Does air pollution reduce cycling’s health benefits?
A growing body of research suggests breathing this pollution can have both short-term and long-term health consequences.
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Oil up 4 percent On Saudi rhetoric
Actions speak louder than words. Nope, strike that and reverse it. Rhetoric from Saudi’s oil minister today is emphatically rallying crude prices, as Khalid al-Falih said Saudi would ‘take any action to help the market rebalance’.
OPEC says weak oil demand is here to stay
Weakness in global oil markets, which has dragged prices to a three-month low, may persist as demand slows seasonally and fuel inventories remain abundant, OPEC predicted.
Oil income falling, Saudi Arabia raises government fees and fines
Saudi Arabia, faced with dwindling oil income, has sharply increased government fees such as visa charges as part of a range of measures aimed at raising revenue from non-oil sources.
Love of fried food could curb India’s crude oil imports
The nation of 1.3 billion people can make at least 2 million tons of biodiesel annually by processing used cooking oil from restaurant chains, says the head of an Indian government panel that’s looking at the potential for fuels derived from plants.
For the first time in years the U.S. is importing more oil than it produces
For the first time since January 2014, the U.S. imported more crude oil last week than it produced, thanks largely to a surge in OPEC supply.
EIA: Gasoline prices to fall below $2 a gallon later this year
U.S. gasoline prices are set to fall below $2 a gallon on average in October and stay there through the winter, government forecasters said this week.
Stricter air pollution standards could save thousands annually: study
If air pollution standards were tightened just a little bit, thousands of lives might be saved each year, a new study suggests.
As peat bogs burn, a climate threat rises
In discussions of how nature regulates carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, forests receive most of the attention for their ability to absorb and store carbon. But peatlands play an important role, too.
Militants blow up oil well in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk province
A group of gunmen blew up a bomb at the Bai Hassan oil field in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk on Wednesday, China’s news agency Xinhua reported, citing a provincial police chief
