US and International News

May 10, 2017

WASHINGTON — Environmentalists notched a rare win in the Republican-led Senate on Wednesday as a GOP effort to reverse an Obama-era rule restricting harmful methane emissions unex… Read More ➝

May 10, 2017

BATON ROUGE, La. — A company that has failed to stop an oil leak that began nearly 13 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico is negotiating a possible court settlement that could allow it to recover millions of dollars it set aside for work to end the leak. A federal judge agreed Wednesday … Read More ➝

May 10, 2017

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond, Virginia-based energy giant Dominion Resources Inc. has changed its name to Dominion Energy Inc. The company said in a news release that shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the new name. The proposed change was announced in February. Chairman, pre… Read More ➝

May 10, 2017

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Dakota Access pipeline leaked 84 gallons of oil in South Dakota early last month, which an American Indian tribe says bolsters its argument that the pipeline jeopardizes its water supply and deserves further environmental review. The April 4 spill was relatively … Read More ➝

May 10, 2017

TIRANA, Albania — Work on building a massive gas pipeline through southeastern Europe has been suspended after the discovery of an ancient settlement in eastern Albania, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline company said Wednesday. The contractor says a “wealth of ceramics” was fou… Read More ➝

May 9, 2017

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday that Russian authorities knowingly plunged oil giant Yukos into bankruptcy in 2006 by ordering it to pay huge tax bills, the latest ruling in a long-running battle over the assets of a Dutch Yukos subsidiary. Amsterdam Appe… Read More ➝

May 3, 2017

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Less than a week after President Donald Trump took steps to put U.S. Arctic and Atlantic waters back in play for offshore drilling, 10 environmental and Alaska… Read More ➝

May 3, 2017

TORRANCE, Calif. — A federal safety board says a 2015 explosion at a California oil refinery was preventable and it has recommended changes to the facility’s safety procedur… Read More ➝

May 3, 2017

MADRID — Spain’s Energy Ministry says it will not reopen a large offshore gas storage plant that was shut down in 2013 following minor earthquakes in the area. A ministry statement issued Wednesday said a study carried out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvar… Read More ➝

May 2, 2017

FIRESTONE, Colo. — The Latest on a fatal house explosion in northern Colorado (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Fire officials say a fatal house explosion in northern Colorado was caused by unrefined natural gas that was leaking from a small abandoned pipeline from a nearby well. Read More ➝