Penny Starr

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ConocoPhillips CEO Warns of Crude Oil Shortages, Volatile Prices

Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, warned at a Houston Producers Forum on Tuesday of upcoming crude oil shortages and price volatility, citing limited spare capacity of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel and slow U.S. fossil fuel output going forward.

gas - A pumpjack extracts crude at an oil field in Emlichheim, Germany, March 18, 2022. Before the war in Ukraine, Europe's most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change. Now, officials are fixated on rapidly reducing the continent's reliance on Russian oil and natural …

Democrat Primary Candidates Threaten Far-Left ‘Squad’ Members

Establishment Democrats could break up the party’s far-left “Squad” with primary challenges against firebrands Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush. The two are part of the five-member, far-left Squad, along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 08: U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) (2nd L) becomes emotional as she speaks as Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) (L) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) (R) look on during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol December 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. House Democrats held the news …