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Plumes of smoke rise over the oil depot tanks hit by joint Israel-U.S. over night in a station north west of the capital on March 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Trump’s war could hasten oil’s decline

Russell Payne
A dark smoke cloud engulfs destroyed vehicles near an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on March 8, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is weaponizing climate change

Troy Farah
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to try to find allies for the Ukraine-Russia War. He warned about the newest development with the Iran War might be at best a distraction, and at worst a revenue stream to Russia. (Maksym Kishka / Frontliner / Getty Images)

Iran war helps Russia, Zelenskyy warns

CK Smith
05 January 2026, Venezuela, Caracas: Detail of a statue on the subject of oil in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo by Javier Campos/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Trump's Venezuelan oil rush is doomed

Nicholas Liu
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Oil Wells pumping outside of Midland Texas. (Photo by Joe Sohm/Getty Images)

Trump's clean oil claims refuted by data

Martha Pskowski, Mark Olalde - ProPublica
A mixture of steam and pollutants are emitted from the Naughton coal-fired power plant November 22, 2022 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Energy data latest Trump and DOGE victim

Peter Elkind - ProPublica
Factory production of cooking oils (Getty Images/sarymsakov)

What are seed oils?

Raysa El Zein - The Conversation
An aerial view of a vehicle recreation area on the beach as Pacific Ocean waves break in a marine area which is part of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, along California’s Central Coast, on September 21, 2023 near Grover Beach, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Marine sanctuary bans offshore drilling

Matthew Rozsa
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Factory production of cooking oils (Getty Images/sarymsakov)

Choosing a cooking oil is multi-pronged

Ryan Nebeker - FoodPrint
Heavy rain and flash flooding sends mud and debris down the Ottauquechee River, July 10, 2023. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Vermont to penalize Big Oil for climate

Matthew Rozsa
Olives and olive oil bottles (Getty Images/apomares)

Why is olive oil so expensive right now?

Lauren Ball, Emily Burch - The Conversation
An oil pumpjack is seen near a field of wind turbines on October 04, 2023 in Nolan, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

US oil producers broke a major record

Matthew Rozsa
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Carrizo Plain National Monument (Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management)

Feds shutter some California oil wells

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Cooking fried chicken (Getty Images/moriyu)

Why you shouldn't pour oil down the sink

Ian A Wright - The Conversation
US President George W. Bush addresses the nation aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln 01 May, 2003, as it sails for Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. (STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP via Getty Images)

What if George W. Bush was right?

Norman Solomon
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Clean energy projects for coal towns

Katie Myers - Grist
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Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy's farcical "energy bill"

Carl Pope
A North Sea oil rig in Scotland, UK. (Wikimedia)

"The Rig," an eco terror story

John McCracken - Grist
Danish Defense shows the gas leaking at Nord Stream 2 seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark on September 27, 2022. (Danish Defence/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

What happens when an oil pipeline leaks?

Troy Farah
Working oil pumps against a sunset sky (Getty Images/imaginima)

African nations tap into oil wealth

Lylla Younes - Grist
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Oil pipelines, pumping rigs, and electrical transmission lines dot the landscape along California's "Petroleum Highway" (Highway 33) running along the northwestern side of the San Joaquin Valley on April 24, 2020, near McKittrick, California. (George Rose/Getty Images)

COP27 flinched on phasing out oil

Fergus Green, Harro Van Asselt - The Conversation
Participants talk to each other during a break in the closing ceremony at the UN Climate Summit COP27. (Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)

COP27 suggests we'll exceed 1.5 degrees

Peter Schlosser - The Conversation
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks to supporters at a campaign rally on November 16, 2022 in McDonough, Georgia. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

How loving gas-guzzlers became political

Kate Yoder - Grist
Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

How energy companies envision the future

Seth Blumsack, Lara B. Fowler - The Conversation
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