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Category: Natural Gas
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Australian Workers at Three Energy Plants Halt Work
The labor action at liquefied natural gas plants, responsible for about 6 percent of the world’s supply of the fuel, came as talks over pay and work conditions stalled.
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Incandescent Bulb Ban Renews a Squabble Over the American Home
A ban on most kinds of traditional bulbs renews a cultural squabble between regulatory efforts to curb energy consumption and the very American impulse to do whatever one wants in one’s domicile.
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BP Reports Sharply Lower Earnings as Oil Prices Slide
The energy company offset a slide in profit by raising its dividend by 10 percent.
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British Government Signals Support for Oil and Gas Industry
With a general election expected next year, the government said it would issue new licenses for energy exploration in the North Sea.
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Why Austria Is Struggling to Break Away From Russian Gas
Austria, unlike most European Union countries, is still buying nearly as much natural gas from Russia as it was before the war in Ukraine.
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Shell Reports Sharply Lower Earnings as Energy Prices Ease
After a record-breaking profit last year, Shell’s quarterly earnings fell 56 percent. But the energy provider will increase dividend payments.
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An American Energy Giant Sees Israel as a Springboard to Europe
Chevron finds itself with an abundance of natural gas on Europe’s doorstep. Amid competing regional interests, the question is how to develop it.
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At G7 Summit, Leaders Wrangle on Coal, Natural Gas and Climate
The U.S. finds itself caught between defending President Biden’s climate change agenda and aiding allies intent on increasing their access to fossil fuels.
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Why Some Countries Find It Hard to Move Away From Fossil Fuels
Trinidad and Tobago is the No. 2 exporter of liquefied natural gas in the Americas. Its output has been falling, but it remains committed to fossil fuels.
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Climate Change Brings Warmer, Wetter Weather to Trinidad
Even as the leaders of Trinidad and Tobago double down on fossil fuels, climate change is bringing more extreme weather to the island nation.