Authored by Dave Forest via OilPrice.com,
Lots of news this week on energy companies from one particular spot on Earth.
India.
In Lebanon — where reports suggest Indian state oil firm ONGC will bid for offshore blocks. In Canada — where Indian officials are said to be negotiating coking coal supplies. And even in Venezuela, where the cash-strapped government is seeking to sell ONGC a 9 percent stake in the key San Cristobal oil field.
The True Cost of Capitalism
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Despite Big Agriculture claiming for years that their pesticides only kill pests, a report published in late June in the Journal Science proved what many people have suspected for years: the type of pesticides that Bayer pioneered, known as neonicotinoids, are responsible for diminishing numbers of honeybees.
Amazon has absolutely eviscerated brick-and-mortar retailers of late with their decision first to buy Whole Foods Market followed by a subsequent announcement that they would target clothing retailers with "Prime Wardrobe."
The Whole Foods announcement sent the stocks of grocery retailers Kroger, Wal-Mart, Sprouts, and Target plunging... (WMT -4%, TGT -5.5%, SFM -7.6%, KR -12%)
And the "Prime Wardrobe" announcement just a few days later had a similar impact on clothing retailers...
Amid a growing 'swarm' of over earthquakes (now over 1000), and Montana's largest quake ever, scientists are growing increasingly concerned that the so-called 'super-volcano' at the heart of Yellowstone National Park could be building towards a Category 7 eruption. So what is a 'super-volcano' and what does its explosion mean for life on earth? NatGeo explains...