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• Shale gas boom now visible from space - FT.com

  "Oil companies at the heart of the US shale oil boom are burning off enough gas to power all the homes in Chicago and Washington combined in a practice causing growing concern about the waste of resources and damage to the environment. The volume of unwanted gas being flared off in North Dakota, the state leading the shale revolution transforming the outlook for US energy, rose about 50 per cent last year. The surge at the state’s Bakken formation is being replicated in other shale regions with the Texas state regulator issuing 1,963 permits to flare in 2012, more than six times the number of 306 in 2010."

  tags: oil gas energy shale unitedstates energysector

• Graphene: Faster, stronger, bendier - FT.com

  "Graphene is a sheet of carbon, only one atom thick but extending indefinitely in two dimensions. Its properties encompass an astonishing range of superlatives, including better electrical and thermal conductivity, mechanical strength and optical purity than any other material. "

  tags: metal innovation research graphene europe uk

• Bipartisan group of senators to unveil framework for immigration overhaul - The Washington Post

  "A key group of senators from both parties will unveil on Monday the framework of a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, including a pathway to citizenship for more than 11 million illegal immigrants. The detailed, four-page statement of principles will carry the signatures of four Republicans and four Democrats, a bipartisan push that would have been unimaginable just months ago on one of the country’s most emotionally divisive issues."

  tags: unitedstates politics immigration americandream obama republicans democrats

• Riots After Soccer Verdict Kill 30 in Egypt, Increasing Two-Day Death Toll to 39

  "And the violence in Egypt continues. At least 30 people were killed Saturday in the Egyptian coastal city of Port Said after a judge sentenced 21 soccer fans to death for their involvement in the deaths of 74 people at a game last February. All those killed Saturday died of gunshot wounds as battles broke out with the police, reports the Washington Post. The latest violence came a day after nine people were killed in protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, bringing the two-day death toll to 39, reports Reuters. "

  tags: egypt football politics protest middleeast revolution

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