U.S. sanctions put Gazprom-Shell alliance plans in jeopardy

U.S. sanctions put Gazprom-Shell alliance plans in jeopardy

Aug 10th, 2015 

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MOSCOW | BY DENIS PINCHUK AND KATYA GOLUBKOVA: Mon 10 August 2015

Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDSa.L) plans to build a strategic alliance with Russia’s Gazprom (GAZP.MM) could be in jeopardy after the United States added one of Gazprom’s biggest gas fields to its list of Russian sanctions on Friday.

Shell and Gazprom signed an agreement in June to develop a strategic alliance in the gas sector, ranging from upstream – exploration and production – to sales, including possible asset swaps.

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Posted in: Arctic, Exxon Mobil, Gas, Gazprom, Oil, President Putin, Reuters, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Russia, Sakhalin II.
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New head of Nigeria’s state oil company sacks top management

New head of Nigeria’s state oil company sacks top management

Aug 10th, 2015 

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By Julia Payne

Aug 5 (Reuters) – The new head of Nigeria’s state oil firm dismissed senior managers after a government directive, the company said on Wednesday, barely a day after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him as managing director.

“All of the executive directors were let go … Buhari wanted a clean slate,” one of the dismissed managers said.

Buhari appointed a former executive of Exxon Mobil, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, to be the new head of NNPC on Tuesday, as part of a crackdown on corruption and mismanagement in Nigeria’s main revenue earner.

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Posted in: Africa, Bribery, Corruption, Exxon Mobil, Nigeria, Reuters.
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Cities Join Flushable Wipes Class-Action Lawsuit

Cities Join Flushable Wipes Class-Action Lawsuit More cities join a class-action lawsuit aimed at eliminating the flushable wipes problem in municipal wastewater systems. More » shared from Cities Join Flushable Wipes Class-Action Lawsuit More cities join a class-action lawsuit aimed at eliminating the flushable wipes problem in municipal wastewater systems. More » AWWA Congratulates 2015 Partnership Award Winners The AWWA Partnership for Safe Water celebrates its 20th year by congratulating all 2015 award-winning plants and systems for their outstanding optimization efforts. More » Exam Study Guide: Activated Sludge Troubleshooting Take a look at this sample wastewater treatment licensing question along with an explanation of the correct answer.More » Water Associations Awarded for Work on Infrastructure Act The American Water Works Association, the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies and the Water Environment Federation announced they received a 2015 Power of A Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives for work on the passage of... More » WWETT Spotlight: Dewatering Plant Owner Markets His Receiving Station to the Industry Scott Meyer was stuck. An increase in material volume at his Idaho septage dewatering plant, along with tighter regulations on the cleanliness of land-applied biosolids, left him struggling to keep up. More » Renewable Nutrients Solids Technology Yields a Soil-Friendly Product An innovative process combines chemical treatment and membrane separation to extract and recover phosphorus from wastewater biosolids. More »

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BLACK LIVES MATTER SABOTAGING BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN

BLACK LIVES MATTER SABOTAGING BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN

Possible COINTELPRO operation to destroy Sanders?

by KURT NIMMO | INFOWARS.COM | AUGUST 9, 2015

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Socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was prevented from addressing a crowd in Seattle on Saturday. It is the second time Black Lives Matter activists have interrupted a Sanders event.

The protesters stormed the stage and commandeered the microphone, forcing Sanders to leave. He was unable to address his supporters.

On July 18 during the Netroots Nation political conference Sanders and rival Martin O’Malley were interrupted by Black Lives Matters demonstrators. Activists took over the stage for fifteen minutes and demanded the candidates recite the names of black victims of police violence.

Black Lives Matter protesters have yet to shut down a Hillary Clinton political event or those of her Republican rivals. Instead they have targeted Sanders, by far the most liberal candidate with an ideological stance that would seemingly appeal to the Black Lives Matter movement.

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With a Few Simple Tweaks, No One Would Need Air Conditioning

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With a Few Simple Tweaks, No One Would Need Air Conditioning Almost 90 percent of American households have air conditioning, and we spend $11 billion on cooling each year. Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, as climate change nudges global temperatures upward, incomes are also rising, meaning millions more people can afford to beat the heat. Sales of home and commercial air conditioners have doubled in China over the past five years, with 64 million units sold in 2013 alone. The carbon emissions from all that AC will be very bad news for the planet. But here's the thing: There are simple tricks to skip the air conditioning and still beat the heat. [READ MORE]

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Dump the Trump? GOP Freaking Out as Their Frankenstein Runs Amok

Dump the Trump? GOP Freaking Out as Their Frankenstein Runs Amok

Posted: 10 Aug 2015 10:36 AM PDT

By Doug Porter 

By now ‘everybody knows’ that billionaire blowhard Donald John Trump is out of control. “He’s tapped into citizen anger” is Republi-speak for “we never thought all our lies would come back to bite us in the ass,” and “please spare us your wrath.” Others in the party are seeking to portray The Donald as aberrant, only to draw angry responses from the man and his minions.  When everyday misogynist Erick Erickson dis-invited Trump from a conservative conference, the blowback was so bad he moved his family to another hotel, fearing for their safety. So here’s the deal: if Donald Trump had made the same comments about MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, the Fox News crew and the other GOP candidates would have said ‘no big deal.’ They'd still be snickering in the green room.   [Read more...]

