Trump turned Biden’s remarks about transitioning to renewable energy sources into a warning for swing state voters that oil and gas jobs could be at risk.
In the third quarter, 17 oil producers sought bankruptcy protection, fueling a 21% jump in such filings in the first nine months of 2020 from a year earlier.
Decision to give the go-ahead to Santos Ltd.'s $2.6 billion coal-seam gas project follows a decade-long struggle with environmentalists and regulators.