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Will Trump Spark An Offshore Drilling Boom?

Authored by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com,

In a bid to fend off criticism over a dearth of achievements in his first 100 days in office, President Trump plans to sign a flurry of executive orders this week.

Among them is an executive order intended to open up new areas of offshore oil and gas drilling. "This builds on previous executive actions that have cleared the way for job-creating pipelines, innovations in energy production, and reduced unnecessary burden on energy producers," a White House official told the Reuters earlier this week.

Russian Warship Sinks After Collision Off Istanbul Coast, 78 Soliders Rescued

Russian Warship Sinks After Collision Off Istanbul Coast, 78 Soliders Rescued

A Russian reconnaissance warship has sunk after colliding with a freighter north of Istanbul on the Black Sea on April 27 although all crew members were reported to have been rescued, Dogan News Agency has reported. A number of tugboats and rescue boats were dispatched to the area by the Coast Guard following the collision between the Russian vessel and the Togo-flagged ship, which was carrying livestock.

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NBC News Writes "What Should You Do In Case Of Nuclear Attack?"

NBC News Writes "What Should You Do In Case Of Nuclear Attack?"

With Project Gotham Shield concluding today, which as a reminder is a joint agency exercise involving FEMA, Homeland Security and various other law enforcement and military agencies as a response is tested for a “simulated” nuclear detonation over Manhattan, Fox 5 updates that Federal authorities are running nuclear response drills at MetLife Stadium in northern New Jersey.

Al Gore Wants $15 Trillion To Fight Off Apocalyptic 2 Degree Global Temperature Rise

Al Gore Wants $15 Trillion To Fight Off Apocalyptic 2 Degree Global Temperature Rise

Al Gore, via a new report from his Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), would like for you to know that he has a plan to save all of mankind from inevitable extinction which will come by around the year 2030 unless we join his global warming crusade immediately.

For those of you ignorant, science-hating, climate-doubters among our reader base who refuse to take Al Gore's word at face value, here is a little background on the ETC.  Apparently they have single-handedly taken upon themselves the epic goal of fighting a cataclysmic 2 degree temp rise over the next 20 years.

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