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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- There is a link between deforestation in Pakistan and the massive floods sweeping the country, said an official with the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A little-noticed amendment in the new U.S. financial reform law requires U.S.-listed companies to disclose whether their products contain "conflict minerals" from the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Brazil further boosted its iron ore reserves with the announcement of a major new discovery of iron and phosphate deposits in the southwest state of Mato Grosso.
ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Appeals challenging a permit to build the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline in Finnish waters were rejected, the pipeline consortium said Thursday.
LANSING, Mich., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Divers are scheduled to enter the Straits of Mackinac to reinforce two crude oil pipelines, Canadian pipeline company Enbridge said.
LONDON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A failed blow-out preventer and inadequate sealing were among the likely causes of the explosion that sank a Gulf of Mexico oil rig, a BP study finds.
NUUK, Greenland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Activists who scaled a drilling platform off the coast of Greenland were arrested after severe weather forced them off the rig, police said.
VADUZ, Liechtenstein, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The global community needs to act collectively to tackle the challenges of climate change, the U.N. secretary-general said in Liechtenstein.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A motion filed by the U.S. federal government to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a moratorium on deep-water drilling was overturned, a judge ruled.
HOUSTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Texas pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners violated the law in a June gas explosion that killed one worker and injured eight others, a regulator said.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- More than $25 billion was spent on developing the natural resources in Azerbaijan since work started in 1994, British energy company BP said.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A deal to increase the volume of Azeri natural gas to Russia is on the agenda for talks in Baku between the two heads of state, the Kremlin said Thursday.
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Australia's Green Party agreed Wednesday to support the Labor Party in return for the formation of a dedicated climate change committee charged with establishing a price on carbon.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Algeria's recent invitation to India to join the $13 billion, delay-plagued Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline project is an indirect acknowledgment the project's in "deep trouble," an African business website says.
WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Germany and Poland have faced off over a Polish LNG terminal to be built on the Baltic Sea coast.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Revisions may be needed to a measure adopted in Europe on marine biodiversity if the union is to meet environmental goals, the European Commission said.
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Russian oil companies under a deal with the China National Petroleum Co. will supply 70 percent of the oil needed for a joint refinery, Beijing said.
HOUSTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Engineering services company Halliburton announced it was awarded a contract from Italian energy company Eni to start work at the Zubair oil field in Iraq.
LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The sale of BP assets in Malaysia to a state energy company doesn't mean the British company is leaving Asia, the company said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Tehran and Baku have exchanged a series of letters in preparation for talks on gas trading scheduled after the holy month of Ramadan ends, an executive said.
NUUK, Greenland, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Greenpeace activists are putting risking lives and ignoring laws by attaching themselves to a deep-water oil rig in the arctic, Greenland officials said.
LANSING, Mich., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Canadian pipeline company Enbridge needs to answer for influencing Michigan residents and using illegal workers to cleanup an oil spill, lawmakers say.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Wednesday marks the end for the 75-watt incandescent light bulb for European consumers, the European Parliament announced.
ROME, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Drought in Russia slashed wheat production estimates by 10 percent, though U.S. crop estimates were up more than 40 percent, the U.N. food agency said.
SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, Bolivia, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Millions of aquatic animals in land-locked Bolivia's river systems have perished ini unusually cold weather during the ongoing winter season.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Nepal, already struggling with high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity, could see its harvests cut in half this year due to late monsoon rains, the World Food Program says.
By STEFAN NICOLA
UPI Europe Correspondent
BERLIN, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych traveled to Berlin to offer Germany a key role in the modernization of the ageing Ukrainian gas transit infrastructure, but Kiev will have a hard time convincing the West to invest, an expert said.
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UPI Europe Correspondent
BERLIN, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych traveled to Berlin to offer Germany a key role in the modernization of the ageing Ukrainian gas transit infrastructure, but Kiev will have a hard time convincing the West to invest, an expert said.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- An online tool for continuous measuring and monitoring Emergency Preparedness is being debuted by Virginia-based Avineon Inc.
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Engineers are conducting tests on an oil pipeline in southern Michigan to make sure the line is safe to restart, a company spokeswoman said.