Recently, though, fracking has presented the promise of substantially inreasing our domestic energy supply by opening up new shale formations previously thought to be impossible to produce.

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Government forces have been doing better over recent weeks, recapturing territory and re-opening key supply routes.

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Although nothing like so important as the request that Turkey turned down, opening a supply line to American troops and allowing humanitarian aid through Turkey is a significant boost to the American war effort.

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Helping secure Africa from turmoil would go a long way toward opening up a non-terrorist-funding oil supply chain on our way to a more ecologically-savvy future.

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The creation of new markets is often dependent on component technologies opening up opportunities, rather than the development of entire supply chains of products.

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The government pitched the further opening of retail as a way to improve India's supply chain, increase consumer choice, and help farmers.

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But there's a 190-million-ton annual supply shortage in part due to strict environmental laws and bureaucratic delays that have slowed the opening of new coal mines.

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Analysts have blamed supply-chain problems for lower-than-expected initial iPhone 5 sales of five million in the opening weekend.

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In her opening remarks, Annelisa Grigg (Globalbalance) noted that biodiversity is an important factor for many businesses regarding supply chain security, reputational risk, and the licence to operate.

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