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FILE PHOTO: A pumpjack operates at the Vermilion Energy site in Trigueres, France, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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Oil prices dip as investors fret over demand outlook

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Crude oil prices fell 1% on Tuesday as weak U.S. consumer confidence data fed worries about the economic...

While extra resources have been poured into improving firefighting in recent years, experts said the same was not true for planning and preparing for such disasters (AFP)
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World not ready for climate change-fuelled wildfires: experts

Extra resources have been poured into improving firefighting but experts say more planning is needed.

FILE PHOTO: The logo and trading information for Chevron is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 27, 2022.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Chevron flags second-quarter production impact at TCO, Gulf of Mexico assets

(Reuters) – Chevron said on Monday it expected upstream turnarounds and downtime to impact 65,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in production...

AnalysisBusinessEconomyEmissionsOil

Has the post-Covid rebound for oil demand runs its course? Analysis from the IEA

Analysis from the IEA: Chinese demand growth and considerable progress on the deployment of clean energy transition technologies mean that the oil market...

FILE PHOTO: Businessmen pass the Toronto Stock Exchange sing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 6, 2017.  REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Australia’s Paladin Energy to buy Canada’s Fission Uranium for $833 million

Paladin Energy has applied for a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange as it agrees to buy Fission Uranium.

FILE - A living room of the Olympic village is pictured, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers' plans to cut carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan

The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a...

FILE - A man pours cold water onto his head to cool off on a sweltering hot day in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, July 16, 2023. As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
AnalysisClimateIn-DepthResiliencyWeather

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.

With much of the United States, Mexico, India and the Middle East suffering through blistering heat waves, worsened by human-caused climate change, several...

FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims walk with umbrellas on the third day of the Satan stoning ritual, amid extremely hot weather, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Saleh Salem/File Photo
AnalysisClimateIn-DepthWeather

Explainer: How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide

Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere this week and will continue to deliver dangerous weather for decades to...

FILE PHOTO: Gas flares are seen at the state-owned oil company PDVSA, in Punta de Mata, Venezuela April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentFuelLiquefied Natural GasNewsOil

Oil companies flare more natural gas, defying effort to eliminate practice

Oil companies around the world burned off the most natural gas in five years while increasing intensity of the highly polluting practice

The sun sets behind overhead power lines in Kuwait City as the government requested citizens to ration their electricity usage amid soaring temperatures (AFP)
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Four in five people want more climate action: UN survey

Four in five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll published on Thursday

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