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While attending the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan, a reporter decided to engage in the local custom of bathing his entire body in oil.

COP29 Climate Summit Being Held in Petrostate Where People Bathe Their Nude Bodies in Crude Oil

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new report from the International Energy Agency is bullish about the impact of renewables, which will contribute to a drop in oil demand.

Science & Energy

Oil Companies in Trouble as Renewables Suddenly Mean They’re Producing Way Too Much Oil

By Frank Landymore

When it comes to environmental harm, Bitcoin mining is worse than gold and comparable to both crude oil and cattle farming, a new study has found.

Bitcoin Mining as Bad for Planet as Oil Drilling, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A chief engineer and national from Russia was sentenced to a year and one day in jail for purposefully dumping waste water with oil off the US coast.

Man Headed to Prison for Dumping Toxic Pollution Into Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A stranded oil tanker off the coast of Yemen could make the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill look like child's play. It stores 1 million gallons of oil.

Stranded Oil Tanker That Could Start Leaking Any Time Now, Experts Warn

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Two former gas industry barons, Russian oligarchs worth millions, turned up dead alongside their families as Putin continues to assault Ukraine.

Two Russian Oligarchs Die Suddenly Under Mysterious Circumstances

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwartzman believes that shortages in the gas and oil industry will lead to a social crisis in nations throughout the world.

Billionaire Warns That Energy Shortages Will Lead to Social Unrest

By Tony Ho Tran

Oil companies like Shell are actively trying to rehabilitate their image by paying social media influencers to paint them in a good light.

Oh No, Oil Companies Are Paying Social Media Influencers Now

By Dan Robitzski

Shell just announced that it plans to decrease oil production by a small amount every year for the rest of its existence.

Shell Says Oil Production Will Fall Every Year, Forever

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian oil company Gazpromneft built a Bitcoin mining facility in its Siberian oil field to make use of energy from excess gases.

Russian Oil Company Builds Bitcoin Farm in Siberia

By Dan Robitzski

Oil companies in Texas reportedly started to pay buyers to take oil off their hands and even pumping it underground for storage.

Science & Energy

Oil Companies Are Pumping Worthless Oil Back Underground

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in history, the price of crude oil has gone negative around 2:30pm EDT as a result of plummeting demand amid the coronavirus outbreak.

For the First Time Ever, the Price of Oil is Now Negative

By Victor Tangermann

New York State says that Exxon Mobile played down the risks of Climate Change

New York Sues Exxon Mobil Over Climate Change Deception

By Dan Robitzski

This Week in Science: Oct 6 – Oct 12

This Week in Science: Oct 6 – Oct 12

By Victor Tangermann

To Power Villages And Oil Rigs, Russia Sent A Nuclear Reactor On A “Tsunami-Proof” Barge

To Power Villages And Oil Rigs, Russia Sent A Nuclear Reactor On A “Tsunami-Proof” Barge

By Dan Robitzski

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change