BP ex-CEO loses $40 million over relationships with colleagues

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BP ex-CEO Bernard Looney will give up more than $40 million in compensation, the company said.

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Texas found startling amounts of a cancer-causing chemical in the air outside Houston. Nobody told the residents.

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A tanker truck waits to be loaded with chemicals at K-Solv, a chemical distribution company nestled in a residential area in Channelview, Texas.
A tanker truck waits to be loaded with chemicals at K-Solv, a chemical distribution company nestled in a residential area in Channelview, Texas.

Russia made more money from oil exports in October than it did in any month before the Ukraine war

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club forum in Sochi on October 5, 2023

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The next lucrative side hustle: selling electricity to your neighbors

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Solar power turning into cash flow.
Instead of relying on monolithic utilities to keep the lights on, the rising popularity of solar panels and battery storage could allow average Americans to sell electricity to their neighbors.

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China's bragging about being the first to build a next-generation nuclear reactor. Here's how it compares to reactors in countries like the US, Japan, and Russia.

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A model of a high-temperature gas cooled reactor is displayed at the 2023 China International Nuclear Power Industry and Equipment Expo in Yantai, Shandong province, China, August 28, 2023.
A model of a high-temperature gas cooled reactor is displayed at the 2023 China International Nuclear Power Industry and Equipment Expo in Yantai, Shandong province, China, August 28, 2023.

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California's Salton Sea could hold enough lithium for 375 million batteries, and it could meet US EV needs for decades

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A biologist steering an airboat across the shallow waters of the Salton Sea near Niland, California.

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As world leaders gather for COP28 one question looms - who will pay for the green transition?

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World leaders are meeting at COP28 in Dubai this month.

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US gas prices have tumbled for 2 months to notch their longest streak of declines in over a year

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Gas prices at a Shell station on September 19, 2023 in Burbank, California.

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The UAE planned to use the global climate summit it's hosting as a chance to strike new oil and gas deals, BBC report says

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Sultan Al Jaber, chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and president of this year's COP28 climate in Abu Dhabi on May 10, 2023.

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People in Missouri, Ohio, Michigan and other Midwestern states will have the highest heating bills this winter — here's why

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Cars covered in snow are seen during a winter storm in Chicago, Illinois, United States on January 31, 2021.
Cars covered in snow are seen during a winter storm in Chicago, Illinois, United States on January 31, 2021.

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