Energy

‘Realistic’ green policies good for the U.S., Aramco CEO says, with Trump to return to White House
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‘Realistic’ green policies good for the U.S., Aramco CEO says, with Trump to return to White House

Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, speaks at the 2024 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, on March 18, 2024. F. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images “Realistic” green transition standards will benefit the U.S. energy industry, the CEO of the world’s largest oil producer said Tuesday, as the White House prepares […]

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Norway hits pause on controversial deep-sea mining plans
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Norway hits pause on controversial deep-sea mining plans

Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store gives a speech during the Autumn 2024 conference of Equinor, a Norwegian multinational energy company, in Oslo, Norway on November 26, 2024. Thomas Fure | Afp | Getty Images Norway has shelved plans to open a vast ocean area at the bottom of the Arctic for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. […]

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Chinese automakers BYD, Leapmotor and Xiaomi smash annual delivery targets ahead of schedule
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Chinese automakers BYD, Leapmotor and Xiaomi smash annual delivery targets ahead of schedule

BYD Song L electric cars at the 21st Changchun International Automobile Expo in Changchun, Jilin province, China, on July 17, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Chinese automakers BYD, Leapmotor, and Xiaomi have raced past their annual delivery targets a month ahead of schedule, underscoring their rapid growth and strong market demand […]

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How GE Vernova plans to deploy small nuclear reactors across the developed world
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How GE Vernova plans to deploy small nuclear reactors across the developed world

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor incorporates proven components. Courtesy: GE Verona GE Vernova is aiming to deploy small nuclear reactors across the developed world over the next decade, staking out a leadership position in a budding technology that could play a central role in meeting surging electricity demand and reducing carbon dioxide […]

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OPEC+ postpones meeting to decide oil production strategy to Dec. 5, delegates say
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OPEC+ postpones meeting to decide oil production strategy to Dec. 5, delegates say

A view shows the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024.  Maxim Shemetov | Reuters The OPEC+ oil alliance has postponed a meeting to decide the next steps of its crude production strategy to Dec. 5, two delegate sources […]

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Banana auction billionaire’s  million investment in Trump’s crypto token highlights new ways to enrich president-elect
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Banana auction billionaire’s $30 million investment in Trump’s crypto token highlights new ways to enrich president-elect

Justin Sun, founder of blockchain platform Tron, poses for a photograph in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, May 8, 2020. Calvin Sit | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tron blockchain founder Justin Sun has invested $30 million into Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, he announced Monday. “We are thrilled to invest $30 million in World […]

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Wall Street launches new ways to bet on bitcoin
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Wall Street launches new ways to bet on bitcoin

For years, bitcoin won by being boring. Investors weren’t able to do all that much with it besides buy and hold it. But that was precisely why the world’s largest cryptocurrency was valuable. It was a commodity, like gold — or corn. It didn’t get too fancy on its offerings. In fact, bitcoin’s core team […]

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Can Saudi Arabia keep pace with its ambitious mega-project spending spree?
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Can Saudi Arabia keep pace with its ambitious mega-project spending spree?

Digital render of NEOM’s The Line project in Saudi Arabia The Line, NEOM In Saudi Arabia’s northwestern desert, a sprawling construction site replete with cranes and pile drivers sits encircled by a recently-built road. A pair of tracks cuts through the site like deep gashes through the sand, comprising the spine of what planners say […]

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Pipeline operator ONEOK to buy remaining shares of EnLink in .3 bln deal
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Pipeline operator ONEOK to buy remaining shares of EnLink in $4.3 bln deal

The Oneok website on a laptop computer arranged in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pipeline operator ONEOK said on Sunday it would buy the remaining shares of peer EnLink Midstream, for $4.3 billion in an all-stock deal, boosting its presence in the Permian Basin amid increased consolidation […]

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How tech bros bought ‘America’s most pro-crypto Congress ever’
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How tech bros bought ‘America’s most pro-crypto Congress ever’

Bernie Moreno, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, attends a campaign event in Holland, Ohio, on Saturday, October 26, 2024. Moreno is running against Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.  Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Prior to announcing his Senate candidacy in April 2023, Bernie Moreno was a political no name. A former […]

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