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CARSON, CA - AUGUST 07: The BP West Coast Products LLC Carson oil refinery on August 7, 2006 in Carson, California. BP Global is shutting down its Prudhoe Bay oil field operations, the nation?s largest, on Alaska's North Slope because of severe corrosion in an oil transit line. The shutdown will cut supplies to West Coast refineries and will drive oil and gasoline prices sharply higher, raising new criticisms of the company's safety record. British Petroleum (BP) is facing a criminal investigation over a ma

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Wind turbines operate at a wind farm a key power source for the Coachella Valley as vehicles drive on February 22, 2023, near Whitewater, California. (Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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Wind turbines operate at a wind farm a key power source for the Coachella Valley as vehicles drive on February 22, 2023, near Whitewater, California. (Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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Brigham McCown
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as President Joe Biden speaks during a session of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (Ludovic Marin / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as President Joe Biden speaks during a session of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (Ludovic Marin / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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