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...would the listing open the door to requiring reductions in U.S. emissions as a way to protect the bear. Kempthorne emphasized that the polar bear already received protection under the Marine Mammals Protection Act, and that its listing under the ESA would require no additional protection from increasing oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, noting that it was sea ice loss, not the energy industry, that is threatening the bear. At the same time, it's clear that there is nothing, under the ESA at least, that the Bush Administration intends to do to slow down warming and reduce...
Like many of their neighbors, the Kovals have invested all they had in their house. They sold their apartments in the city of Rostov, borrowed money at a steep rate and invested seven years of hard labor to build the place. "In other countries, they pump oil," says the Kovals' neighbor, Sarkis Inechkyan, 60. "We make our living by letting rooms to vacationers." Their worst fears were realized in early April, when Russia's then Prime Minister Victor Zubkov told a Cabinet meeting that the state would need some 1,700 acres (700 hectares) to build more than 200 Olympic...
...will also do some tourism (including a visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls) and discussions on the peace process with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He then flies to Saudi Arabia Friday for talks with King Abdullah at his ranch outside Riyadh. Bush will press the Saudi king on oil prices, though he's already played down the possibility of much change. He finishes the trip Saturday and Sunday in Egypt at a summit of Arab leaders, where Iran and the peace process will be the focus of talks...
...tanker ship from Marseilles will pull into a specially equipped dock in Barcelona's busy port, connect to a new pipeline, and discharge a liquid cargo essential to the running of the city. The ship will not, however, be carrying oil or petroleum. It is the first of many shipments of drinking water that form part of a program to slake the thirst of this drought-plagued city. Other proposals, such as a controversial plan to divert water from the Ebro river, have pitted the Catalan capital against farmers and other cities, in a mild foretaste of the water-wars...
Crocker could be right. We have no idea what is on the mind of the populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. If Sadr were allowed control of the Basra oil terminal, would he shut down Iraq's oil exports? Shell Kuwaiti fields...