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  2. Health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry

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    The toxicity of petroleum related products threaten human health. Many compounds found in oil are highly toxic and can cause cancer ( carcinogenic) as well as other diseases. [23] Studies in Taiwan link proximity to oil refineries to premature births. [26] Crude oil and petroleum distillates cause birth defects.

  3. 1979 oil crisis - Wikipedia

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    1979 oil crisis. A drop in oil production in the wake of the Iranian Revolution led to an energy crisis in 1979. Although the global oil supply only decreased by approximately four percent, [2] the oil markets' reaction raised the price of crude oil drastically over the next 12 months, more than doubling it to $39.50 per barrel ($248/m 3 ).

  4. Holy anointing oil - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The holy anointing oil ( Biblical Hebrew: שמן המשחה, romanized: shemen ha-mishchah, lit. 'oil of anointing') formed an integral part of the ordination of the priesthood and the High Priest as well as in the consecration of the articles of the Tabernacle (Exodus 30:26) [1] and subsequent temples in Jerusalem.

  5. Exodus: How Migration Is Changing Our World - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-0195398656. Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World (titled Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century for its UK release) is a 2013 book by the development economist Paul Collier about the way migration affects migrants as well as the countries that send and receive the migrants, and the implications this has ...

  6. Environmental impact of the oil shale industry - Wikipedia

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    Environmental impact of the oil shale industry includes the consideration of issues such as land use, waste management, and water and air pollution caused by the extraction and processing of oil shale. Surface mining of oil shale deposits causes the usual environmental impacts of open-pit mining. In addition, the combustion and thermal ...

  7. United States offshore drilling debate - Wikipedia

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    Federal offshore areas withdrawn from oil and gas leasing. The United States offshore drilling debate is an ongoing debate in the United States about whether, the extent to which, in which areas, and under what conditions, further offshore drilling should be allowed in U.S.-administered waters. Oil drilling platform about two miles (3 km) off ...

  8. Environmental impact of wind power - Wikipedia

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    Wind energy is one of the sources with the least greenhouse gas emissions. Livestock grazing near a wind turbine. [1] The environmental impact of electricity generation from wind power is minor when compared to that of fossil fuel power. [2] Wind turbines have some of the lowest global warming potential per unit of electricity generated: far ...

  9. Operation Peter Pan - Wikipedia

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    Operation Peter Pan (or Operación Pedro Pan) was a clandestine exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors ages 6 to 18 to the United States over a two-year span from 1960 to 1962. They were sent by parents who feared, on the basis of unsubstantiated rumors, [1] that Fidel Castro and the Communist party were planning to terminate parental ...

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