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By Rabah Arezki via iMFDirect Natural gas is creating a new reality for economies around the world.  Three major developments of the past few years have thrust natural gas into the spotlight: the shale gas revolution in the United States, the reduction...

Japan has few domestic energy resources and is only 16 percent energy self-sufficient. It is the third largest oil consumer in the world behind the United States and China and the third-largest net importer of crude oil. It is the world's largest importer...

Germany is in the middle of one of the most audacious and ambitious experiments a major industrial economy has ever attempted: To swear off nuclear power and run Europe’s largest economy essentially on wind and solar power. There’s just...

We begin in the U.S. with another consequence of living in austerian times via ProPublica: When Lenders Sue, Quick Cash Can Turn Into a Lifetime of Debt High-cost lenders exploit laws tipped in their favor to sue tens of thousands of Americans every...

NOVANEWS By Yagasaki Katsuma The Asia Pacific Journal Yagasaki Katsuma, emeritus professor of Ryukyu University, has been constantly sounding the alarm about the problem of internal exposure related to nuclear weapons testing and nuclear electricity...