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Romney's Family Trusts Failed To Keep His Divestment Pledge

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised in 2007 he would shed any investments that conflicted with Republican positions on hot-...

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Oil Rig Sinking Leaves Over 50 Missing, Sparks Doubt Over Russia's Arctic Plans

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Kolskaya, Russia Arctic, Arctic Drilling, Video, Russia Oil, Kolskaya Oil Rig Sinking, Arctic Oil, Gazprom, Ap, Green News

MOSCOW (AP) — The sinking of a floating oil rig that left more than 50 crew dead or missing is intensifying fears that Russian companies searching f...

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Lifeboats Found Empty In Search For Crew From Sunken Oil Rig

AP | By VARYA KUDRYAVTSEVA | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Sea of Okhotsk Oil Rig, Sea of Okhotsk, Sergei Grauman, Video, Kolskaya Rig, Russia Oil Rig Sinks, Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka, Gazprom, Green News

MOSCOW -- Four lifeboats and an inflatable raft were found empty in frigid waters near where an oil rig sank off Russia's eastern coast, rescuers said...

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Time Running Out For Nearly 40 Missing Men After Oil Rig Sinks

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Sea of Okhotsk Oil Rig, Sergei Grauman, Sea of Okhotsk, Video, Kolskaya Rig, Russia Oil Rig Sinks, Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka, Gazprom, Green News

MOSCOW — Time appeared to be running out to rescue 39 people still missing more than a day after an oil rig capsized and sank in stormy, freezin...

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"Russian" Back Into Sports Again

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Bill Clinton, New Jersey Nets, 2014 Sochi Olympics, Olympics, World Cup, Mikhail Prokhorov, Nba, Vladimir Putin, Khl, Qatar, Tennis, Anna Kournikova, Gazprom, Miracle on Ice, Cold War, World Cup 2018, Soviet Union, Sports News

Even outside of the large scale events now coming to Russia, the idea of sport for commerce is growing in ways never before seen.

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Green News Report: November 16, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Fast Food, Nasa, Green Jobs, 2010 Elections, Michael Mann, United Nations, Epa, Lame Duck Session, Clean Energy, Green News Report, John Rockefeller, Climategate, Water Crisis, Pipeline, Gazprom, Offshore Drilling, Phil Jones, cop16, Haiti Earthquake, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Bluefin Tuna, Global Warming, Bp, Copenhagen 2009, Carbon Emissions, Enron, Barack Obama, John Shimkus, Arctic, Energy Efficiency, Rand Paul, BRAD BLOG, Haiti, Green News, Harry Reid, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Nestle, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The so-cal...

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BP Named Fourth Most Profitable Company In The World

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World's Most Profitable Company, Exxon Mobil, Fortune, Poll, Most Profitable Company, Gulf Oil Spill, Gazprom, Business News

BP may be one of the most hated companies in the world, but it's also one of the most wildly profitable. Fortune has released its most recent list...

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The Know Nothings, the Decline of America as a World Power and a Historical Precedent

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barents Sea, Russia, Antarctica, Norway, Know Nothings, Cape Cod, Oil, John Doerr, Green Energy, Coal, Gazprom, Global Warming, China, Artic Ocean, Tom Friedman, Green News

If we continue to ignore both air pollution produced by inferior energy technologies and the reality of global warming, we risk the livelihoods of our children and the lives of our grandchildren.

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Russia Uses Energy As Foreign Policy By Cutting Belarus Gas Supply

csmonitor.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Russia, Gas Supply, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Natural Gas, Belarus, Moscow, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Minsk, Gazprom, Foreign Policy, World News

Russia began shutting off gas supplies to its neighbor Belarus on Monday, in an energy dispute with familiar political undertones....

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Imagine That! Putin Might Not Be So Pure After All.

Matvey Ganapolskiy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Russia, Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, Russian-Opposition, Marina Salye, Anatoly Sobchak, Dmitry Medvedev, Oil, Gazprom, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Gennady Timchenko, Surgutneftegas, Gunvor, World News

The opposition has legitimate grounds for suspicion: If Putin is so indifferent to worldly possessions, why is practically every key economic post filled by one of his pals?

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The Rise of the Franco-Russo Axis

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Russia, France, Robert Amsterdam, European Union, Diplomacy, Russia Georgia War, Gazprom, Dmitry Medvedev, Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy, Oil, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Natural Gas, International Relations, Europe, World News

The three-day summit held this week in Paris has exceeded all expectations, marking a turning point in a deepening Franco-Russo military and economic alliance.

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Chairman of Gazprom Predicts $100 Oil Because of Speculation. Speculation, Really?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

"Manipulation" is immeasurably more sinister than "Speculation." It bespeaks of controlling, orchestrating and maneuvering to falsify and rig.

