Environmentalists Cheer Departure of Ryan Zinke as Secretary of Interior
EBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is facing federal investigations into his
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Retail Sales Grew in November, Easing Economic Fears
Despite low gas prices offsetting a strong holiday shopping season, U.S. retail sales beat expectations and increased by 0.2 percent last month.
Read moreLandowners Lose Challenge to Pipeline Deals
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday rejected landowners’claims that the Dakota Access pipeline developer used unfair tactics to persuade them to sell property for the pipeline’s construction.
Read moreSouth Carolina Coastal Cities Fight Trump Over Seismic Oil Exploration
Sixteen South Carolina coastal cities teamed up with environmentalists to file lawsuits against the Trump administration aiming to stop offshore oil exploration, arguing that seismic testing will devastate marine life and the coastal economy.
Read moreEnergy Costs Plummet, No Jump in Consumer Prices
The Labor Department said Wednesday that American consumer prices stayed flat in November while gasoline and other energy costs dropped.
Read moreUS Gas Prices Fall as Wholesale Costs Inch Higher
Gas prices dropped 29 cents per gallon in November while the wholesale cost of American goods and services ticked up only slightly in a sign of softening inflation pressures, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
Read moreThe Arctic Frontier: Senate Warned to Catch Up Before It’s Too Late
As melting sea ice makes human navigation of the Arctic Circle more feasible, Senate lawmakers grappled Thursday with what the United States must do to address the challenges such activity will bring.
Read moreEx-UN General Assembly Heads Tied to Bribery Scheme
Two former presidents of the United Nations General Assembly came under embarrassing scrutiny on Friday during the corruption trial of a Hong Kong businessman, as an FBI agent testified about a $500,000 payment to Uganda’s sitting president.
Read moreTrump Admin Approves Seismic Surveys for Atlantic Drilling
The Trump administration authorized the use of seismic air guns on Friday to find oil and gas formations deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean.
Read morePipeline Trial Focuses on Expropriation, not Environment
Attorneys for three landowners who say Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC trespassed, cut down hardwood trees and buried a crude oil pipeline, effectively expropriating their land, expressed frustration Thursday at the conclusion of a trial that the judge will did not allow more discussion of the public and environmental toll of pipelines and oil and gas in general.
Read morePublic Interest of Pipeline Takes Focus in Damages Spat
The Third Circuit appeared critical Wednesday that a Kinder Morgan subsidiary should rely on federal law to pay less than fair-market value for land it seized via eminent domain to build an interstate pipeline.
Read moreHong Kong Businessman’s Corruption Case Kicks Off
As a holiday season bribery trial began, a federal prosecutor regaled jurors on Monday with tales of a Hong Kong businessman giving an African president several gift boxes – stuffed with $2 million in cash instead of presents.
Read moreOil Price Plunge Sends Ripples Through Global Economy
A sharp drop in the price of oil is sending ripples through the global economy, lending more spending power to consumers — particularly for Americans’ big holiday shopping spree — but potentially dampening investment in U.S. oil production.
Read more$12 Billion Oil Merger
Rowan Companies shareholders brought a federal class action to protest the merger of the oil and gas driller with Ensco in an all-stock deal that will leave Ensco shareholders with 61 percent and Rowan shareholders with 39 percent of the combined company, whose estimated value will be $12 billion.
Read moreAsian Economies Grateful for Reprieve on Iran Oil Imports
Japan, South Korea and other major oil importers welcomed Tuesday the decision by the Trump administration to let them continue to import Iranian crude oil and other petroleum products despite the re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran.
Read moreFederal Judge Mulls California Offshore Fracking Injunction
A full review of the environmental impact of oil drilling operations off the coast of Southern California is likely to be ordered after a federal judge said Friday he was considering ordering a pause on new drilling permits.
Read moreEnergy Department Says US Is Now World’s Top Oil Producer
The United States is pumping record amounts of oil, vaulting over Russia to become the world’s biggest producer of crude.
Read moreHigh Court Tribal Tax Fight Turns on 1855 Treaty
A 163-year-old treaty was the focus of Supreme Court oral arguments on Tuesday as lawyers sparred over attempts to tax a fuel distributor owned by a member of the Yakama Nation.
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