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Environmentalists in California have been trying to nix offshore drilling for decades. Spills like the Amplify pipeline are why.https://on.wsj.com/3acZuJA 

Jailed in Libya, Russian field researcher Maxim Shugaley has since turned up across Africa and now Afghanistan as the Kremlin’s friends seek to build relationships in places where America’s sway is fadinghttps://on.wsj.com/3DinM18 

Here’s what we’re watching ahead of Wednesday’s openhttps://on.wsj.com/3mscOPR 

Biden administration officials and many in Europe worry that the stalling of the EU’s expansion into the Western Balkans opens the region to rivals and adversarieshttps://on.wsj.com/2ZRJ0Vc 

Deal makers have targeted the wine industry, as investors bet on rising prices for winery acreage despite a Covid-19 hit to demand for the beveragehttps://on.wsj.com/3lfc5SP 

BlackRock said five employers have signed up for a new retirement product that will allow workers to receive a stream of payments for the rest of their liveshttps://on.wsj.com/3uLUDbM 

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen faces an uncertain legal landscape as she speaks publicly about the social-media company’s practices, said attorneys who specialize in federal whistleblower lawshttps://on.wsj.com/3a9EBPt 

The Biden administration plans to expand its student loan forgiveness program to help more than half a million public-sector workershttps://on.wsj.com/3iEzhbp 

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to U.S.-based scientist David MacMillan and Benjamin List of Germany for developing a tool for building moleculeshttps://on.wsj.com/2WQWPlS 

U.S. stock futures fell and bond yields rose, pointing to another bumpy day on Wall Streethttps://on.wsj.com/3oK9UZs 

Windows 11 is here. And missing from the first release is one of Microsoft’s most touted features, @JoannaStern writes.https://on.wsj.com/3uQEphG 

Heard on the Street: Power markets vary, but Britain’s latest troubles hold some lessons for countries focused on decarbonizationhttps://on.wsj.com/3BiG1D1 

Beijing is building a system intended to ensure that internet platforms’ automated processes are fair, transparent and in line with Communist Party ideologyhttps://on.wsj.com/3Bbo75f 

Having trouble finding a cheap TV or budget BBQ grill? You aren’t alone. Some companies are prioritizing premium products as they navigate the global supply-chain crisis.https://on.wsj.com/3leOQIH 

Your T-shirts might be getting more expensive. Cotton prices are the highest they’ve been in a decade.https://on.wsj.com/3uLN2Kd 

Is the stock market open at 3 a.m.? Startup trading platform 24 Exchange says it should behttps://on.wsj.com/3DcHTxJ 

A spontaneous road trip around the island of Sardinia wasn’t the relaxing vacation a food writer had in mind, but it led to the meal of a lifetimehttps://on.wsj.com/3mv2pTA 

Review: There are certainly no shows on TV more spirited than “Ghosts” right now, and there may be none funnier, writes critic John Andersonhttps://on.wsj.com/3AiLeJM