Nov 04, 2019 (AFP)
Paiva, Itapuama and Enseada dos Corais in the northeastern state of Pernambuco are among hundreds of beaches fouled by an oil spill that began to appear in earl...
Fracking halted in England over earthquake fears: UK govt
Nov 02, 2019 (AFP)
Until now, Britain had hoped that fracking -- banned in many countries, but booming in the United States -- could help secure its future energy independence. Bu...
Greek tanker not to blame for Brazil oil spill: operator
Nov 02, 2019 (AFP)
"There is no proof of the vessel having stopped, conducted any kind of STS operation (Ship to Ship), leaked, slowed down or veered off course, on its passage fr...
Tillerson denies that ExxonMobil defrauded investors
Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)
Tillerson, a former chief executive of ExxonMobil, gave evidence in an unprecedented lawsuit against the American multinational that is being closely watched by...
Oil spill threatens rare Bangladesh dolphin breeding zone
Oct 27, 2019 (AFP)
A tanker carrying 1,200 tonnes of diesel collided with another ship on the Karnaphuli river near Chittagong port Friday and spilled tonnes of fuel, port authori...
Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
"While most attention has been focused on the climate and air quality benefits of switching from coal, this new study shows that the transition to natural gas -...
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