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The Road to Tehran Does Not Run Through Moscow

Jeffrey Mankoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mohammed-Elbaradei, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Gazprom, Sergei Lavrov, UN Security Council, Mohammed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, World News

Washington's long quest for Russian aid has failed, and the Obama Administration needs to shift its focus elsewhere while it still has time to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

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Obama Does Moscow, and Vice Versa

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bishkek, Russia, Islamic Jihadist, Boris Yeltsin, Ussr, Kremlin, Iraq, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Soviet Union, Dacha, Ukraine, Kgb, Iran, Chechnya, Nato, Barack Obama, Kyrgyzstan, George W. Bush, Poland, Gazprom, Manas, Moscow, Afghanistan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Grozny, John McCain, Dmitri Medvedev, Czech Republic, Fsb, Dick Cheney, World News

Unlike most of the rest of Europe, Russia is hardly in the grips of Obamamania. He's certainly more popular than George W. Bush or John McCain, but that's damning with faint praise.

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The Oil Patch Vaudeville Act

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

The current oil price of $52 per barrel reflects an increase of 400% from one decade ago. What else in your day to day experience has gone up that steeply in the past 10 years? Think about it.

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Russia, Ukraine Locked In New Gas War

Inter Press Service | By Kester Kenn Klomegah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Europe, European Commission, Belarus Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky, Ukraine, Gazprom, South Stream Gas Pipeline, Russia-Ukraine Gas War, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, Russia Gas Pipelines, Inter Press Service, World News

MOSCOW, Mar 5 (IPS) - The Ukraine-Russia gas dispute has boosted plans for construction of the South Stream and North Stream gas pipelines that woul...

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Engaging Russia: Energy Could Still Be the Answer

Macha Levinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Russia needs Western know-how and financing to exploit its vast energy resources. And the US needs new energy suppliers until country is effectively weaned off foreign oil.

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Russis, Ukraine Agree To Gas Deal

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Russia, Russia Ukaine Gas Deal, Russia Europe Gas, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

The Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers have struck a deal to resume Russian natural gas exports to Europe via Ukraine as soon as Tuesday. Vladim...

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European Gas Crisis Spurs International Summit In Moscow

Themoscowtimes.com | By Nadia Popova | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Moscow, Russia, Gazprom, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, European Union, European Gas Crisis, International Summit, World News

President Dmitry Medvedev will host an international summit to discuss the stability of gas supplies to Europe in Moscow on Saturday and the Foreign M...

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Gazprom, Russia's Largest Company, Acts More Like A Government

GlobalPost.com | Miriam Elder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Globalpost, Russia Ukraine, Gas, Gazprom Power, Gazprom Crisis, Gazprom Like a Country, Ukraine Russia, Russia Europe Gas, Urkaine, Gazprom, Ukraine, World News

MOSCOW -- It maintains a private army, employs a half million people and runs entire cities around Russia. Now, the power of Gazprom has struck Euro...

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Gazprom Crisis: Russia Says Ukraine Has Blocked Gas To Europe

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas to Europe, Gazprom Crisis, Russia Ukriane, Europeans Without Gas, Russia, Moscow, Europe, Europe Gas, Kiev, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

Russian gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine has blocked gas deliveries to Europe, dashing hopes of ending a row which has hit several countries' supplies. ...

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Gazprom: Ukraine Signs Gas-Monitoring Deal

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ukraine Gas Deal, Russia Ukraine, Gazprom Ukraine, Ukraine Russia, Russia, Ukraine Gazprom, European Union, Ukraine International Monitors, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

KIEV, Ukraine — Russia's state gas monopoly has promised to resume shipping Europe-bound gas through Ukraine on Tuesday morning, nearly a week a...

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Gazprom Promises To Restore Gas To Europe (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gazprom pledged to restore gas to Europe on Thursday, on the condition that international monitors check supply flows in Ukraine, reports Spiegel. Thi...

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Russia Turns Off European Gas Supplies Sparking Fears Of New Cold War

The Independent | Daniel McLaughlin in Budapest and Vanessa Mock in Brussels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Cold War, Russia, Russia Ukraine, Gas, Russia Europe, Russia Gas War, Cold War, Gas War, Russia Gas Supplies, European Union, Russia Turns Off Gas to Europe, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

Fears of a deep chill spread across Europe yesterday after a row between Russia and Ukraine over gas prices cut supplies to the rest of the continent ...

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Natural Gas Shortages Hit European Countries As Russian-Ukraine Dispute Continues

Times Online | David Charter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Gas, European Union, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Gazprom, Natural Gas, World News

Gas supplies from Russia to Europe plummeted overnight with four countries reporting a complete halt as the dispute between Moscow and Ukraine over pa...

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