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VIDEO: Builders accused amid Qatar 2022 boom

2014-12-08 22:14:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Sue Lloyd-Roberts reports on the questions about worker safety, pay and conditions facing construction companies helping Qatar to prepare for World Cup 2022.

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Under-the-Radar U.S. Energy Boom Driven by Exports

2014-12-08 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: Deep in the forests of the U.S. South, tree scraps are fueling a little-known but controversial energy boom: wood pellets. Long used to heat homes in the country's Northeast, they're now destined for a new market. Europe is importing the pellets in ever higher volumes, burning them for electricity to meet renewable energy targets. The demand has transformed the U.S. industry, prompting a doubling of biomass exports last year. More than half of the exports go to the United Kingdom, where the...

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U.S. Natural Gas Fracking Boom May Be Shorter Than Predicted, Study Says

2014-12-05 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Estimates of the amount of natural gas that can be extracted from U.S. reserves is much too high and the boom may last just half as long as predicted, says a new report in the journal Nature. Official government estimates by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggest that peak natural gas production, driven by the rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing, will likely last until 2040 before tapering off. The new analysis suggests that that estimate is too high. Instead, researchers say, the peak...

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