Louisiana loses the equivalent of a football field worth of wetlands every hour, and 40 to 60 percent of that loss is attributed to oil and gas activity, including exploration and dredging of pipeline canals.

CNN: Gulf reopen for drilling as region suffers

During the debate on 20 January 2011 MEPs debated issues including economic growth and energy issues, such as the proposed Nabucco pipeline to bring gas from Turkey to Austria.

BBC: Black Sea strategy

The price of natural gas is influenced by several factors including current and anticipated supply and demand of natural gas, temperature changes, amount of gas stored, pipeline charges for transporting gas, and cost of gas for end users.

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