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FILE PHOTO: A bitumen sample from an experiment to get bitumen out of oil sands is shown at the Imperial Oil research lab in Calgary, Alberta, Canada March 12, 2020. Picture taken March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
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Canada oil and gas emissions cap likely to curtail production, report says

In a report commissioned by Alberta, Deloitte modelling showed that implementing carbon capture and storage would render high-cost oil sands mines economically unviable.

FILE PHOTO: Construction workers Tekovin Miller and Darien Bailey install actuators for tilting panels at the Duette solar site which is being developed on previously agricultural land in Bowling Green, Florida, U.S., March 24, 2021. Picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dane Rhys/File Photo
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US unveils rules for subsidies to boost clean energy wages

U.S. President Joe Biden wants to make jobs and wages in green industries such as solar competitive with those in oil and gas.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A woman pours water on her head after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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India sees record peak demand for power in north as heatwave persists

People in India have been trying to stay cool during a weeks-long heatwave.

dian oil and gas companies facing a federally imposed emissions cap will cut their production rather than invest in emissions-reducing carbon capture and storage technology, a new report by Deloitte says. A dump truck works near an oil sands extraction facility near Fort McMurray, Alta. on Sunday June 1, 2014.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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Canada’s emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts: Deloitte

A new report commissioned by the Alberta government suggests that oil and gas companies will cut production rather than invest in carbon capture...

The logo for Occidental Petroleum is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Berkshire Hathaway boosts stake in Occidental Petroleum to nearly 29%

Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc acquired another 2.95 million shares in Occidental Petroleum, a regulatory filing showed, bringing his stake in the...

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Opinion: The world no longer needs new fossil fuels – and the UK could lead the way in making them taboo

Opinion: If governments stop new projects, the production and consumption of fossil fuel will gradually decline over coming decades as existing assets reach...

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States sue US to block rule that oil firms guarantee payment to dismantle old wells

The Biden administration has proposed a rule that would require the offshore oil and gas industry to help cover the cost of dismantling...

The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 24, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo
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LandBridge aims to raise up to $319 million in US IPO

LandBridge owns about 220,000 surface acres in the oil-rich Permian Basin

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Carlyle Group is displayed at the company's office in Tokyo, Japan October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
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Carlyle explores sale of electric power producer Cogentrix, FT reports

Cogentrix, which was bought by Carlyle from Goldman Sachs in 2012, has more then 70 gas, coal, solar and other renewable assets.

FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows Canadian investment banks RBC, CIBC, BMO, TD and Scotiabank in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Canada’s Parliament grills bank CEOs on climate policy in rare meeting

The CEOs of Canada's big five banks reassured MPs about their commitment to fighting climate change, but said reducing funding for fossil fuel...

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