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FILE PHOTO: View shows cars waiting in traffic on a road near Porta Nuova district in Milan, Italy, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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EU ban on CO2 cars is ‘self-destructive’, Italy’s Meloni says

Giorgia Meloni attacks zero-emission target for European bloc for 'dismantling entire sectors' on the road to transition.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of ZEVO 600 by the automaker General Motors (GM) Brightdrop unit's CAMI EV Assembly, Canada's first full-scale electric vehicle manufacturing plant, in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada December 5, 2022.  REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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Canadian union, GM reach agreement for Ontario plant workers

Unifor extended its contract talks with GM, avoiding a strike at Ontario’s CAMI plant that makes EVs and batteries.

FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks are seen at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Oil slips for first day in three ahead of Fed decision

Oil prices fall despite US inventories increase, with tensions in the Middle East and potential US interest rate cut looming over markets.

People gather outside American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) as more than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, according to a security source, in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Energy execs say they believe VP Kamala Harris is indeed open to fracking

Top natural gas executives say they trust Kamala Harris's pledge to keep fracking, citing energy price concerns.

FILE PHOTO: The Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an oil storage facility, is seen in this aerial photograph over Freeport, Texas, U.S., April 27, 2020.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
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US to seek six million barrels of oil for reserve, amid low oil price

The Biden administration will buy up to 6 million barrels of oil for the SPR, replenishing after a 2022 sale.

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Verra Inactivates UNFCCC CDM Sulfur Hexafluoride Replacement Methodology

17 Sept 2024 Verra has permanently inactivated the use of UNFCCC CDM methodology AM0065: Replacement of SF6 with alternate cover gas in the magnesium...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Nippon Steel Corporation is displayed at the company headquarters in Tokyo,  Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo May 1, 2019.  Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Photo
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US Steel CEO confident Nippon Steel deal will close ‘on its merits’

U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt said on Tuesday he was confident Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for his company would "close on its...

FILE PHOTO: A sign of Citgo Petroleum is seen at its headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
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Venezuela seeks 4-month pause in auction of shares in Citgo parent

Venezuela's lawyers requested a four-month pause on a U.S. court-ordered auction of Citgo shares, citing political turmoil.

Chevron CEO Michael Wirth gives the keynote address as top energy executives and ministers meet in Houston for the annual Gastech conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
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Chevron CEO hits Biden’s natural gas policies, says fuel is crucial for AI

Chevron CEO Michael Wirth criticized President Biden’s policies as "attacks on natural gas,” urging support for gas in AI growth.

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What can the global energy transition learn from the UK experience?

An IEA review of how the United Kingdom is doing in its efforts to reach net-zero emissions contains valuable insights for the global...

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