The (modern) history of oil
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Strike by workers in the Norwegian oil sector could soon wipe out nearly one-quarter of the country's petroleum output
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Insurance giant Suncorp to end coverage and finance for oil and gas industry
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Gas companies are abandoning their wells, leaving them to leak methane forever
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Norway plans to drill for oil in untouched Arctic areas – critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia
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BP data reveals newly-installed clean electricity generation matched coal for the first time in 2019
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Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms
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Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking methane, a climate menace
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Britain about to pass a significant landmark—two months of coal-free electricity generation—as renewables edge out fossil fuels
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Denmark should end all future oil and gas exploration in the North Sea – it hurts Denmark's ambition as a front-runner in the fight against climate change
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Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts
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2020 looks like the year US renewables first out-produce coal
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Climate change and coronavirus: Five charts about the biggest carbon crash
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Sweden closes last coal-fired power station two years ahead of schedule – country becomes third in Europe to exit coal, ahead of mass withdrawal from polluting fossil fuel
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Norway will slash its oil output from June to December of 2020 – the first time in eighteen years it has joined other major producers to shore up prices
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Oil plunges below $5 with traders fleeing expiring contract
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The inside story of how a price war ended
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Nearly half of global coal plants will be unprofitable this year
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Norway may join oil output cuts for first time since 2002 – willingness to cut underscores how painful recent collapse in crude has been for all producers
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Overflowing oil tanks have traders eyeing rail cars for storage
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Coronavirus has temporarily reduced China’s CO2 emissions by a quarter
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SSAB has teamed up with Vattenfall and LKAB to build a pilot plant for the world's first fossil fuel free steel-making process
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Greenpeace asks Norway's supreme court to rule on Arctic oil – a case that could block the petroleum industry's expansion plans
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Greenpeace loses Norway Arctic oil lawsuit appeal – Oslo appeals court approved Norway's plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic
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Norway made an outspoken right-wing lawmaker who once called wind turbines 'white monsters' its oil and energy minister
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Norway says its new giant oil field is actually good for the environment – critics call it climate hypocrisy
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US electricity generation from renewables surpassed coal in April
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Too much combustion, too little fire
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Norway's Equinor plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its domestic operations by 40% this decade and to near zero by 2050
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Common gas market for Finland, Estonia and Latvia launches following the completion of the Balticonnector pipeline last month
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Oil is the new data
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Two of America’s biggest coal plants closed this month
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Never mind how many electric cars are sold there – Norway has to change tack and end prospecting for new oil reserves
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Climate campaigners are taking Norway's government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling
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Denmark is giving permission for joint German-Russian underwater gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 to be laid through its territory
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Renewable electricity generation overtakes fossil fuel generation in UK for first time
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Half a century of dither and denial – a climate crisis timeline
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Norway's massive wealth fund got the go-ahead to sell oil and gas stocks worth $5.9 billion
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Exxon Mobil has agreed to sell its Norwegian oil and gas assets for up to $4 billion – ending its production in a country where it started operations more than a century ago
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The just transition for coal workers can start now. Colorado is showing how
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Texas has generated more electricity from wind than coal so far this year
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Rural Colorado electricity provider announces early coal plant closure, focus on renewables
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Denmark fines Total for discharging chemicals into North Sea
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Russia wants concessions from Ukraine for continuing gas transit to Europe
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How eminent domain is blighting farmers in path of gas pipeline
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Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives as artificial reefs
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What people in Kentucky coal country really think about a Green New Deal
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How the media launders fossil fuel propaganda through branded content
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House OKs 100 percent clean energy in Washington by 2045
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Mapped: The world’s coal power plants
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