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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: oil consumption

oil consumption stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - A combination of penny-pinching and environmental concern has pushed bottled water sales off for the first time in at least 5 years, the Washington Post reports. In 2008, consumption of bottled water fell for the first time this decade. “It's an obvious way to cut back,” a... More »

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recycling • bottled water • recession • beverages • Nestle • oil consumption • environmentalists • packaging

Gulf Oil Powers Pump Green Into Clean Technology

States invest billions to keep atop energy-economy heap

Jan 13, 09 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the per-capita carbon footprint of the United Arab Emirates dwarfs that of most anywhere else, it and fellow Persian Gulf oil giants like Qatar and Saudi Arabia are becoming the unlikely cradle of green technology, the New York Times reports. Wary of the world’s dependence on crude and... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Qatar • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • energy dependence • carbon emissions • energy independence • oil consumption

 Gas Use Hits
 Record Low,
 Prices Still Sky High 

Increasing supply fails to dent price

Jul 10, 08 2:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soaring gas prices are changing Americans driving habits, cutting consumption to the lowest levels in five years, reports the Wall Street Journal. Gas consumption dropped by 3.3% to 9.3 million barrels a day compared with last year's Fourth of July holiday. Some 62% of Americans are changing summer... More »

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gas • diesel • gas prices • oil refineries • New York Mercantile Exchange • Energy Information Administration • oil consumption • Schork Group • gas consumption

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