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<description><![CDATA[The United States supports taking "early action" to liberalize trade in products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and believes that could spur progress in broader world trade talks on environmental goods and services, a U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.]]></description>
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<title>Brazil Defends Biofuels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Being the world’s largest producer and exporter of ethanol it is natural for the Brazilian government and its partners to push biofuels as the only real alternative for a world trying wean itself away from fossil fuels that contribute to global warming.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's top aides promised on Wednesday "robust" negotiations toward a global climate change deal this month, but firmly stated the United States does not owe the world "reparations" for centuries of carbon pollution.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil's deal to buy XTO Energy and its extensive natural gas reserves could signal a new rush to invest in gas, pushed by low prices, new extraction methods and demand for cleaner-burning fuel.

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<description><![CDATA[Toyota showed its new plug-in hybrid.

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<title>Oil slumps for ninth straight day amid weak demand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oil prices fell below $68 per barrel for a time on persistent concerns about high inventories and weak demand.

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<description><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil are betting that Poland, which gets half of its natural gas from Russia, can yield a development boom in shale formations.

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<title>The well: energy briefs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CB&I, in a joint venture with Clough, has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction of the PNG LNG Project's gas-conditioning plant, pending final project authorizations. The estimated value of the contract is more than $1 billion.  Esso Highlands, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp.

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<description><![CDATA[A new documentary looks through the eyes of three people whose lives have been affected by the natural gas exploration and production boom in Louisiana's Haynesville shale.

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<description><![CDATA[A nine-month rally in oil prices could be faltering as a gradual sell-off that began in late October gains momentum.

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<description><![CDATA[The process has become a flash point in communities throughout the country, particularly where natural gas drilling is a relatively new industry.

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<description><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell Plc won the bidding to develop the 12.6 billion barrels of oil reserves in Iraq's Majnoon field, adding to two other agreements it's working on in the country.

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<title>Climate change bill gets on a bipartisan path</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Senators negotiating a climate change bill on Thursday outlined their plan to combine greenhouse gas limits with expanded drilling, more nuclear power and protections for refiners.

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<description><![CDATA[The federal government has accepted $111.4 million in high bids for 155 offshore energy leases off the coast of Texas.

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<description><![CDATA[Houston-based energy executive Bruce Vincent claimed success Thursday in the industry's campaign against proposals to eliminate oil and natural gas company tax breaks, at least for now.

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<description><![CDATA[Representatives of the bankrupt Dutch chemical giant met at a Houston restaurant with officials from Reliance Industries, which has offered to buy a controlling stake.

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<description><![CDATA[It was the first time since October that oil prices dipped below $70 per barrel.

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<description><![CDATA[AAA Texas today reported the nationwide price at the pump remained at about $2.63 and the Texas price stayed at about $2.50.

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<description><![CDATA[Eastman Chemical Co. has canceled plans to build a $1.6 billion industrial gasification plant in Beaumont, eliminating the promise of 1,500 construction jobs and a permanent complement of 250 employees.

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<description><![CDATA[A federal safety panel said Citgo should upgrade a water mitigation system to prevent another release of toxic hydrogen fluoride as occurred last July at the company's refinery in Corpus Christi.

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<description><![CDATA[Energy executives are optimistic about the future of the natural gas industry, but expect layoffs and other cost-cutting in the short term.

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<description><![CDATA[It's been a strained courtship between Iraq and oil companies jockeying for its untapped riches.

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<description><![CDATA[Oil prices hit two-month lows today as government data showed that energy demand continues to slump.

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<description><![CDATA[Dorothy J. Samuel-Harris, 43, of Sugar Land, was indicted last week and that indictment was unsealed when she appeared in court Tuesday.

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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Chemical Safety Board today issued what it called &#8220;urgent&#8221; recommendations to Citgo Petroleum Corp. after an investigation into an explosion and fire at the company's Corpus Christi oil refinery in July.

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<description><![CDATA[National Oilwell Varco has bought two private businesses in Asia for about $160 million, the Houston-based oil field services and equipment giant said today.

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<title>Chevron, Gazprom identify possible joint projects</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chevron Corp. and OAO Gazprom Neft have identified possible joint projects both in and outside Russia, where the government limited foreign access to major oil and gas deposits while seeking access to international assets.

