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When a spate of wildfires tore across the Texas Panhandle in February and scorched 20,000 acres of Craig Cowden’s ranch near Skellytown, he decided he had had enough. Cowden took on a second unofficial job: looking for possible fire hazards on his family land, including checking on the electric lines that power oil and gas equipment.
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Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword. Job 40:19 (GWT)
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The American Meteorological Society's annual State of the Climate report is out — and it's not good news.
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Add that to the reasons I’m not retiring to California, where the Bridge Fire has burned more than 51,000 acres.
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More than 110,000 acres have burned in California as the fires around Los Angeles have reached residential areas. The largest fire in the state currently is the Bridge Fire, which is about 75 miles east of L.A.
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Oil-producing countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, are obstructing UN negotiations aimed at reducing fossil fuel use at the upcoming COP29 climate summit.
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A handful of governments have spent nearly $30 billion in public funds on carbon capture and hydrogen projects, mostly for private fossil fuel companies, over the past 40 years, a new report from Oil Change International finds. National governments are expected to spend an additional $115 billion to $240 billion in the coming decades...
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The GOP nominee has made dubious claims about U.S. oil output, pipelines and Vice President Kamala Harris' plans for fracking, experts say, ignoring some easy targets.
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A new map from the U.S. Geological Survey reveals the areas of the country that are at biggest risk from landslides.
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Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said the EU is now “well equipped” to meet climate neutrality goals.
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"The growing number of lawsuits against fossil fuel corporations underlines how their historic and continued role in driving and profiting from climate change is catching up to them."
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Homicide, named by one study in 2022 as the leading cause of death of pregnant women in the U.S., is also among the risks inflated by extreme temperatures.
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The county Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday in favor of a resolution supporting the California attorney general's lawsuit against large oil companies and one advocacy group.
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Brazil is being hit with the worst drought in 70 years, leading to wild fires and lower air quality as rivers begin to dry up in the Amazon.
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Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend.
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Grangemouth, Scotland’s lone oil refinery, is scheduled to shut down in 2025 and become a fuel distribution hub and import terminal.
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Thousands of people in California still can't return to their homes as firefighters battle wildfires causing dangerous smoky conditions. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Rick Montanez has the latest on the firefighting efforts.
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Geoffrey Supran discusses the findings of a new report on the oil and gas industry’s influence over universities' climate initiatives.
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Britain's approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful, London's High Court ruled on Friday following a legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners.
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City council in third largest city in Netherlands approves the new rules, which will apply from January.
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At least 197 people have been killed by Typhoon Yagi's inundations in Vietnam alone, as a vast swath of Southeast Asia reels from flooding and landslides.
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