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Wilma Abanil arranges clothes inside her house at the coastal village of Santa Clara near a liquified natural gas power plant in Batangas province, Philippines on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Abanil witnessed changes after the first plant opened in 2002. Within two years, the fish catch was falling, she said. It grew worse as more plants opened. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant

Liquified natural gas is a booming business in the Philippines, despite experts warning the country is most vulnerable to climate change.

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Texas startup hopes 4th time’s a charm to build first big US oil refinery since 1977

Element Fuels Holdings, a Dallas-area startup proposing to build the first all-new U.S. oil refinery in nearly 50 years, says it is relaunching...

A flare stack lights the sky from an oil refinery in Edmonton on Friday December 28, 2018. Executives of some of Canada's largest oil and gas companies are expected to testify before a parliamentary committee Thursday about their efforts to reduce their sector's greenhouse gas emissions.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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Canadian oil and gas CEOs testify before Commons environment committee

Canada's federal government has proposed a legislated cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector, something the industry opposes.

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Should Nigeria expand LNG to boost its economy? IISD report weighs the risks

What should Nigeria consider when it comes to expanding liquefied natural gas to bolster its economy? A report from the International Institute for...

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma September 15, 2015.  REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
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How Devon Energy missed out on the US oil and gas mega-deal wave

US oil and gas producer Devon Energy has lost bids in the last 12 months because its shares were spurned as acquisition currency

ductor of an electric passenger bus calls to attract attention of the travelers in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Nepal's abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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EV sales boom in Nepal, helping to save on oil imports, alleviate smog

Nepal’s hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in EV sales

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Azerbaijan hoping to cut emissions with $2 billion green energy investment

Azerbaijan, which is hosting COP29 this year, is hoping to raise the share of renewables across its energy sector to almost a third...

Arctic Sunrise being boarded by armed Russian officials in 2013 (BBC/Curve Media/Greenpeace/PA)
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‘Arctic 30’ protest curbed region’s oil rush, activists say as documentary airs

Greenpeace activists say their protest against Russian drilling in the Arctic in 2013 helped curb the “oil rush” in the region, as a...

An extreme fire warning sign is shown along Highway 97 toward Fort Nelson outside the Charlie Lake Fire Hall near Fort St. John, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Boily
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Reduction in volumes forces Fort Nelson, B.C. natural gas plant to suspend operations

A company that operates a natural gas plant in Fort Nelson, B.C., is suspending operations because of a reduction in gas volumes, which...

FILE - A person cools off in a mister along the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Las Vegas. Month after month, global temperatures are setting new records. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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Climate records keep shattering. How worried should we be?

Making sense of the run of climate extremes may be challenging for some. Here's a look at what scientists are saying.

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