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FILE PHOTO: A view of a vegetable stand with prices at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File Photo
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Tokyo inflation likely accelerated on suspended energy subsidies: Reuters poll

The government is set to revive subsidies for electricity and gas prices from January to ease high fuel costs.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy holds during a news conference on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska, outlining his budget proposal for the coming year. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s wants to expand oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

FILE PHOTO: Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) line up at the Port of Corpus Christi, where they are being loaded with crude oil for shipping worldwide, in this handout picture taken July 2022. Port of Corpus Christi/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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U.S. crude exports to Europe expected to fall in Jan as shipping economics weaken

The decline in stockpiles means U.S. barrels are being priced to stay at home.

FILE - Robbie Macias, Aemetis vice president of biogas, gestures while demonstrating the strength of a dairy digester with Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Calif. The digester captures methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
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Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels

Environmental groups are suing California regulators over biofuel pollution impacts, claiming neglect of low-income communities.

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of U.S. energy exporter and pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc. is seen in Houston, Texas, U.S. September 27, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020.  REUTERS/Gary McWilliams/File Photo
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Kinder Morgan’s unit to go ahead with $1.4 billion Mississippi Crossing Project

Kinder Morgan says its unit Tennessee Gas Pipeline will proceed with the nearly $1.4 billion Mississippi Crossing Project.

A United States Postal Service (USPS) collection box is pictured in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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States, environmental groups drop lawsuit over US Postal Service EV purchase plans

The lawsuit sought to block the U.S. Postal Service's plan to buy mostly gas-powered, next-generation delivery vehicles.

FILE - In this photo made with an Optical Gas Imaging thermal camera, a plume of heat from a flare burning off methane and other hydrocarbons is detected in the background next to an oil pumpjack as a cow walks through a field in the Permian Basin in Jal, N.M., Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Harmful gas billowing from Texas and New Mexico comes mostly from smaller leaks, researchers say

The most productive oil and gas region in the world emits huge amounts of powerful greenhouse gas.

Vermilion Energy Inc. raised its dividend as it outlined a capital spending plan of $600 million to $625 million for 2025. The corporate logo of Vermilion Energy Inc. is shown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Vermilion Energy raises dividend, plans $600M-$625M capital spending for 2025

The company will pay a quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share, up from 12 cents per share.

A worker sits inside the control centre of the Digital Realty data center, in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming too much of its energy

Dozens of data centers at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland.

FILE PHOTO: Natural gas flares off at a production facility owned by Exxon near Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
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AI’s energy hunger fuels geothermal startups but natgas rivalry clouds future

Large data-center operators are racing to meet the energy needs of artificial intelligence.

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