Large Fire Burns at Chevron Refinery in El Segundo

It was not immediately clear what caused the blast. But the blaze, near Los Angeles, could be seen from miles away.

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Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide

The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.

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The Biggest U.S. Oil Companies Are Eliminating Thousands of Jobs

ConocoPhillips of Houston on Wednesday announced plans to reduce its global work force by up to 25 percent.

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Chevron’s Boss Says the World Will Need Oil for a ‘Long, Long Time’

Mike Wirth, who has seen many booms and busts over the more than 40 years he has been with the energy giant, said that “when the world stops using oil and gas, we’ll stop looking for it.”

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Exxon Chief Says Demand for Oil Remains ‘Very, Very Strong.’

The largest U.S. energy companies reported their lowest second-quarter profits in years, as tariffs have weighed on oil prices.

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Chevron Wins Green Light to Buy Into One of World’s Hottest Oil Projects

An arbitrator cleared the way for Chevron to buy Hess, allowing the energy giant to acquire a piece of one of the most promising oil projects in the world.

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U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.

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Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech

The firms say their First Amendment rights are being violated when cities and states sue and accuse them of spreading misinformation about climate change.

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A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security

The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.

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Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave

Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.

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