US and International News

April 20, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is again moving to derail Obama-era regulations aimed at reducing pollution from the fossil fuel industry. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Wednesday he’s issued a 90-day delay for oil and gas companies to follow a new ru… Read More ➝

April 20, 2017

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s oil minister on Thursday suggested that production cuts agreed to by OPEC members and countries outside of the cartel may need to continue to help shore up crude oil prices. The comments by Khalid al-Falih carry significant weigh… Read More ➝

April 19, 2017

WASHINGTON — Exxon Mobil is seeking permission from the U.S. government for approval to resume drilling around the Black Sea with a Russian partner, state-owned Rosneft, according to a person familiar with the matter. The oil giant’s request is being reviewed by the Trump admin… Read More ➝

April 18, 2017

WASHINGTON — A resilient China, rising commodity prices and sturdy financial markets are offering a sunnier outlook for the global economy and helping dispel the gloom that has lingered since the Great Recession ended. That’s the picture sketched Tuesday by the International Mo… Read More ➝

April 17, 2017

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An oil well leaking natural gas on Alaska’s North Slope was successfully plugged by pumping saltwater into the well, according to private and government responders. The state Department on Environmental Conservation on Monday said the well operated by BP Exp… Read More ➝

April 17, 2017

DETROIT — Hydrogen fuel cell cars could one day challenge electric cars in the race for pollution-free roads — but only if more stations are built to fuel them. Honda, Toyota and Hyundai have leased a few hundred fuel cell vehicles over the past three years, and expect to lease… Read More ➝

April 13, 2017

SAO PAULO — Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht paid $40 million to President Michel Temer’s party and another party to ensure a contract with the state oil company, according to testimony from a former Odebrecht executive. Marcio Faria’s accusation came in plea bargai… Read More ➝

April 13, 2017

PARIS — The International Energy Agency expects growth in the global demand for crude oil to slow for a second consecutive year in 2017. The Paris-based agency expects growth of 1.3 million barrels a day this year, compared with 1.4 million barrels previously forecast, due to stalled… Read More ➝

April 12, 2017

PORTAGE, Ind. — A spill at a U.S. Steel plant in northern Indiana that sent wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a Lake Michigan tributary was apparently caused by a pipe failure but testing has found none of that toxic substance in the lake, the company and federa… Read More ➝

April 12, 2017

BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge is allowing the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to keep secret some but not all pipeline information that the company believes could be useful to vandals and terrorists. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said in a ruling dated Friday that… Read More ➝