For much of the past decade, oil companies engaged in drilling and fracking have been allowed to pump into the ground chemicals that, over time,…
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Tag: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
Gas Price Increase Poses Challenge to U.S. Economy
As the U.S. economy struggles to emerge from its pandemic-induced hibernation, consumers and businesses have encountered product shortages, hiring difficulties and often conflicting public health…
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Behind the Clash at OPEC: Growing Competition in the Gulf
The fighting between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia that emerged in recent days over oil production had been brewing for months, if not…
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Halfway Through 2021, the Hot Stocks Are Old-Fashioned
The company sells a surprising amount of its sculpting lipstick, stay-in-place foundation and skin care creams at airports. Ms. Perin Vinton is betting, in part,…
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In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action
The veteran oil-industry lobbyist was told he was meeting with a recruiter. But the video call, which was secretly recorded, was part of an elaborate…
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Biden Administration Backs Oil Sands Pipeline Project
The Biden administration has defended a contentious pipeline project that would carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil through Minnesota’s delicate watersheds, urging in…
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The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil
As they planned the campaign, James retreated from San Francisco to his ranch and spent the summer learning about what it would mean to rejigger…
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Federal Judge Says Biden Cannot Pause New Leases for Drilling on Public Lands
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, in…
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Federal Judge Says Biden Cannot Pause New Leases for Drilling on Public Lands
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, in…
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Biden Must Stop the Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota
The announcement this week from the Canadian company TC Energy that it was pulling the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline project was greeted with…
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