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D on't focus too much on what the seasonal trends in natural gas demand are telling you...The rapid adoption of horizontal-drilling advancements has triggered an explosion of new unconventional shale-based gas output that features both lower production costs and improved...

Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal met with the Norwegian ambassador to Lebanon Aud Lise Norheim on Monday to discuss Norway’s help in fighting environmental hazards. Rahhal thanked Norway for its help in cleaning the Lebanese beach from oil spills and asked...

SandRidge Energy Inc. says it has agreed to buy Permian Basin oil and gas properties from Forest Oil Corp. for $800 million. Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy announced on Monday it would acquire the west Texas properties, which cover more than...

New incinerator will quell complaints of Coral Bay residents Monday, November 30th 2009 U.S. Virgin Islands officials met with their British Virgin Islands counterparts recently to discuss the black smoke and toxic fumes that travel from a garbage incinerator on...

Croix recently entered into their second phase of construction and are expected to be 100 percent complete in late 2011 or early 2012...Phase one is running ahead of schedule for its April target completion date, Public Works officials said, and...

Sharma did not confirm the size of the acquisition, its cost or other details...The generator is facing an acute coal shortage at its projects across the country. It has a total requirement of 125 million tonnes per annum and planned...

We need them to know before they go ... to work or shopping or to visit family." Crews working for the city of Redmond are building a freeway overpass at Northeast 36th Street will close Highway 520 at night for...

Three little letters could spell big trouble for global climate change negotiations even after China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, announced its first firm goals to curb emissions. MRV, climate treaty negotiators' shorthand for "measureable, reportable and verifiable,"...

The annual backyard burn season for burning natural vegetation runs from Dec. April 30 in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties. Backyard burns and development can only be conducted during this time. Burning garbage and treated wood is strictly...

World leaders meeting in Denmark next week must ensure any climate change pact doesn't put the world's poor at further disadvantage, Amnesty International said. After a conference discussing the impact of climate change on human rights in the run-up to...