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Energy Ended Up as a Good Bet Last Year. But Now What?
Energy companies defied the odds last year. Despite a pandemic and pressure to phase out fossil fuels to combat global warming, the share prices ...
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China’s Loudest Nationalist Steps Back
Hu Xijin, the longtime leader of Global Times, the nationalistic Communist Party tabloid, and a pioneer of China’s fiery online posturing, said ...
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Your Face Is, or Will Be, Your Boarding Pass
If it’s been a year or more since you traveled, particularly internationally, you may notice something different at airports in the United States ...
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Biden Projects Normalcy and Optimism as Omicron Poses New Threat
WASHINGTON — With prices rising across the economy and a new variant of the coronavirus threatening another wave of the pandemic, President Biden ...
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Travel Industry Takes Crucial First Step Toward Combating Climate Change
The travel industry has reached a turning point. As thousands of scientists, government officials and business leaders met in Glasgow over the ...
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6 takeaways from the U.N. climate conference
Before it started, the United Nations global climate summit in Glasgow known as COP26 was billed by its chief organizer as the “last, best hope ...
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China and U.S., at Odds on Many Issues, Agree on a Surprise Climate Deal
GLASGOW — China’s top climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, apologized as he entered late for a weekend meeting at the United Nations climate summit ...
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6 Automakers and 31 Countries Say They’ll Phase Out Gasoline Car Sales
GLASGOW — At least six major automakers — including Ford, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors and Volvo — and 31 national governments pledged on ...
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Can Glasgow Deliver on a Global Climate Deal?
GLASGOW — The international climate summit here has been billed as the “last, best hope” to save the planet. But as the United Nations conference ...
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With Climate Pledges, Some Wall Street Titans Warn of Rising Prices
GLASGOW — Big business finally seems to be taking the climate crisis seriously. After years spent lurking on the sidelines, the chief executives ...
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