U.S. warns of Nigeria militant plots

LAGOS, Nigeria – The United States warned Friday that Nigerian militants may be planning to expand their activities beyond the country’s restive oil-producing southern regions.

Light, sweet crude prices rose more than $1, to settle above $59 a barrel, in part because of worries over the warning.


Though local residents often object to wind farms intruding on their landscape and views, wind power has become an increasingly attractive option for generating clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions for several countries. Offshore wind farms in Denmark and the United Kingdom are now used to generate electricity, with Denmark drawing 20 percent of its energy from wind power.

But determining just how much ocean area is available and how much energy a wind farm can actually produce is tricky and had yet to be done for this area of the Atlantic.

AP