Lukoil is Russia's second largest oil company, with global operations stretching from extraction fields in Iraq to gas stations in Pennsylvania.
It's also got a financial gun to its head, due to U.S. sanctions that are set to take effect in less than two weeks, prompting it to put its international operations up for sale.
When activists protest oil pipelines with the slogan "keep it in the ground," they don't end up keeping most oil in the ground — and their efforts may even have side effects, like increasing air pollution when the oil is transported in other ways.
Why it matters: These unintended consequences show just how hard it is to curb oil and gas by targeting supply alone.
President Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at boosting AI research and development, with an eye toward reducing Americans' spiraling energy costs.
Why it matters: The Trump administration seeks to ensure that government stays out of the way on AI regulation while actively supporting private-sector innovation.
New Instacart data shared with Axios shows the most uniquely popular Thanksgiving pies by state, based on last year's orders.
What they found: Pumpkin pie is big out West, strawberry rhubarb and French silk are favorites in the Midwest, and cream pies are a hit in New England.
Thanksgiving is forecast to be colder and with more snow than usual across large swathes of the U.S., threatening to snarl what the AAA is projecting to be record holiday traffic.
The big picture: The National Weather Service warns the "polar vortex," an area of cold air around the Arctic, could expand southwards and combine with two other factors to bring "cooler than normal temperatures" from Seattle to Dallas and across to Chicago this Thanksgiving week.
