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UAE's Jaber urges Big Oil to join fight against climate change

A top oil executive from the United Arab Emirates on Monday urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change, borrowing a famous line from a U.S. astronaut aboard a damaged spacecraft during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.

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Deutsche Bank tightens coal finance policy but not oil and gas

Deutsche Bank on Thursday tightened its coal financing policies but has yet to change its criteria for the oil and gas industries, drawing criticism from climate activists.

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'No excuse': IEA tells energy firms as methane emissions rise

The fossil fuel industry is failing to tackle methane emissions despite its pledges to uncover and fix leaking infrastructure, according to a report by the International Energy Agency published on Tuesday.

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Davos 2023: EU to counter U.S. climate game changer with own green deal

The European Union responded on Tuesday to U.S. moves to boost its energy transition with its own plans to make life easier for green industry, saying it would mobilize state aid and a sovereignty fund to keep firms from moving to the United States.

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Kansas residents hold their noses as crews mop up massive U.S. oil spill

Residents near the site of the worst U.S. oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride as emergency crews labored to clean up in near-freezing temperatures, and investigators searched for clues to what caused the spill.

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St. Croix refinery cannot restart without new permit, air pollution tech -EPA

U.S. regulators will require a new Clean Air Act permit for a troubled oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which could cost its owners hundreds of millions of dollars and take three years or more to obtain, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday.

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Ukraine war makes fossil fuel finance pledge tricky

The energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine is creating difficulties with a commitment the Italian government made last year to stop funding overseas fossil fuel projects, the country's climate change envoy said on Thursday.

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UAE's Jaber urges Big Oil to join fight against climate change

Deutsche Bank tightens coal finance policy but not oil and gas

'No excuse': IEA tells energy firms as methane emissions rise

Davos 2023: EU to counter U.S. climate game changer with own green deal

Kansas residents hold their noses as crews mop up massive U.S. oil spill

St. Croix refinery cannot restart without new permit, air pollution tech -EPA

Ukraine war makes fossil fuel finance pledge tricky

Chemical recycling has an economic and environmental injustice problem: Report

A blueprint for reshaping climate regulations under a second Trump administration

Record oil profits highlight the long road to renewable energy

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Biden administration unveils plan to wean US government off single-use plastics

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way