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Occidental Seeks Texas Property Tax Abatements to Help Finance its Long-Shot Plan for Removing Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere

The oil company’s tax break applications include new details about its carbon removal plans, which some experts see as important to countering climate change. Some environmentalists say the technology is unproven, expensive and only marginally useful, at best.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) logo. Credit: STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
Occidental Petroleum announced on Tuesday that it will reach net-zero emissions for all the oil and gas it produces by mid-century. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Two U.S. Oil Companies Join Their European Counterparts in Making Net-Zero Pledges

By Nicholas Kusnetz

BP's Competitors Face Risk of Catastrophic Accident, Too, Financial Analysts Say

By Michael Keller

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