The Virtual Tribune
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Power Purchase Agreements Lock Data Center Energy Prices
BEIJING, July 20 — More than 137 firms across 32 countries reported signing power purchase agreements in 2021,…
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Chokepoint Threat: Bab el-Mandeb Strait Shapes Global Oil Security
MANAMA, July 20 — The Bab el-Mandeb strait, whose Arabic name translates to “Gate of Tears,” is among…
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Crack Spreads Shape Gasoline Prices, Refining Margins
NEW YORK, July 20 — 3:2:1. That ratio is the crack spread benchmark investors will track as peak…
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From Apollo to Artemis: The 50-Year Gap in Lunar Exploration
WASHINGTON, July 20 — Fifty years after the last human footprint was pressed into lunar dust, the United…
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Artemis III by the Numbers: Budget, Schedule, and Vehicle Statistics
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 20 — As the world marks the 57th anniversary of the first moon…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE, July 20 — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge at 05:38 UTC on July…
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Space Debris Threatens Lunar Orbit: Tracking Objects in Cislunar Space
WASHINGTON, July 20 — The first confirmed uncontrolled impact of a man-made object on the Moon is now…
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Astronomers Gray, McDowell Track Rogue Rocket to Moon
WASHINGTON, July 20 — Early findings suggested something unusual was heading toward the Moon. In January 2022, amateur…
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SpaceX Rocket Stage to Hit Moon March 4, Scientists Watch
WASHINGTON, July 20 — What began as a routine launch seven years ago now ends with a quiet…
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Kuwait’s Energy Infrastructure: Why Power Plants Are Vulnerable to
KUWAIT CITY, July 19 — A fire at one of Kuwait’s power plants has drawn renewed attention to…
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Shadow Fleet Expands To Bypass G7 Oil Price Cap On Russia
BRUSSELS, July 19 — The shadow fleet, Russia’s principal workaround for the G7 oil price cap, has quietly…
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US Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drops From 638 Million Barrels In 2020 To 351 Million
WASHINGTON, July 19 — The Strategic Petroleum Reserve sits at roughly half its size from just a few…
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New material vs existing quantum platforms: strengths and unknowns
NEW YORK, July 19 — For all the excitement that quantum computing has generated, the machines have remained…
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How the New Quantum Material Maintains Coherence at Room Temperature
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19 — For the first time, physicists have demonstrated quantum coherence at room temperature in…
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Oil at Risk: The Economic Stakes of the U.S.-Iran Standoff
WASHINGTON, July 19 — Global oil markets have long kept a nervous eye on the Strait of Hormuz,…
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Revised ancient temperatures sharpen global warming forecasts
WASHINGTON, July 19 — A quiet but critical shift is taking place in climate science, and it revolves…
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Eastern and Western Canada Pipeline Infrastructure Explained
OTTAWA, July 19 — A proposed east‑west pipeline designed to move crude oil from Alberta’s production fields to…
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Alberta, Federal Government Clash Over Pipeline Debate
EDMONTON, July 19 — Alberta holds 158.9 billion barrels of oil reserves, the bulk of them in the…
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Canada unveils new east-west pipeline to reduce U.S. oil reliance
OTTAWA, July 19 — Canada holds 158.9 billion barrels of oil reserves, almost entirely in Alberta, and ships…
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Brent Oil Surges Above $90 Amid Red Sea Shipping Attacks
TEHRAN, July 19 — Brent crude oil prices rose above $90 per barrel in early October 2024, driven…
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Mg/Ca Ratios in Foraminifera Shells Reveal Ancient Ocean Temps
WASHINGTON, July 19 — When scientists want to know how warm the ocean was during the last ice…
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Climate Proxy Calibration Reconstructs Pre-1880 Temperatures
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 19 — The stretch of reliable global climate records runs back only to the 1880s.…
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Measurable Impact: Global Oil Markets and Insurance Costs
ISTANBUL, July 19 — The churn of tanker traffic across the Black Sea has long been a barometer…
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Mothers Rise Up: Climate Group Demands Child-Focused Policies
LONDON, July 19 — A climate activism group founded by parents in 2021 is making a direct appeal…
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