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Diamondback Energy’s $26 billion purchase of fellow Permian driller Endeavor shoots its stock up more than 10%

By Mitchell Ferman, Joe Ryan, and others

Oil well pump jacks operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Oil climbed by the most in nearly two weeks with the OPEC+ alliance and BP pointing to signs of a robust demand recovery taking shape in parts of the world. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Chevron blames a $4 billion writedown mostly on California’s regulations as its war with the state’s Democratic-led government heats ups

By Joe Ryan, Kevin Crowley, and others

A tugboat navigates a container ship into the Culebra Cut from the Chagres River near Gamboa, Panama, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The Panama Canal is so shallow from climate change that quotas are being imposed on how many ships can use the artery, a decision destined to snarl trade in energy, consumer goods and food as carriers are forced to sail thousands of extra miles to make deliveries. Photographer: Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Panama Canal is taking a small step to ease the epic traffic jam that has snarled global shipping for months

By Joe Ryan and Bloomberg

Gavin Newsom

California declares power grid emergency amid Labor Day heat wave with temperatures above 110 degrees baking much of the golden state

By Brian K. Sullivan, Joe Ryan, and others

The sun is seen behind smoke from the Bobcat fire rising above in the Angeles National Forest above Duarte, California, about 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Los Angeles, September 7, 2020. – Eight national forests in California have been closed as firefighters battle blazes across the state which is in the grips of a record-setting heat wave.

California faces widespread power cuts after weeks of destructive wildfires

By Joe Ryan, Brian Eckhouse, and others