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FILE PHOTO: Oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed U.S. flag in this illustration taken, October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Alaska wildlife refuge drilling auction yields no bids, US says

The congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received no bids from energy companies.

FILE PHOTO: An activist holds a balloon in the form of the globe during a protest action at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024.
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Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges

Among the biggest factors clouding the negotiations at COP29 was the return of climate skeptic Donald Trump as president of the U.S.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Vestas V-47 660 kilowatt wind turbines, part of the Indian Mesa Wind Farm owned by NextEra Energy Resources, near Fort Stockton, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Trump return will slow, not stop, US clean energy boom

Trump’s White House return shifts energy policy to oil and gas. Still, it’s unlikely to dramatically slow U.S. renewables.

AgricultureAviationBiofuelsEconomyElectionsEmissionsNewsPoliticsSustainable Aviation Fuel

U.S. sets out ethanol’s path to sustainable aviation fuel subsidies

Air travel so far accounts for about 2% of U.S. carbon pollution. President Joe Biden hopes that creating a subsidized market for lower-emissions...

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