US and International News

March 30, 2017

OMAHA, Neb. — A coalition of environmental groups is challenging the federal permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline in court because they say additional environmental scrutiny is needed. The Sierra Club joined with several other environmental groups to file the federal lawsuit Thurs… Read More ➝

March 29, 2017

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa Senate delayed the confirmation of Geri Huser as the Iowa Utilities Board chairwoman after The Associated Press reported on her extensive private legal work, lawmakers said Wednesday. The Senate commerce committee had been scheduled Tuesday to consider Huse… Read More ➝

March 29, 2017

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan officials say they’ve arrested a senior manager at the state oil company on corruption charges at a moment when the oil-rich country is struggling with fuel shortages. The chief prosecutor’s office says on its webpage Wednesday that interna… Read More ➝

March 29, 2017

DEER CREEK, Okla. — Officials say a relatively powerful earthquake has struck a remote area of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the 4.4 magnitude quake was recorded at 10:37 a.m. Wednesday in Grant County, between the towns of Medford and Deer Creek and about 95 … Read More ➝

March 28, 2017

The Dakota Access pipeline developer said it has placed oil in the pipeline under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota and that it’s preparing to put the line into service. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners made the announcement Monday in a b… Read More ➝

March 26, 2017

KUWAIT CITY — Russia’s energy minister says there’s “94 per cent” compliance on a six-month oil production cut among OPEC members and non-cartel nations, as well as discussions about continuing the cuts to boost crude prices. Alexander Novak made the comments … Read More ➝

March 24, 2017

JOHANNESBURG — Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria subsidiary “fiercely opposed” environmental testing and is concealing data showing thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from a stalled cleanup of the worst oil spills in the West African nation’s history, acc… Read More ➝

March 24, 2017

BISMARCK, N.D. — A December oil pipeline spill in western North Dakota might have been three times larger than first estimated and among the biggest in state history, a state environmental expert said Friday. About 530,000 gallons of oil is now believed to have spilled from the Belle… Read More ➝

March 22, 2017

LINCOLN, Neb. — Activists who want to derail the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska are again mobilizing to try to make their case to a small state commission that will decide the project’s fate. Opponents on Wednesday will ask the Nebraska Public Service Commission to let them i… Read More ➝

March 21, 2017

Venezuela’s economic turmoil has placed in limbo that country’s participation in a free heating oil program run by a Massachusetts-based non-profit that has helped hundreds of thousands of people, signalling that the program may be kaput. This marks th… Read More ➝