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Trump Plans Texas Oil Country Donor Blitz to Shrink Money Gap With Harris

Donors events planned in Houston, oil-rich Midland on Oct. 2 Republicans have fallen behind Democrats in fundraising race Donald Trump is planning a fresh fundraising swing through Texas, with plans to court donors in oil country as he seeks to narrow a cash gap with Kamala Harris in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. The itinerary includes …

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Kamala Harris Turns Biden’s $493 Billion Climate Legacy Into a Footnote

By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter Wind turbines nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower are rising off the Massachusetts coast. A $2 billion electric truck factory is taking shape in South Carolina. And in Colorado, a three-square-mile field of ink-black solar panels is powering a steel mill. The US is mobilizing so much investment into clean energy that it now tops even …

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Oil Dips as Investors Weigh Whether New China Stimulus Will Boost Demand

(Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Wednesday as investors reassessed whether China’s latest stimulus plans will be able to boost its economy and spur fuel demand in the world’s largest crude importer. Still, declining U.S. crude oil and fuel stockpiles, and more violence in the Middle East, provided some support for the market. Brent crude …

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Storm Helene’s Eastward Tack Eases Pressure on Offshore US Oil

By Gary Mcwilliams and Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Helene was expected to turn eastward on its track through the Caribbean and into the Gulf of Mexico, increasing the threat of high winds and heavy rains to Cuba and Florida but lessened the risk to U.S. offshore oil production, forecasters said …

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Not So Fast: U.S. Nuclear Plants Won’t Power up Big Tech’s AI Ambitions Right Away

Summary Resurrecting Three Mile Island could take awhile Local opponents hold memories of 1979 incident NRC busy with nuclear power permit requests NEW YORK/WASHINGTON Sept 24 (Reuters) – Constellation Energy  and Microsoft  plan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, hoping they have scored a quick source of enough climate-friendly energy to power rapidly …

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Thieves Hunting for Copper are Vandalizing EV Chargers

Nearly 20% of U.S. public charging attempts ended in failure, with roughly 10% of those aborted sessions were due to a damaged or missing cable Bloomberg News Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of ChargePoint Holdings Inc. will make his way to …

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North Dakota Oil Production Down 18,000 Bpd in July vs June to 1,168,000 Bpd – State Regulator

Oil production in North Dakota fell 18,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.168 million bpd in July, monthly data from the state Industrial Commission showed on Monday. Wells permitted jumped to 107 in July and 100 in August, versus 78 in June. The state needs to permit roughly 100 wells in a month to keep …

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US Natgas End-of-Season Storage to Reach Four-Year High in October

(Reuters) – U.S. natural gas storage is on track to end the April-October summer injection season at a four-year high of 3.899 trillion cubic feet (tcf) on Oct. 31, according to analysts’ estimates. That compares with 3.809 tcf at the end of the summer injection season in 2023, 3.929 tcf in 2020 and a five-year …

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Oil Firms Evacuating U.S. Gulf of Mexico Staff as Hurricane Threat Rises

Sept 23 (Reuters) – U.S. oil producers on Monday were scrambling to evacuate staff from Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms as forecasters predicted the second major hurricane in two weeks could tear through offshore oil producing fields. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said a potential Tropical Cyclone System Nine near the western tip of …

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FTC Set to Greenlight Chevron’s $53 Bln Buy of Oil Rival Hess, Sources Say

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to greenlight U.S. oil producer Chevron’s purchase of Hess as soon as this week, two people familiar with the matter said, leaving Exxon Mobil’s challenge to the $53 billion deal as its final hurdle.                      The proposed merger was first …

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