 Mexican wind energy boom plays out on gusty shores Mon 14 May 2012
* Natural wind tunnel feeds electric grid * 26-storey turbines blossom across region By David Alire Garcia LA VENTOSA, Mexico, May 14 (Reuters) - On an arid plain where... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Reuters
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 Oil Wars on the Horizon Thu 10 May 2012
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) CounterPunch
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 Climate ship plots course through the battering waves Sun 6 May 2012
The European Union hosts this week what could be one of the most significant meetings of the year on climate change. Last December's UN climate summit, in the South... (photo: EC / EC) BBC News
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 Is Obama wary of Brazil and Dilma Rousseff? Sat 5 May 2012
Are there hidden tensions which stand to undermine the important diplomatic relationship between Washington and rising star Brazil? During a recent meeting at the... (photo: ABr / Abr) Al Jazeera
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 Argentina nationalizes oil company YPF Fri 4 May 2012
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Congress nationalized the country's biggest oil company, YPF , by an overwhelming lower house vote on Thursday that... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko) The Guardian
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 OIL IS A STRATEGIC PRODUCT, NOT A COMMODITY: Argentina and the International Oil Picture Fri 4 May 2012
Oil is not a commodity, oil is not a raw product either. Just look at the complexity of the techniques for its efficient extraction. Oil is a strategic product that... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) GlobalResearch
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 Latin America Delivers a Swift Kick Tue 1 May 2012
On one level, April’s hemispheric summit meeting was an old fashioned butt kicking for Washington’s policies in the region. The White House found itself virtually... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz) CounterPunch
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 Argentina Senate backs YPF oil nationalisation Thu 26 Apr 2012
Argentina's Senate has approve the controversial decision to nationalisation of the oil company YPF. The plan to strip the Spanish firm Repsol of its controlling... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko) BBC News
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 Repsol threatens to sue firms that help Argentina Mon 23 Apr 2012
MADRID (AP) - Spanish energy firm Repsol warned Monday that it would consider legal action against companies or investors that help Argentina exploit petroleum Repsol... (photo: WN / RTayco) Buffalo News
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 A Watershed in the Development of the Bio-based Economy? Tue 17 Apr 2012
For those of you who have been patiently awaiting a commercially viable alternative to our economic dependence on oil, natural gas and coal, the past year has seen some... (photo: EC / EC) Huffington Post
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 A Latin American Summit Like No Others? Tue 17 Apr 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling At the Organization of American States' (OAS) Summit, one concept that was sure to be absent from the lips of U.S.... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) WorldNews.com
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 Repsol blasts Argentina over oil nationalization Tue 17 Apr 2012
MADRID — Shares of Spanish energy firm Repsol fell sharply Tuesday after Argentina unveiled plans to nationalize the company's extensive Argentine oil operations.... (photo: WN / james) Palm Beach Post
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 Argentine president moves to nationalize leading oil company YPF, unleashing criticism Tue 17 Apr 2012
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - In a bold move to gain control of Argentina's energy reserves, President Cristina Fernandez pushed forward a bill to renationalize the country's... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano) Star Tribune
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 Brazil lets one Chevron accused leave, seeks bond Wed 4 Apr 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A judge in Brazil gave permission to one of the 17 Chevron and Transocean employees facing criminal charges over a November offshore oil spill... (photo: Creative Commons) Chicago Tribune
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 Tensions high on 30th anniversary of Falklands war Mon 2 Apr 2012
Stanley (Falkland Islands): Britain and Argentina on Monday marked 30 years since the invasion of the Falkland Islands triggered a 74-day war, with diplomatic tensions... (photo: Creative Commons / BrianDBell) Zeenews
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 Britain, Argentina mark 30 years since Falklands War Mon 2 Apr 2012
Britain and Argentina will on Monday mark 30 years since the invasion of the Falkland Islands triggered a 74-day war, the fallout from which has sparked a fresh... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko) Jakarta Globe
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 Chevron executives charged in Brazil oil spill Thu 22 Mar 2012
Seventeen Chevron and Transocean executives were formally charged with environmental crimes in an oil leak off Rio de Janeiro's coast amid prosecutor calls for damage... (photo: AP / Rio de Janeiro's government,Rogerio Santana) San Francisco Chronicle
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 Brazil bars Chevron executives from leaving over spill Sun 18 Mar 2012
March 18, 2012 -- Updated 0818 GMT (1618 HKT) George Buck, chief operating officer for Chevron's Brazil division, is among a group of executives barred from leaving the... (photo: AP / Ibama) CNN
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 National and world briefs for March 18 Sun 18 Mar 2012
SAO PAULO -- Obama urges end to oil, gas subsidies President Barack Obama says Congress should kill tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and help develop alternative... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Richmond Times Dispatch
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 Brazil to file charges against Chevron executives Sat 17 Mar 2012
SAO PAULO - Brazilian prosecutors said Saturday they will file criminal charges against 17 executives of Chevron Corp. and drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. for a new... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Kavanaugh.) Seattle Times
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