Month September 2005

NYMEX declares force majeure

The New York Mercantile Exchange said Friday it declared force majeure on remaining September natural gas deliveries due to the closure of the Sabine Pipeline which operates the key Henry Hub delivery point in Erath, Louisiana. This means those under…

Saudi minister warns U.S. of disintegration in Iraq

Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, has said that he has been warning the Bush administration in recent days that Iraq is hurtling toward disintegration, a development that he said could drag the region into war. Faisal, who was…

L.A. Sept. 24 anti-war demo, partial list of speakers

Award-winning actor Martin Sheen (“The West Wing”) Senate Majority Leader, Gloria Romero Vietnam Veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic West Hollywood Mayor Abbe Land UNITE HERE Local 11 President, Maria Elena Durazo Gold Star…

Rita – Friday

If you missed the news last night, Rita is projected to stop moving when it gets to northeast Texas, and will sit there for several days dumping torrential amounts of rain. Oil production and refineries in Rita’s path Water cascades…