Exploration and drilling for oil and gas have become easier as climate change forces the ice to retreat, and all countries with borders inside the Arctic circle are fighting to claim their share.

全球变暖迫使冰层消退给石油和天然气的勘探和开采带来方便，边境在北极圈内的所有国家正在认领属于各自的地盘。

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Others rationalise that it might bring benefits to one of the world's coldest countries, freeing up a melting Arctic for oil and gas exploration, and extending the country's brief growing season.

其他人则将全球变暖合理化，认为它可能会造福于这个世界上最寒冷的国家之一，融化的北极，有利于石油和天然气开发，并延长这个国家短暂的作物生长季节。

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Fourth, to push for positive progress in land boundary settlement, oil and gas exploration and exploitation and fishery cooperation in the Beibu Gulf and joint exploitation of the South China Sea.

第四，推动陆地边界勘界、北部湾油气勘采和渔业合作、南海共同开发取得积极进展。

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At the end of March, President Obama called for the United States to expand its offshore oil and gas exploration.

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"The types of opportunities that are left for natural gas exploration in the U.S.have changed.

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The Tennessee senator also wants more exploration for offshore oil and natural gas, and more conservation and efficiency in electricity use.

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While land-grabs and exploration for natural gas and renewables continues across the natural landscape, prospecting for a different prize has gradually taken hold in the built environment.

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The motion called on the enterprise minister to place a moratorium on exploration for shale gas until an environmental impact assessment has been done, and urged greater support for renewable energy.

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For the government, the timing could hardly have been worse: this month, India kicked off a two-month marketing campaign for its biggest sale yet of exploration rights for oil and gas, scheduled for October.

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