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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks to his office after a cabinet meeting, London, Sept. 15, 2020.
Hitachi Pulls Out of Nuclear Project
The Japanese company had been unable to agree on financing with the U.K. government.
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Charleston Sues Big Oil for Climate Change Costs
The city is the first in the American South to attempt to hold major oil companies accountable for the “daunting” costs of climate change.
Sep 9th, 2020
Port of Karachi, Pakistan.
Fire at Oil Storage Facility Kills 2
The massive fire broke out at a terminal used by a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell.
Sep 4th, 2020
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Clouds of smoke are pictured over Europe's largest lignite power plant in Belchatow, central Poland.
UN Chief: Don't 'Throw Away' Stimulus Money on Fossil Fuels
Sep 18th, 2020
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Shell Files Alaska Offshore Drilling Plans
Sep 17th, 2020
In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, file photo, Robert Murray, then-chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Crandall Canyon Mine, northwest of Huntington, Utah. Murray Energy Holdings’ approved Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan became effective Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The company completed the sale of its assets to an entity formed by former creditors. Murray was replaced as CEO in 2019 by Robert Moore, who will head the new company, Ohio-based American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc.
Coal Giant Exits Bankruptcy with New Name
Sep 17th, 2020
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EPA Sides with Farmers on Ethanol, Rejects Refinery Waivers
Sep 15th, 2020
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Zhenglong Li, an ORNL scientist in the Energy and Transportation Science Division, holds a sample of a catalyst material used to covert ethanol into butene-rich mixed olefins.
Prometheus Fuels Licenses Oak Ridge's Ethanol-to-Jet-Fuel Process
The fuel created through the new process offers improved properties over what’s in use currently in the aviation industry.
Sep 15th, 2020
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OPEC: Pandemic Will Keep Oil Demand Low
The oil cartel cut its estimates for world oil demand by 400,000 barrels a day for both this year and 2021.
Sep 14th, 2020
The Japanese carrier ship MV Wakashio seen from the coast of Mauritius, Aug. 16, 2020.
Ship Operator to Pay $9M Over Oil Spill
The MV Wakashio struck a coral reef and caused a widespread oil spill off the coast of Mauritius earlier this summer.
Sep 14th, 2020
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Energy Giant Aims for 2050 Emission Neutrality
Poland’s Orlen said it will invest heavily in cleaner production methods and greater efficiency.
Sep 11th, 2020
A prototype of the green supercapacitor made by Dr. Hong Liang's team.
Lightweight, Green Supercapacitors Could Charge Devices in Minutes
The plant-based energy storage device could charge even electric cars within a few minutes.
Sep 9th, 2020
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Hurricane Damages Oil Storage Site
Officials do not expect any shortages.
Sep 9th, 2020
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, Jupiter, Fla., Sept. 8, 2020.
Trump Expands Ban on Atlantic Offshore Drilling
The election-year reversal was likely to appeal to voters in Florida and other coastal states.
Sep 9th, 2020
A Pacific Gas & Electric community resource center at the El Dorado Fairgrounds during a power shutoff in Placerville, Calif., Sept. 8, 2020.
PG&E Tries New Tactic in Power Cuts
Targeted outages in central and Northern California are the first since critics blasted last year's shut-offs.
Sep 9th, 2020
Smoke rising after a fire on a Panama-registered oil tanker east of Sri Lanka, Sept. 3, 2020.
Ships, Aircraft Fight Oil Tanker Blaze
Officials warned of possible massive environmental damage if the ship leaks or explodes.
Sep 4th, 2020
In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. Wyoming's governor is promoting a Trump administration study that says capturing carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power plants would be an economical way to curtail the pollution — findings questioned by a utility that owns the plants and wants to shift away from the fossil fuel in favor of wind and solar energy. Supporters say carbon capture would save coal by pumping carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas emitted by power plants — underground instead of into the atmosphere.
Wyoming Lauds US Carbon Capture Study; Utility Skeptical
PacifiCorp took issue with the study, saying it made a range of assumptions.
Sep 4th, 2020
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Ex-Ohio House Speaker Pleads Not Guilty to Bribery Scheme
The powerful lawmaker and four others are accused of shepherding $60 million in energy company money for personal and political use.
Sep 4th, 2020
An artist’s rendering of NuScale Power’s small modular nuclear reactor plant.
US Gives First-Ever OK for Small Commercial Nuclear Reactor
The small reactors can produce about 60 megawatts of energy, or enough to power more than 50,000 homes.
Sep 3rd, 2020