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Philippines Wary of China’s Stance in the South China Sea
China’s big appetite for energy is expected to double over the next quarter-century. It already imports more than half of its oil and natural gas, and it’s looking to the resource-rich South China Sea, claiming almost the whole thing as its own. But Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and the Philippines also have claims there.
Israel’s Oil Dreams Kick off Environmental Battle
A battle is brewing in Israel over plans to exploit what prospectors say is a huge oil shale resource beneath part of the country.
First Solar-Powered International Flight
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Clark Boyd in Brussels, who’s on hand to witness the completion of the first international flight of a solar-powered aircraft. The plane took off from Switzlerand earlier today. Download MP3
Tech Podcast: A German and his cellphone…tracked
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Cell phones seem so innocent, and we use them so much. One German politician decided to find out just how much he uses his phone, and how much of that use was tracked by his cell phone company. You’ll be amazed at how much information was kept. Just listen in to this edition of The World’s Technology Podcast. Download MP3 (27:03)
Israel worried about energy supply
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Israel has been anxiously following events in Egypt, worried about how the unrest could affect the peace treaty between the two countries. But as Daniel Estrin reports, Israelis are now worried about their energy security, too, after an explosion affected natural gas deliveries from Egypt. Download MP3Ha’aretz coverage
US-China energy talks
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A little more than a year ago, the US and China agreed to work on an array of joint research projects for clean energy. Today, that good will and mutual cooperation seems to have fizzled. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Derek Scissors, China specialist at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, about US-China energy cooperation.Download MP3
Slideshow: China’s solar solution
BBC slideshow: Chinese state visits to US
Join the Science Forum conversation
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We have a lively discussion on nuclear power going on in our Science Forum. Three listeners who heard the story share their thoughts. The conversation continues through next week. Join Now. Download MP3
Science Forum: nuclear power in Asia
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Many Asian nations have big plans for nuclear power. Marco Werman talks about the trend with nuclear analyst M. V. Ramana of Princeton University.Download MP3
What do you think about the tradeoffs of nuclear power? And should the U.S follow Asia’s lead? Bring your thoughts and questions to our online Science Forum discussion with Dr. Ramana, and his colleague, Dr. Alexander Glaser.
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Three listeners share their thoughts
Venezuela’s energy crisis
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Rolling blackouts have been a daily reality for 25 million Venezuelans since last winter. That’s when a prolonged drought began to cut the output of the hydroelectric dam that provides 70 percent of the country’s electricity. The World’s Marina Giovannelli reports. Download MP3Colombia’s oil boom
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Civil war slowed the development of Colombia’s oil industry. Now Colombia’s oil is flowing again. The government has secured the oil fields, with US help, and encouraged private companies to drill. In just three years, oil production has increased tenfold. John Otis reports. Download MP3Reconsidering deep-sea oil drilling
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The Obama administration is standing by its decision to impose a deep-sea oil drilling moratorium. A judge suspended the ban yesterday but the White House is going to appeal. It says a temporary stop is needed to re-assess the safety of oil rigs in the Gulf in the wake of the BP spill disaster. Other countries like Brazil and Norway are reassessing, too. Michael Klare is the author of “Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy.” Download MP3Clean up job
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The Coast Guard today reported the death of two workers helping to clean up the spill in the Gulf. Cleaning up the oil is grueling, sometimes dangerous work. In Louisiana, these jobs are drawing immigrant workers into small communities. And they’re not always getting a warm welcome. Annie Correal is a reporter with the Spanish-language newspaper El Diario. She reports from the town of Hopedale. Download MP3 (Photo: Annie Correal)
Annie Correal’s story comes to us from Feet in Two Worlds, a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.
BP in Russia
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BP has had a rough go of it lately. The British oil giant bears primary responsibility for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP’s stock has nearly halved in value since the accident. Now the company’s CEO Tony Hayward, is said to be planning to travel to Russia to reassure President Dmitry Medvedev that BP is not on the brink of collapse. Marco Werman speaks with Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group, a political risk research company, and author of “The End of the Free Market”. Download MP3 (Photo: Hayward in Congress/Chris Kleponis/AFP/Getty Images)
Bilateral discontent over BP oil spill
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In Britain, there are growing fears that the nation’s image has been damaged by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And British politicians say Barack Obama is at least partly to blame because of his remarks about British Petroleum. It’s all prompted British Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene. Cameron will call President Obama this weekend in hopes of improving relations. Laura Lynch reports from London. (image shows David Cameron with President Obama in April) Download MP3
The backlash against BP
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President Barack Obama has strongly criticized BP’s chief executive Tony Hayward over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an NBC interview, Mr Obama was asked about comments Hayward made in the wake of the disaster, such as “I want my life back” and the President said: “He wouldn’t be working for me after any of those statements.” The World’s Katy Clark reports on how citizens are grappling with the oil spill disaster. Some are now boycotting BP. But do such actions really make a difference? (flickr image: infrogmation) Download MP3
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