Javier Blas | The Seattle Times

August 4, 2023 at 1:01 pm

The long arm of the Kremlin and the politics of uranium | Javier Blas

The commodity may not attract the headlines of oil, gas or even coal, but it's crucial for a world desperately in need of carbon-free energy.

March 30, 2023 at 10:51 am

It's no pain, all grain for Vladimir Putin | Javier Blas

As in the oil trade, Russian grain will move into the shadows.

February 15, 2021 at 8:00 am

Millions lose power in Texas as freeze sows energy-market chaos

Millions of households in Texas are suffering rolling blackouts for the first time in a decade as an unprecedented Arctic freeze sends temperatures plummeting across...

Nation & World

April 13, 2020 at 8:52 am

The inside story of how oil’s coronavirus-crisis price war ended

After a week-long marathon of calls between world leaders and video conferences featuring dozens of energy ministers, it was the moment the 2020 oil price...

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Pistachio nuts are displayed on March 31, 2009 in Washington,DC. US federal food safety officials said a California plant was recalling at least one million pounds (454 tonnes) of pistachio products following fears of salmonella contamination.The announcement came in the wake of a devastating salmonella outbreak linked to peanut products that has left nine people dead and nearly 700 sick since late last year.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned consumers to avoid eating pistachios until it had determined the full scope of the contamination.

May 5, 2015 at 5:10 pm

Iran could be poised to shake the world pistachio market

While it ranks only as the world’s seventh-largest oil producer, the Middle Eastern country vies with the U.S. to be the biggest pistachio grower.

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