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A U.S. biofuels lobbying group on Tuesday said it is seeking to work with longtime rival the oil industry to fight the threat to both from subsidies for electric vehicles. The two industries have been at loggerheads for years as they seek sway with Washington over how much biofuel should be included in gasoline and diesel.
Use of coal to generate electricity in the United States is expected to make a comeback as Americans begin to understand the reality behind former President Barack Obama's claims of a cheaper, cleaner future based on wind and solar power.
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Victoria Demos was working as a therapist in Greenwich Village, N.Y. And even during that fraught and terrifying time, she said, the patients she saw were not experiencing as much anxiety as the ones she's seeing now.
The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline said Thursday that it is once again seeking state approval for a route through Nebraska. The Canadian company's previous attempts to start construction in Nebraska have been thwarted by activists and some landowners who worry that it could damage property and contaminate groundwater supplies.
Rep. Tom Price, President Donald Trump's choice to be health secretary, is the latest of a handful of Cabinet nominees to eke out a confirmation victory in a bitterly divided Senate. Following the pattern of strictly party-line votes on two previous nominees - Attorney General-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions and Betsy DeVos for Education secretary - the Georgia congressman was approved early Friday on a 52-47 vote.
The Trudeau government should admit that its commitment to carbon reduction is increasingly untenable, writes former TransCanada executive Dennis McConaghy Even prior to the election of President Donald Trump, it was evident that Canadian governments had come to terms with providing substantial incremental market access for Canadian energy exports, regardless of the impact that would inevitably have on the country ever meeting its Paris carbon emission reduction targets Put bluntly, governments recognized the need for the cash flow that would come with increased oil and gas exports over the short and medium term in order to sustain their existing social welfare obligations, let alone increase them.
Former congressman Tom Perriello, a Democrat running for governor of Virginia, announced his opposition to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. RICHMOND - Another contender for Virginia governor took aim at energy suppliers on Wednesday, coming out against two proposed natural gas pipelines while swearing off campaign donations from utility giant Dominion Virginia Power.
In Wyoming, Republican Gov. Matt Mead is counting on a state-funded research center set to open this year to find a way to produce energy from coal without releasing carbon dioxide into the environment. In Kansas, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is eyeing new wind farms to bring jobs and economic growth.
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On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to repeal an obscure anti-corruption rule aimed at the oil and gas industry before the rule even took effect. Now oil majors like ExxonMobil or Chevron won't have to disclose payments they make to foreign governments while chasing resource deals around the world.
On Tuesday, Apple will reveal just how successful the iPhone 7 was during the holiday season. Analysts predict Apple's sales for the final quarter of 2016 will clock in at $77.4 billion, up from $75.9 billion this time last year.
The United States Department of Energy is awarding Blue Bird Corporation , a bus manufacturer based in Fort Valley, GA, $4.4 million to develop a zero-emissions, 100 percent vehicle-to-grid electric school bus. The award is part of $15 million the energy department set aside late last year to accelerate the adoption of advanced and alternative fuel vehicles.
TransCanada Corp. has submitted a new presidential permit application to the U.S. Department of State for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. The project would move oil 1,180 miles from Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska, where it would connect with other lines for refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Austin, who has worked as a pipeline mechanic for 28 years, long felt like the Baltimore utility, one of the oldest in the country and with a reputation for being a good place to work, was one big family. Then energy giant Exelon acquired BGE in 2012.
President Trump picked a Democrat on Thursday to lead the federal government's top energy watchdog, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Cheryl LaFleur, who was named to the commission by former President Barack Obama in 2010, was appointed by Trump as acting chairwoman of the commission.
President Donald Trump is expected to take executive action Tuesday to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. That's according to a person with knowledge of the action.
Rubio sides with Tillerson for secretary of state Rubio had expressed deep misgivings about Tillerson's ties to Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/2klMAwP FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
In this Jan. 11, 2107 file photo, Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.