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Shell CEO says climate change is real but energy demand growth is 'unstoppable.'
An oil refinery operated by Royal Dutch Shell stands at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 2017. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)Ben van Beurden,...
Trump seeks to sell off half of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Tugboats transport the Hess Corp. Stampede tension leg oil platform on Friday, May 5, 2017. The Stampede deepwater oil and gas field is...
Trump told he risks ‘lasting damage’ to ties between US and Europe.
Scott Pruitt appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18 during his confirmation hearing to lead the Environmental Protection...
Weathering of rocks a poor regulator of global temperatures
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Rethinking role of viruses in coral reef ecosystems
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Eating beans instead of beef would sharply reduce greenhouse gasses
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Supercomputing helps researchers understand Earth’s interior
Geologists have created a computer model of tectonic activity so effective that they believe it has potential to predict where earthquakes and volcanoes will...
Human-induced deforestation is causing an increase in malaria cases
A new study of 67 less-developed, malaria-endemic nations finds a link between deforestation and increasing malaria rates across developing nations.
Stop hoping we can fix climate change by pulling carbon out of the air,...
A tract of Amazon rain forest, which has been cleared by loggers and farmers for agriculture, is seen near Santarem, Brazil. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)Scientists...
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