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A world without hydrocarbons is a past we escaped

Two hundred years ago, the world had about 1 billion people, roughly 7 billion fewer than today. Life expectancy at birth was under 30 years,

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Newsom’s green agenda DOES NOT meet California’s fuel demands

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s energy policy centers on: (1) Accelerating California’s transition to 100% clean electricity by 2045. (2) A zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate is

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America closes refineries while the rest of the world races to build them

When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz at the end of February, the world relearned a lesson it keeps forgetting: crude oil, by itself, moves

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COP31’s inconvenient truth: The world still runs on oil

I.Bonn Exposed a World That Isn’t Moving as One In June 2026, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, was meant to prepare

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