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Saudi energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman on Oct. 5, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The influential Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, convene to decide next production policy steps on Thursday, in a postponed virtual meeting overshadowed by conflict in the Middle East, internal disgruntlement and the

In this article AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Air Traffic Control tower is seen at the Miami International Airport on September 25, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere by working with a startup that stores bricks of plant material underground.

The president of the upcoming COP28 climate change Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber speaks during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition at ADNEC Exhibition Center October 2, 2023. Jaber told an Abu Dhabi oil conference on October 2, 2023, that the fossil fuel industry would play an essential role in addressing the climate crisis. (Photo by Ryan

OPEC has refused to switch to bigger output increases as group sources have cited a lack of spare capacity among members to add more barrels as well as the need for further cooperation with Russia as part of the wider OPEC+ group. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Monday said

Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant in Slovakia. Nuclear power is likely to be discussed in great detail at the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Janos Kummer | Getty Images News | Getty Images The role that nuclear power should play in creating a more sustainable future has long provoked

The Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, operated by Chevron Corp., on Barrow Island, Australia, on Monday, July 24, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The oil and gas industry needs to let go of the “illusion” that carbon capture technology is a solution to climate change and

In this article METC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Coal plays a huge role in global electricity generation, but has a significant impact on the environment. Boy_anupong | Moment | Getty Images From Pennsylvania to the north of England, coal mines helped to power the Industrial Revolution, turbocharging the economic growth of countries around

Opec logo displayed on a smart phone with Opec seen in the background, in this photo illustration. On 10 September 2023. In Brussels, Belgium. (Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meetings of the influential Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+,

A photo of a natural gas flare burning near an oil pump jack at the New Harmony Oil Field in the U.S. on June 19, 2022. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. crude prices fell more than 4% Wednesday after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries delayed a pivotal meeting on production cuts

Binance’s Co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks during the 2022 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 1, 2022. Nurphoto | Getty Images Binance’s VIP users were granted a set of special privileges, including an early heads-up from the crypto exchange if they were under investigation by law enforcement, according to the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes

Barry Silbert, Founder and CEO, Digital Currency Group  David A. Grogan | CNBC After months on the market, crypto news site CoinDesk has finally been acquired by a business that’s run by the former president of the New York Stock Exchange. Bullish, a digital asset exchange led by ex-NYSE chief Tom Farley, has purchased CoinDesk

Gas prices at a Chevron gas station in Newhall, CA. Monday, September 18, 2023. The average price of a gallon of regular gas in Los Angeles County rose 4.8 cents today to $5.915, a day after increasing 13.6 cents. The average price has risen 52 times in the last 57 days, increasing 94.3 cents, according

An aerial view of a crude oil storage facility is seen on May 4, 2020 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Johannes Eisele | Afp | Getty Images U.S. crude prices fell nearly 4% on Thursday as inventories rose while industrial production fell. The West Texas Intermediate December contract fell $3.06, or 3.99%, to $73.61 a barrel while

Oil and natural gas prices tumbled further Thursday, dragging down Club holding Coterra Energy (CTRA) and other energy stocks along the way. And that’s created a prime opportunity to do some buying, according to Jim Cramer. Shares of Coterra Energy dropped more than 3% Thursday, to around $26.30 apiece, pushing the stock’s losses over the

The Federal Reserve’s campaign to squash inflation is a long-term win for the U.S. economy, but investors in companies such as Walmart are paying the price now, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. The U.S. retail behemoth, along with cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks and energy giant Chevron, all saw their stock prices decline meaningfully Thursday

A coal-fired power plant in Indonesia. Aditya Aji | AFP | Getty Images Efforts to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius are failing “across the board” — and major shifts will be required to create meaningful change, according to a new report, including a much faster move away from using coal to generate electricity.

A Russian-chartered oil tanker in the sea off Morocco in an area identified by maritime technology company Windward as a hub for smuggling oil. Europa Press | Getty Images The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced three vessels and shipping companies being sanctioned for violating the Russian oil sanctions on

In this article AMZN DIS GS NFLX ENR-DE XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The US Treasury building in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to

Siemens Energy site in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany, August 3, 2022. Wolfgang Rattay | Reuters Siemens Energy has secured 7.5 billion euros ($8.15 billion) in project-related state guarantees from the German government, hours before announcing a nearly 5 billion euro loss for its fiscal year. The German economy ministry announced late on Tuesday that

In this article BP.-GB SHEL-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT At Elm Branch Solar Farm, about an hour south of Dallas, Texas, a flock of sheep grazes among a vast field of solar panels. The flock’s shepherd, Amanda Stoffels, watches over it as the sheep munch on the grass and nap in the shade

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Dado Ruvic | Reuters Exxon Mobil aims to become a leading producer of lithium for electric vehicle batteries through a drilling operation the oil giant is launching in Arkansas, the company announced Monday. Exxon earlier this year purchased 120,000 acres of a geological site in southern Arkansas called the Smackover Formation that is rich in

A wind turbine installation taking place in Germany on July 14, 2023. The International Energy Agency is calling for a surge in renewable energy installations over the next few years. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Renewable energy firms are mostly suffering a dire earnings season as struggling supply chains, manufacturing faults and rising

An oil pumpjack pulls oil from the Permian Basin oil field in Odessa, Texas, on March 14, 2022. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. crude prices on Tuesday fellow below $78 a barrel to hit the lowest point since July as weak global economic data overshadowed concerns that the Israel-Hamas war

An aerial view of Funafuti, Tuvalu, from 2019. Tuvalu’s Department of Foreign Affairs describes climate change as “one of the most existential security risks currently threatening” the country. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia and the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu are to forge closer ties thanks to a new

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a Morning Meeting livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. U.S. equities climbed higher Friday, with the S & P 500 up 0.47% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.74%. Both indices are on track to deliver gains for the

SEC Chair Gary Gensler mocks putting a gun to his head in response to a “Blazing Saddles” reference by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images

In this article SRG-IT AES IG-IT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The past few years have seen a number of business leaders talk about blending hydrogen into natural gas infrastructure. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images A host of solutions — including blending hydrogen into natural gas infrastructure — will be needed to

A wind turbine installation taking place in Germany on July 14, 2023. The International Energy Agency is calling for a surge in renewable energy installations over the next few years. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images The COP28 climate change summit is fast approaching, with a host of world leaders and high-profile public figures

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In this article UBSG-CH AMZN UBER MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Austan Goolsbee, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images

Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Saudi state oil giant Aramco posted a 23% drop in net profit in the third quarter, down to $32.6 billion attributable to “the impact of lower crude oil prices and volumes sold,” the company said Tuesday. The third-quarter net profit result marked a steep decline from $42.4 billion the same time

Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the U.S. Courthouse in New York City, July 26, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Twelve jurors in a lower Manhattan courtroom have begun to deliberate the fate of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried following a month of testimony from nearly 20 witnesses. The case was handed to the jury