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Trump Aims a ‘Wrecking Ball’ at Climate Policy

The president-elect has said he’ll exit the Paris climate accord and ramp up oil and gas production. President-elect Donald Trump has been crystal clear: His second term will be an assault on climate policy. On the campaign trail, he vowed to “drill, baby, drill” for more oil and gas and inveighed against offshore wind farms. He attacked President Joe …

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A Honeywell Breakup Would Set Up Monster-Sized Deals

Separating its aerospace and automation arms, like Elliott has suggested, would make moonshot combinations with the likes of GE and Rockwell more plausible. Bloomberg News Breaking Honeywell International Inc. up would make the company simpler. It would also create opportunities for monster-sized deals. Elliott Investment Management this week disclosed a more-than $5 billion stake in Honeywell, one of the …

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U.S. Natgas Prices Slide 3% on Rising Output, Less Cold Forecast for Late November

U.S. natural gas futures slid about 3% to a one-week low on Friday on an increase in daily output and forecasts for less cold weather in late November than previously expected. That mild late November weather should reduce heating demand and allow utilities to continue injecting more gas into storage for another week. Capping price …

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U.S. Oil Industry Urges Trump to Ditch Biden Climate Policies

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The U.S. oil and gas industry on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to scrap many of President Joe Biden’s policies aimed at fighting climate change, saying the measures threaten jobs, consumer choice and energy security. The American Petroleum Institute (API), the nation’s top oil and gas trade group, urged …

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IEA’s Monthly Oil Statistics: August 2024

The latest IEA’s Monthly Oil Statistics report including August 2024 data shows that for Total OECD: Total OECD production of crude oil, NGL and refinery feedstocks increased by 2.7% in August 2024 compared to August 2023. Refinery gross output of total products decreased by 0.3% on a year-on-year basis. Net deliveries of total products stayed flat in August 2024 compared to August 2023. Oil stock levels …

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US Natgas Flows to LNG Export Plants on Track to Hit 9-Month High

The amount of gas flowing to the seven big operating U.S. liquefied natural gas export plants was on track to rise to a nine-month high on Thursday as feedgas to a few plants hit multi-week highs, according to data from financial firm LSEG. The energy market cares about feedgas flows to U.S. LNG plants because …

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AI Power Demand Complicates Low-Carbon Goals, Dominion CEO Says

Data centers make it harder to retire fossil-fuel plants Demand also spiking from new factories and electric vehicles The boom in power demand from data centers and artificial intelligence creates a conflict between maintaining a reliable grid and cutting carbon emissions, according to the head of Dominion Energy Inc. “There’s a little bit of tension there …

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Republican Sweep Opens Way to Boost Oil and Gas Development

‘Slight’ limits likely on Biden clean energy tax incentives GOP also likely to roll back Biden environmental regulations Republicans are poised to pave the way to expand fossil fuel development, roll back Biden-era environmental regulations and curtail President Joe Biden’s signature climate law after securing unified control of Congress and the White House. Republicans completed the feat …

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Trump Threatens ESG Investing That Thrived in His First Term

Green funds took off the last time the Republican won the White House—but this time is different. Photographer: Christmas / Alamy When Donald Trump first won the White House in 2016, his victory created one of the all-time best sales pitches for green-minded investment funds: If Washington wasn’t going to push for a transition to …

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