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Oil Set for Weekly Gain on Hopes of Firmer Demand

(Reuters) – Oil prices steadied on Friday, with global benchmark Brent set for its first weekly gain in three weeks as economic indicators from big consumers China and the United States bolstered hopes for higher demand. China’s industrial output rose 6.7% year on year in April as recovery in its manufacturing sector gathered pace, accelerating from 4.5% …

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The Inside Story of Elon Musk’s Mass Firings of Tesla Supercharger Staff

(Reuters) – The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters. After Tinucci had cut between 15% and 20% of staffers two weeks earlier, part of much wider …

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COMMENTARY: Tech Giants’ Self-Made AI Energy Crisis – Alex Eptsein

For years tech giants have been helping climate catastrophists shut down reliable fossil fuel electricity. Now the grid they’ve helped gut cannot possibly supply their growing AI needs. By Alex Epstein For years tech giants have been helping climate catastrophists shut down reliable fossil fuel electricity, falsely claiming they can be replaced by solar/wind. Now …

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Oil, Gas Groups Sue to Block U.S. Rule Raising Drilling fees on Public Lands

Fossil fuel groups have sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management seeking to block a rule that will raise fees for oil and gas development on federal lands as a part of the U.S. government’s broader effort to boost returns and address environmental harms stemming from drilling on public lands. The Western Energy Alliance, a …

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