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United States
Oil Trade Waivers
The United States has agreed to let eight countries, including close allies, South Korea, Japan and India, continue trading oil with Iran after economic sanctions are imposed on Iran on November 5th. Iran’s biggest oil partners are all in Asia and the countries have been fighting to maintain their trade patterns with Iran after the sanctions, arguing that a complete sanction would disrupt the crude oil industry. A full list of countries receiving trade waivers will be released on Monday. It is not yet clear how much oil the countries would be allowed to buy from Iran – whose oil production has dropped from 2.5 billion barrels per day to about 1.5 billion barrels per day.
This map depicts Iran’s largest oil trade partners. Click on the map to learn more.
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United States
Early Voters
With four days still remaining before Election Day, more than twenty-eight million early voters have already cast their vote in the U.S. In eighteen states and Washington D.C. advance voting has already outpaced the 2014 midterm election rates. While Presidential elections usually evoke higher voting turnouts, in some states the voter counts are closer to the 2016 presidential election rather than the last midterm. Thirty-seven states and Washington D.C. allow some form of early voting with policies and deadlines varying state.
This map depicts U.S. states that have already surpassed their 2014 early vote counts. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: N.Y. Times
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The Republic of Palau
Plan to Ban ‘Reef Toxic’ Sunscreen
The Pacific archipelago of Palau has become the first country in the world to ban many common types of sunscreens containing chemicals such as oxybenzone and octinoxate that could kill off coral reefs and damage marine environments. Palau, in the Micronesia region of the western Pacific Ocean, has taken steps to protect the biodiversity of its over 500 islands. Just north of the Coral Triangle, with turquoise coral and the UNESCO World Heritage site, Jellyfish Lake, tourism is the nation’s main economic driver. There are however, concerns about compromising the safety of residents and tourists who do not use alternative sunscreens.
This map depicts the location of Palau in the Pacific Ocean and its turquoise coral reefs. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What country holds the largest geothermal power plant in the wolrd?
A: United States
The Geysers Complex, located in the Mayacamas Mountains, 72 miles north of San Francisco, California, is the largest geothermal field in the world. The complex, and its 22 geothermal power plants therein, have a combined installed capacity of 1,520 MW
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Q: In gigawatts (GW), what is the largest solar energy-producing country in the world?
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