Energy

Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó listens to a legislative session being held at a school in Caracas, March 4, 2020.
Citgo Sues Firm Over Millions Lost in Venezuela Fraud
The lawsuit accuses a former contractor of providing cash, jewelry, private artwork, chartered flights and even a handpicked apartment.
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In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo the logo for General Electric appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
GE Sells Iconic Lighting Division
GE Lighting has been around for almost 130 years.
May 27th, 2020
This Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, shows homes leveled by the Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric limped into bankruptcy vilified for its long-running neglect of a crumbling electrical grid that ignited horrific Northern California wildfires that left entire cities in ruins. After nearly a year-and-a-half of wrangling during one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in U.S. history, it’s unclear if PG&E is now any better equipped to protect the 16 million people who rely on it for power.
PG&E's Bankruptcy Saga Enters Pivotal Stage
It's been one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in U.S. history.
May 26th, 2020
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This photo from early May, 2020, provided by Angeline Cheek shows Curtis Yazzie as he demonstrates at a construction site for the XL Pipeline just inside the U.S.-Canadian border near Saco, Mont. Members of several tribes in Montana and North Dakota traveled to the border crossing for a small protest against the pipeline earlier this month, according to Cheek, an activist from Montana's Fort Peck Tribe and organizer for the ACLU of Montana. Calgary-based TC Energy has built the first piece of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border and started work on labor camps in Montana and South Dakota.
First Piece of Keystone XL Pipeline Finished
May 22nd, 2020
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Trump Administration Cuts Royalty Rates for Oil and Gas
May 21st, 2020
In this April 21, 2020 file photo, a pumpjack is pictured as the sun sets in Oklahoma City. Google says it won’t build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, taking an environmental stance that distinguishes it from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon. The announcement followed a Greenpeace report on Tuesday, May 19, that documents how the three tech giants are using AI and computing power to help oil companies find and access oil and gas deposits in the U.S. and around the world.
Google Backs Off Oil & Gas AI
May 19th, 2020
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City.
Mexico Cites Virus in Slapping Down Renewable Energy
May 18th, 2020
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GM Spring Hill manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., Dec. 8, 2016.
GM to Power Tenn. Plant with Solar by 2022
A solar farm in Mississippi will provide the energy.
May 15th, 2020
In this April 30 photo, storage tanks at a refinery along the Houston Ship Channel are seen with downtown Houston in the background.
Oil, Manufacturing Fared Best With Pandemic Loans
Nearly half of small manufacturers reported receiving loans.
May 14th, 2020
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States, Tribe Seek to Suspend Coal Sales on US Lands
They hope to revive an Obama administration moratorium dropped by the Trump White House in 2017.
May 14th, 2020
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Ark. Oil Company to Close Headquarters, Consolidate
The company cited the steep drop in crude oil prices in its decision.
May 6th, 2020
An oil rig stands against the setting sun in Midland, Texas.
Texas Eases Underground Oil Storage Rules
The move is raising concern among environmentalists.
May 6th, 2020
Completed wind turbines stand on a hilltop at the Reading Wind Facility in Reading, Kan., on Monday, April 27, 2020.
Solar, Wind Energy Struggle
As many as 120,000 jobs in solar and 35,000 in wind could be lost.
May 4th, 2020
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Virtual Meetings Set for Drilling Plan
Historians say the area contains the remnants of what was once a hub of indigenous civilization.
May 1st, 2020
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SK Greenlights Second EV Battery Plant in U.S.
One motivating factor could be a legal dust-up with rival LG Chem.
Apr 30th, 2020
Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y.
NY Nuclear Plant to Close
Indian Point generated a quarter of the electricity used in New York and its suburbs just three years ago.
Apr 30th, 2020
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice
W.Va. Governor's Companies to Appeal Lawsuit Rulings
A federal judge ordered the coal companies to pay $35 million.
Apr 30th, 2020
This April 26 photo shows gas prices displayed at a gas station in Hattiesburg, MS. With a barrel of crude oil costing less than a New York pizza, many US shale producers are being pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and experts are wondering when, and if, the oil industry will recover. The price of benchmark US crude oil closed at $12.34 a barrel Tuesday, April 28. At the start of the year, the price was around $60.
Q&A: Can Oil Bounce Back?
Oil prices were declining before the pandemic hit. As demand now sinks further, the industry is running out of places to store it.
Apr 29th, 2020
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ADM Idles Large Ethanol Plants
About 60 of the nation's 204 ethanol plants nationwide have closed since early March.
Apr 24th, 2020