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The average household energy bill is set to increase by £149 from October after Ofgem said it was increasing its price cap (Jacob King/PA)
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UK govt urges energy firms to support awareness campaign for winter bills help

The government plans a winter campaign to help customers struggling with energy bills, urging industry support and protection.

Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts to the grid as new energy minister Stephen Lecce lays out his plan to meet demand in the coming decades. Hydro workers perform maintenance on power lines in Renfrew County, Ont., July 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says

'Energy agnostic' government will add 5,000 megawatts to the grid with gas, renewables and nuclear, but solar farms banned from prime agricultural land.

FILE - Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 20, 2024, demanding authorities comply with the decision to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country's share of the Amazon where they live. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
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Ecuador voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. It hasn’t happened

Government seeks a five-year extension to the end of Amazon oil drilling in Ecuador as activists say there is no 'political will' despite...

FILE PHOTO: A Gazprom worker walks next to pipelines at a gas measuring station at the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sudzha near Kursk, some 500 km (311 miles) south of Moscow, December 5, 2008.   REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov//File Photo
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Kremlin says Europe will pay more unless gas deal extended

Ukraine gas transit deal will not be renewed, says Kyiv, as Russia warns of higher prices from other sellers.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the decision to withdraw winter fuel payments from millions of pensioner households (Andy Buchanan/PA)
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UK energy bosses meet minister as winter fuel squeeze defended

Government sticks to removal of UK winter fuel payment for pensioners but providers called on for talks on helping vulnerable households.

A view of a Lego figure on display inside their headquarters in Billund, Denmark, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt Pedersen
BusinessNewsOil

Lego to replace oil in its bricks with pricier renewable plastic

Famous toymaker aims to bring down the fossil fuel content in its products – without making renewable plastic Lego bricks more expensive for...

The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen on an oil tank at TotalEnergies fuel depot in Mardyck near Dunkirk, France, January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/ File Photo
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TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading to pay $48 million for attempted market manipulation

The U.S. regulator fined TOTSA $48M for attempting to manipulate European gasoline futures by flooding the market.

FILE PHOTO: People visit a booth of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) at the Smart China Expo in Chongqing, China August 23, 2018. Picture taken August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
BusinessFuelNewsOil

Once-acquisitive Chinese oil giant looks to revive global dealmaking

CNPC eyes oil deals and investments across the globe amid stagnant output at home in China.

Gastech 2023 participants gather at the Australia's Woodside Energy's booth in Singapore September 7, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Tan/File Photo
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Woodside profit beats estimates, flags much interest for Driftwood sale

Woodside Energy profits slump but still beat expectations, while proposed sale of stake in US LNG project sparks interest.

The Alberta Energy Regulator seems to be going ahead with hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains despite a court ruling that opened the question of whether those applications should have been accepted. Grassy Mountain, peak to left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Rocky Mountain coal hearings still scheduled despite top court allowing appeal

The Alberta Energy Regulator is proceeding with coal exploration hearings despite a court ruling questioning the validity of the applications.

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