High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31

November 9, 2026 · 5:47 pm 4 sources

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• High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31
  The Guardian · November 9, 2026 17:47
  Simon Stiell makes opening address at summit in Turkey, where talks are under way about speeding up shift to electrification A global fossil fuel price crisis is “spreading inflation like a cancer” around the planet, the UN’s chief climate negotiator, Simon Stiell, told the opening plenary of…
• Gas prices dip below $4 but inflation remains stubbornly high
  NPR · November 10, 2026 14:35
  Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.

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• Gas prices are finally below $4 a gallon, but Thanksgiving fuel costs will still be the highest since 2000
  MarketWatch · November 9, 2026 19:46
  ‘I don’t think there’s much ability for us to avoid this being the most expensive Thanksgiving on record’ for gas prices, says Patrick De Haan at GasBuddy
• US petrol prices are down, but elevated inflation continues
  Al Jazeera · November 10, 2026 17:40
  Inflation has remained high, despite some easing in fuel prices caused by the US war on Iran.