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<title>Bullock, Streep score double Globe nods</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 15 (UPI) --  "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious" and "Up in the Air" were nominated for the best drama Golden Globe Award in Los Angeles Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>Three Russians missing in storm</title>
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<description><![CDATA[SOCHI, Russia, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Rescuers said they were searching Tuesday for three men who vanished during a fierce storm in Sochi, Russia, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics.]]></description>
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<title>Golden Globes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By United Press InternationalBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Nominations for the Golden Globes, considered a strong indicator for the race for the Academy Awards, were announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif.]]></description>
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<title>Methane study favors life on Mars theory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Imperial College London scientists say they have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered by meteorites into Mars' atmosphere.]]></description>
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<title>200 protesters arrested at climate summit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Protesters, angry over the lack of progress during a climate change summit, set fire to temporary barricades in Copenhagen, Denmark, police said.]]></description>
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<title>Prices in Britain jump with fuel costs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Consumer prices in Britain jumped 1.9 percent in November, largely due to rising fuel costs, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>Israel blasts Livni arrest warrant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  A British court's move to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni is "cynical," Israel's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>Bombing kills nearly two dozen in Pakistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  The toll from an explosion in a market in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, has risen to 23 people dead and at least 60 wounded, hospital officials said.]]></description>
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<title>So. Calif. multiple slayings investigated</title>
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<description><![CDATA[SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Dec. 15 (UPI) --  California law enforcement authorities say they are investigating the scene of multiple slayings at a rented home in San Clemente, Calif.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[By United Press InternationalCOPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Participants at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Denmark worked to meld environmental and economic concerns of developing and industrial nations.]]></description>
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<title>Economic Outlook: Humble pie and water</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By ANTHONY HALLUnited Press International The skittish waltz between Wall Street and Washington turned to softer rhetoric and promises of more lending Monday after a one-hour White House meeting.]]></description>
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<title>UPI NewsTrack TopNews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ News from United Press International, around the world around the clock ...]]></description>
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<title>Israel: Christmas pilgrims to have access</title>
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<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  The Israeli Army has assured Christian pilgrims they will have free access to Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem during the Christmas holidays.]]></description>
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<title>Blasts kill four, injure 14 in Baghdad</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  A string of car bombs exploded in central Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding at least 14 others, Iraqi police said.]]></description>
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<title>NASA sees major Calif. ground water loss</title>
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  The U.S. space agency says new satellite data shows a major loss of water from aquifers in California's primary agricultural region.]]></description>
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<title>Terror attacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By United Press InternationalKABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Suicide attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan resulted in more than two dozen deaths.]]></description>
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<title>Gitmo prisoners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By United Press InternationalTHOMSON, Ill., Dec. 15 (UPI) --  A prison in northwestern Illinois has been chosen to house up to 100 detainees currently held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison.]]></description>
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<title>U.S., China at impasse over verification</title>
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<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  How to monitor and verify climate change treaty compliance led to a U.S.-Chinese standoff during the climate change summit in Denmark, negotiators said.]]></description>
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<title>Poll: Unemployment causing list of ills</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Unemployed U.S. workers are experiencing a range of mental health issues and other negative life consequences, a  New York Times/CBS News poll indicates.]]></description>
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<title>Colgan: Pilot errors led to plane crash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  The regional airline involved in a February crash near Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 49, says multiple pilot errors were to blame for the accident.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  In the first such visits, the Red Cross met twice with three Afghan security men held by the Taliban, the agency said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>Blast kills 8 in Kabul</title>
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<description><![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  An explosion Tuesday near the home of former Afghan Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud in Kabul killed eight people but Massoud was unharmed, authorities said.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  The top U.S. military official says he's concerned about the growing Afghan Taliban and al-Qaida collusion and other extremist groups taking refuge in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  Computer techs recovered about 22 million e-mails former U.S. President George Bush said were missing, two watchdog groups that sued over the missives said.]]></description>
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<title>Illinois prison tapped for Gitmo detainees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (UPI) --  An underused state prison in Illinois will be home to dozens of terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military facility, federal officials said.]]></description>
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