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Dump the Trump? GOP Freaking Out as Their Frankenstein Runs Amok Posted: 10 Aug 2015 10:36 AM PDT By Doug Porter By now ‘everybody knows’ that billionaire blowhard Donald John Trump is out of control. “He’s tapped into citizen anger” is Republi-speak for “we never thought all our lies would come back to bite us in the ass,” and “please spare us your wrath.” Others in the party are seeking to portray The Donald as aberrant, only to draw angry responses from the man and his minions.  When everyday misogynist Erick Erickson dis-invited Trump from a conservative conference, the blowback was so bad he moved his family to another hotel, fearing for their safety. So here’s the deal: if Donald Trump had made the same comments about MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, the Fox News crew and the other GOP candidates would have said ‘no big deal.’ They'd still be snickering in the green room.   [Read more...]

Duped by Signature Campaign for Strawberry Fields Mall in Carlsbad Posted: 10 Aug 2015 08:54 AM PDT The perversion of citizen led petition drives by big money By Richard RiehlMy afternoon nap was disturbed last month by the sound of a man's cheery voice from behind the screen at my open front door. "Hello, hello!" Awakening from a sound sleep, I shuffled to the door to find a man standing there, holding a clipboard. He didn't introduce himself, just explained, "We're gathering signatures to save the strawberry fields." I didn't recognize him, but his easy way led me to believe he was a fellow resident of our 40-unit condo community. Despite full knowledge of our HOA ban on door-to-door solicitation and my own vow never to sign a petition without knowing the details of what it meant and who was pushing it, I allowed the phrase, "save our strawberry fields" to cloud my better judgment.   [Read more...]

Staring Over the Brink: Obama, Brown, and High Stakes Climate Politics Posted: 10 Aug 2015 08:39 AM PDT By Jim Miller President Obama made big news last week when he unveiled his plan to significantly reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants as part of his strategy to address the climate crisis. His speech was urgent, moving in fact, and showed that, at least rhetorically, he is committed to making this part of his legacy: [W]e're the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it. And that's why I committed the United States to leading the world on this challenge, because I believe there is such a thing as being too late. He noted that our time is short and the stakes are high. He evoked the future of our grandchildren and the fate of the poor and powerless around the world at this very moment. For this we should applaud him.   [Read more...]

365 Days and 605 Armored Military Vehicles Later: Police Militarization a Year After Ferguson Posted: 10 Aug 2015 08:28 AM PDT By Kanya Bennett / ACLU Speak Freely Last August Ferguson and Fallujah had a lot in common. Those protesting the death of Michael Brown were met with “armored vehicles, noise-based crowd-control devices, shotguns, M4 rifles like those used by forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, rubber-coated pellets and tear gas.” The scene looked more like a foreign warzone than a Midwestern American town and no one could tell why local police were taking up arms against those they are sworn to protect and serve. The world was shocked by this highly and dangerously militarized response by local law enforcement. Foreign leaders equated Ferguson to combat zones in Iraq and Gaza. Veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars expressed horror at the reality that they had been less heavily-armed while on active duty abroad. President Obamareacted by saying “[t]here is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement, and we don't want those lines blurred.”   [Read more...]

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Why Is #BlackLivesMatter Targeting Bernie?

Why Is #BlackLivesMatter Targeting Bernie?  Steven Singer: It’s not that they hate him or want him to fail. He represents the one thing in which it is most painful to believe – hope.READ MORE

MONDAY, 10 AUGUST 2015 Why Is #BlackLivesMatter Targeting Bernie?  Steven Singer: It’s not that they hate him or want him to fail. He represents the one thing in which it is most painful to believe – hope. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend The Outrageous Ascent of CEO Pay Robert Reich: In 1965, CEOs of America’s largest corporations were paid, on average, 20 times the pay of average workers. Now, the ratio is over 300 to 1. READ HERE "We Are Enbridge and We Don't Go Around Anything" Georgianne Nienaber:The disruptive phone calls came at dinnertime. The caller identified as a representative from a multinational oil company that wanted to run a 24-inch pipeline through farmland owned by James and Krista Botsford. The answer was no, but the calls continued. READ MORE Jeff Davis Statue Can Stay in Kentucky’s Capitol Berry Craig: "The Jefferson Davis statue belongs in a museum, where history is taught, rather than in the state Capitol, where laws are made, where rights are upheld and where we strive for equal justice under the law." READ MORE 10 Unmentionables at the Republican Non-Debate Gary Corseri: Global Climate Change? Not a peep! As the US suffered through the hottest July in the record books, drought leaves actor-maniacs like Tom Selleck siphoning water from fire hydrants so he can keep his lawns shiny green… not a peep from our would-be Commanders-in-Chief, nor the media panel there to, er, “grill” them! READ HERE

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