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Energy advocacy group asks Vance for full audit of US participation in UN climate summits
Earlier this month, the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition Institute announced that a delegation of 19 members from the U.S. House would be traveling to Antalya, Turkey, for COP31. The announcement doesn't say who provided the funding for the travel, lodging and other expenses of the delegation.
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‘Super El Niño’ is not a meteorological term and just ‘fearmongering,’ meteorologist says
While many news outlets are using colorful terms like “Super El Niño” to describe this year’s very strong weather event, it’s just feeding an alarmist narrative, meteorologist Christ Martz says. El Niño will have impacts, he said, but they won’t be catastrophic.
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Average US gasoline prices fall below $4 per gallon for the first time since July
Gasoline prices dropped more than 12 cents per gallon in a single week, but they remain higher than they've ever been at this time of year.
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U.S. military joins mini-nuclear reactor revolution as installations modernize their electric grids
Fort Bragg, four other installations in pact for nuclear microreactors .
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Chevron says it will expand operations in Venezuela, including a $7 billion investment over 5 years
The announcement comes just days after President Donald Trump announced a deal to develop the nation's oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits.
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National Academies of Sciences faces growing scrutiny as docs reveal deep climate-advocacy bias
A trove of thousands of documents include an email from Marcia McNutt, who was then-president of the National Academy of Sciences, asking to use funding to block the EPA from rescinding the endangerment finding, which she said was supported by “climate deniers.”
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Federal court strikes down New York's climate 'superfund' law, arguing it's preempted by federal law
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, signed the bill in 2024. It would have required oil companies to pay a total of $3 billion a year for the next 25 years.
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Trump to meet with oil refinery reps to discuss expanding US refining capacity to lower gas prices
The meeting will include Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and National Energy Dominance Council Executive Director Jarrod Agen.
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Oil prices spike as fighting between U.S. and Iran resumes, gasoline price jump likely to follow
Typically, gas prices don't respond immediately to changes in oil prices. It can take a few days before drivers see the impact at the pump.
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Mainstream media pushes 'catastrophic climate' narrative, contradicting leading UN climate panel
While mainstream media coverage of climate change has declined in the Trump-era, some outlets continue to state that storms, floods and droughts are increasing.
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Social media platform X identified inauthentic Chinese accounts pushing data center opposition
The posts made claims about AI data centers driving up household electricity prices and straining the grid. Others included AI-generated cartoons that depicted data-center operators enriching themselves at the public's expense.
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Iranian crude oil exports plummet in the face of US blockade of Strait of Hormuz
On July 14, Trump reimposed the blockade in retaliation for Iran attacking oil tankers transiting the strait. Iran's crude exports are down 70% in August from 893,000 bpd last month.
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US close to making a deal for an ownership stake in Venezuelan oil fields: report
If the deal is closed, the fields will add 90 billion barrels of proven oil reserves to the U.S. total inventory.