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Shell Leads Big Oil in the Race to Invest in Clean Energy

Shell Leads Big Oil in the Race to Invest in Clean Energy

Bloomberg News — Major oil companies are poised to do a record number of clean-energy deals this year, with Royal Dutch Shell Plc leading a group of European companies that are well ahead of their U.S. rivals.
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North Sea Oil Poised for Last Hurrah With Giant Norway Field

North Sea Oil Poised for Last Hurrah With Giant Norway Field

Bloomberg News — The rise of a huge new Norwegian oil field is poised to give North Sea output one of its biggest boosts in years. The surge won’t last.
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Startups Sell Spotify-Like Apps to Offset Your Carbon Footprint

Startups Sell Spotify-Like Apps to Offset Your Carbon Footprint

Bloomberg News — Sally Rogers took public transport, bought locally-grown food and looked for sustainable products out of concern for the environment in San Francisco. Then she realized all that was being undone by her need to travel.
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Frackers in U.K. Get Fresh Hope Government Will Loosen Rules

Frackers in U.K. Get Fresh Hope Government Will Loosen Rules

Bloomberg News — A change of British government has given the much maligned fracking industry another opportunity to make out its case for stimulating the controversial technique to tap unconventional natural gas reserves.
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US to impose fresh sanctions on Russia on Monday following Novichok attack

US to impose fresh sanctions on Russia on Monday following Novichok attack

City A.M. — US sanctions on Russia, retaliation for the Salisbury nerve agent attack, are to take effect on Monday. Washington announced that it is to limit foreign assistance to humanitarian means only, terminate arms exports and prevent the issuance of credit from any US government entity.
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Petrofac abandons another attempt at oil production

Petrofac abandons another attempt at oil production

City A.M. — Petrofac abandoned another attempt at oil production today, agreeing to sell its interest in a North Sea field. The company is to hand back its 20 per cent share of the venture in Greater Stella Area to the operator, Ithaca Energy, for $292m (£227.79m).
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German minister calls for a European Monetary Fund to cut out Trump's US

German minister calls for a European Monetary Fund to cut out Trump's US

City A.M. — Germany chancellor Angela Merkel today stopped short of backing her foreign minister's call for Europe to create an international payments network separate from US involvement in a bid to save the west's nuclear deal with Iran.
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Dollar slides after Trump's criticism of the Fed

Dollar slides after Trump's criticism of the Fed

City A.M. — President Trump's criticised the US Federal Reserve yesterday, prompting a downward slide of the dollar to its lowest level for nearly a fortnight. The president commented that he was unhappy with interest rate increase pursued by the Fed and singled out chairman Jerome Powell. "I'm not thrilled with his raising of interest rates, no.
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Snacks of Inequality | Redbrick

Snacks of Inequality | Redbrick

Redbrick — Unannounced price rises for university food outlets were not matched by equivalent prices in food allowances offered to some first year accommodation. This placed some freshers at a significant disadvantage.
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Live Blog of the University of Birmingham Vice Chancellor Question Time | Redbrick

Live Blog of the University of Birmingham Vice Chancellor Question Time | Redbrick

Redbrick — Live coverage of the University of Birmingham Vice Chancellor Question Time. The format was one of a live blog that also incorporated social media.
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Britian's sorry return to imperial ignorance

Britian's sorry return to imperial ignorance

Project for the Study of the 21st Century — The 70th anniversary of partition of India marks one of Britain's most monumental colonial blunders. An overwhelming testament to the horror that can be caused by a state’s lack of foresight; lack of knowledge and lack of understanding. Yet in the same year, one of Britain's greatest assets in tackling ‘imperial ignorance’ is to lose yet another chunk of funding.
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Hurricane Irma devastation

Hurricane Irma devastation

The i — Coverage of Hurricane Irma required an acute knowledge of the disaster to deliver informative and in-depth news articles. Interviews with disaster victims required accuracy whilst remaining sensitive to the victims experience.
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Death toll rises as Hurricane Irma devastates Caribbean islands

Death toll rises as Hurricane Irma devastates Caribbean islands

The i Paper — "An international alliance of French, British and Dutch rescuers struggled to rush aid to a string of Caribbean islands last night. Hurricane Irma left at least 10 dead and thousands homeless as it traced a course that could lead to a catastrophic strike on Florida over the weekend."
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Ruby red chocolate

Ruby red chocolate

The i — A piece describing the creation of a new chocolate type to join the likes of 'Milk', 'Dark' and 'White'. Named, 'Ruby', it is reportedly the first new chocolate type for 80 years.
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Is China’s growing appetite a threat to global food security?

Is China’s growing appetite a threat to global food security?

Project for the Study of the 21st Century — Over the course of the last two decades, China has become the blueprint for rising nations by becoming the dominant power across the East Asia and beyond. Yet, the People’s Republic is not without weakness and it is facing growing concerns, one of which is all too often overlooked in discussions of national security.
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