Thursday, 6 February 2025

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FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the headquarters of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobas) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Photo
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Brazil’s Petrobras ups gasoline prices 7%, first hike under new CEO

Petrobras in 2023 ditched a more market-based pricing policy in favor of one that gave it more flexibility to smooth out price swings.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company's headquarters in the Swiss town of Baar November 20, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann//File Photo
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Canada approves Glencore takeover of Teck coal unit, with conditions

Ottawa has approved Glencore's acquisition of miner Teck Resources' steelmaking coal unit with strict conditions to preserve jobs.

The Competition Bureau says it will speed the development of guidance on the interpretation of new provisions in the Competition Act aimed at greenwashing.The government's Competition Bureau website is pictures on a mobile phone and laptop screen in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Competition Bureau to speed development of guidance on new greenwashing rules

The Competition Bureau says it will speed the development of guidance on new provisions in the Competition Act aimed at greenwashing

File Photo: A road and the Trans Alaska Pipeline run over the tundra in northern Alaska March 17, 2011.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Alaska sues to challenge new NPR-A oil and gas leasing rules

(Reuters) – The state of Alaska on Wednesday said it has filed a lawsuit challenging new federal regulations imposed for oil and gas...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec, is displayed during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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China’s Sinopec strikes large oil, gas flow at South China Sea well

China's Sinopec Corp has struck a high flow of oil and gas in an offshore exploration well in the Beibu Gulf of the...

FILE PHOTO: The front entrance of the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is pictured in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Constellation Energy talking to Pennsylvania on Three Mile Island restart: sources

This plan, driven by rising power demand and the push for carbon-free energy, faces high costs and logistical challenges.

FortisBC says it has become the first utility in North America to automatically designate a portion of their residential customers' natural gas use to RNG, or renewable natural gas. Piping is seen on the top of a receiving platform which will be connected to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline terminus at the LNG Canada export terminal under construction, in Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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FortisBC says all customers now see renewable natural gas on utility bills

SURREY, B.C. — FortisBC says it has become the first utility in North America to automatically designate a portion of its residential customers’...

FILE - A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquified natural gas won approval from a federal commission Thursday, June27, 2024 although when the southwest Louisiana project will be completed remains unclear in light of a Biden administration delay on such projects announced earlier this year. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)
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Judge sides with 16 states, putting on pause Biden’s delay of consideration of gas export projects

The states were granted a preliminary injunction by a Louisiana judge.

Students of Excellent Moral School attempt to answer a mathematics question on a blackboard inside a dimly lit classroom in Ibadan, Nigeria, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The lack of reliable electricity severely affects education and businesses in Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It’s straining businesses and public services

Half of Nigeria's population has insufficient access to electricity, and many rural communities are off the grid entirely.

Smoke rising out of chimneys at Ratcliffe on Soar power station near Nottingham. File photo. (David Jones/PA)
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UK government met oil and gas lobbyists every working day in 2023

At least 65 fossil fuel organisations and industry bodies were identified meeting with ministers over the course of 2023.

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