Paula tossed the football over the fence.
Answer:
What began in the late 1800s as a love of oil (and the potential wealth oil brings) has turned to a love-hate relationship with oil. Oil has a wealth of uses, but also a wealth of consequences.
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The United States uses one-quarter of the world's energy.
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The United States is the second-largest producer of oil in the world.
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The United States imports more oil than any other country.
- The United States suffers from a blind and selfish dependency on oil.
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The United States struggles with ending its dependency on oil,
especially when lobbyists fight this.
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The United States argues with itself over off-shore oil drilling. Catastrophes would truly be catastrophic, but the "oil
race" continues.
Explanation:
The government of a consumer state has a vested interest in protecting the government of oil-producing states.
Answer:
On May 14 Indonesia’s constitutional court ruled to modify the language of a 1999 law, effectively placing millions of hectares of previously government-controlled forest land back into the hands of Indigenous Peoples.
The ruling clarified Indonesia’s classification of forest land, separating state forests from public forests and dividing public forests into either customary or individual forests. Previously, all customary forests had been under state control; now, the rights for customary forests have been handed back to the Indigenous inhabitants.
Explanation:
Answer: "hydrologic cycle" .
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