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Energy
![An electric generator is seen at the CenterPoint Energy powerplant on June 09, 2022 in Houston, Texas.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1402012196.jpg?h=af725eba&itok=EyFI80h3)
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Offshore oil rig on March 19, 2014. (Steven Straiton via Flickr)
![An oil rig in the Iranian area of the Persian Gulf. (Stock Image)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-04/GettyImages-172261010.jpg?h=b6016998&itok=znNGa5LS)
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An oil rig in the Iranian area of the Persian Gulf. (Stock Image)
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In the Media
![The Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage at the Bryan Mound site on October 19, 2022, in Freeport, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/03.08.2023%20McCown%20RealClearEnergy_0.jpg?h=e6e78363&itok=5KRtmhTR)
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage at the Bryan Mound site on October 19, 2022, in Freeport, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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![The second oil well drilled in Nigeria, located in the bush outside Otuabagi community in Bayelsa state, continues to leak crude despite being capped. (James Barnett)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/James%201.26.jpeg?h=a610a299&itok=YdwcGIEr)
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The second oil well drilled, outside of the Otuabagi community, continues to leak crude despite being capped in Bayelsa, Nigeria. (James Barnett via New Lines Magazine)
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![An aerial view of Tesla cars recharging at a Tesla Supercharger station, located next to Pasadena Water and Power on April 14, 2022 in Pasadena, California.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/01.10.2023%20Duesterberg%20Memo_0.jpg?h=23da772b&itok=ol6bM2kY)
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An aerial view of Tesla cars recharging at a Tesla Supercharger station, located next to Pasadena Water and Power, on April 14, 2022, in Pasadena, California. (Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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![A coal power plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, on August 2, 2022. (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.27%20Coffey%20Arab%20News.jpg?h=790be497&itok=tD96dcwR)
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A coal power plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, on August 2, 2022. (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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![HAMBURG, NY - DECEMBER 24: Plows work to clear ice and snow along the Lake Erie shoreline on December 24, 2022 in Hamburg, New York. The Buffalo suburb and surrounding area was hit hard by the winter storm Elliott with wind gusts over 70 miles per hour battering homes and businesses through out the holiday weekend. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.23%20McCown.jpg?h=55901ca7&itok=UQRKZ_Xt)
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Plows work to clear ice and snow along the Lake Erie shoreline on December 24, 2022, in Hamburg, New York. (John Normile/Getty Images)
![WILMINGTON, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: An active oil refinery on September 21, 2022 in Wilmington, California. Gas prices have increased for the first time in almost 100 days. (Photo by Allison Dinner/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.21%20McCown.jpg?h=1290ba5b&itok=c3ukyKLE)
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An oil refinery in Wilmington, California, on September 21, 2022. (Allison Dinner/Getty Images)