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Business Day
Mexico’s State-Owned Oil Giant, Pemex, Is in Uncharted Waters
Pemex hopes to shed its reputation as a lumbering oil monopoly and to remake itself into a modern company that can compete with the world’s biggest firms.
Business Day
As Abu Dhabi Sizes Up Oil Partners, Western Firms Risk Being Left Out
The emirate has allowed longstanding concessions to major global oil companies to expire, and is considering replacing some of them with partners from Asia and elsewhere.
Science
Reversing Course on Beavers
Their dams were once obliterated by dynamite and bulldozers, but beavers are getting new respect these days as a defense against the withering impacts of a warmer and drier climate.
U.S.
Louisiana: Plan Reached to Clear Explosives
Fifteen million pounds of abandoned M6 propellant at Camp Minden will be burned in trays holding shallow layers of the powder, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
Opinion
Fathers, Sons and the Presidency
Our country’s history is one of daddy issues. Just look at the last three presidents.
U.S.
In U.S. Cleanup Efforts, Accident at Nuclear Site Points to Cost of Lapses
As the United States aims to correct years of mishandling radioactive materials, the price of reopening a New Mexico waste repository could top $551 million.
Health
A Heart Risk in Drinking Water
Even trace amounts of arsenic in drinking water may increase the risk of heart disease, researchers have found.
Home & Garden
A Way With Nature
Designed by UNStudio, the house near the sea has a skin that looks like wind rippling through dunes.
Opinion
Two Years After Sandy's Surge, New York City Shifts Toward a Softer Relationship with the Sea
Two years after Sandy swamped parts of New York City, a vision emerges for a mix of hard and soft landscape changes reflecting the reality of rising seas.
U.S.
Video: Ruby Ridge: American Standoff
When armed suspects stand off against the law today, one event continues to cast a shadow on both sides of the police line: the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge.
Is It Voter Fraud or Voter Suppression in 2014?
Voter fraud, voter ID laws, “the new poll tax” — sound familiar? The voter suppression debate is making another resurgence in the run-up to midterm elections.
U.S.
Hard-Nosed Advice From Veteran Lobbyist: ‘Win Ugly or Lose Pretty’
When Richard Berman urged Western Energy Alliance members to fight an “endless war” against their opponents, he did not know he was being recorded.
U.S.
Peace Prize Laureates Urge Disclosure on U.S. Torture
Twelve of President Obama’s fellow Nobel Peace Prize recipients are pushing him to release a Senate report about the C.I.A.'s use of torture after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Movies
‘H20 MX’ Wins Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award
José Cohen and Lorenzo Hagerman have won the 2014 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award for “H20 MX.”
N.Y. / Region
New Jersey Plan for Sports Betting Halted
A federal judge granted a request by major professional leagues and the N.C.A.A. to block legalized wagering two days before its scheduled start at Monmouth Park.
Science
Pragmatism on Climate Change Trumps Politics at Local Level Across U.S.
Even as politicians at the national level steer clear of the politically charged topic, officials who live where its effects lap at residents’ doorsteps are embracing the issue.
U.S.
A County Resents Oil Drilling, Despite the Money It Brings In
Most Glasscock County farmers are powerless to stop energy developers from drilling wells, even as it destroys valuable crop land.
Automobiles
New Volt Will Have Improved Powertrain and Longer Range
G.M. said the major upgrades to the 2016 model would increase the car’s driving range by up to 12 percent from the current model’s 380-mile rating.
Business Day
Europe Strives to Overcome Its Reliance on Russian Gas
Much of Eastern Europe is vulnerable to cutoffs of gas, oil or coal by Moscow, a situation that has become more urgent with the crisis in Ukraine.
Magazine
The Biggest Ship in the World (Though It Isn’t Exactly a Ship)
Technically, this monstrous natural-gas refinery is a “floating facility,” not a “ship,” but c’mon.
