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Samantha Dynowski and Tom Swan: The time for insurers to reckon with climate change is now
The lack of strong underwriting policies by U.S. insurers is embarrassing compared to many of their industry peers worldwide.
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How long can the fracking spending spree last?
After a decade of U.S. oil and gas companies spending beyond their means, a debate is underway in the energy and investment sectors on whether to keep pumping money into oil fields to keep the boom going full-speed. Or with interest rates rising and investors demanding better returns, are fracking firms going to have to live within their cash flows?
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Big Oil back to raking in billions
The world's largest oil companies this week posted some of their best earnings in more than three years as they control costs and ride rising oil prices that are now closing in on $70 a barrel
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Silent Spills Part 2: For Crosby residents, a ‘bitter taste’ about Arkema, and little help from government
Six months after the Arkema accident, Crosby residents say they still know very little about any potential health effects from the flood and the fires.
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Sand, water, and horsepower: Welcome to the year of the fracker
Oil companies are on track to produce a record 10 million barrels of American crude a day, a milestone that could be reached as soon as February largely due to another record that is expected to fall in coming months.
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