States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive, environmentalists say. A federal tax could be coming.
Category: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline
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Chevron to Increase Output at Huge Oil Field in Kazakhstan
The energy giant is spending nearly $50 billion to expand the Tengiz oil field, allowing it to pump one million barrels a day.
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Trump’s Inflation Fix Centers on Energy Emergency That Doesn’t Exist
Economists and analysts aren’t convinced that an expansion of oil and gas production will lower consumer prices.
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Trump’s Energy and Border Emergencies Advance His Own Interests
Mr. Trump had the authority to declare two emergencies. But they also happened to advance his favorite targets: more fossil fuels and less immigration.
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Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
Legal experts said the president was testing the boundaries of executive power with aggressive orders designed to stop the country from transitioning to renewable energy.
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U.S. Oil Production Is Booming. Oil Jobs Are Not.
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.
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Oil Tycoon Harold Hamm Throwing an Inauguration Day Party
Harold G. Hamm, the founder of the Oklahoma-based Continental Resources, and other oil and gas companies stand to profit from Donald Trump’s energy policies.
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Britain’s Falling Oil Output Leaves Jobs and Skills at Risk
The government wants to rapidly replace oil and natural gas with clean energy, but offshore wind and other alternatives are still in their early stages.
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Oil Markets Shrug Off Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad
Traders appeared to be more concerned about tepid global growth and an oversupply from other producers than about Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.