California cities and counties cleared an important hurdle in their legal fight to get major oil companies including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp., and Chevron Corp. to pay tens of Continue Reading
More than 15,000 dams in the US would likely kill people if they failed, and at least 2,300 of them are in poor or unsatisfactory condition, according to recent data Continue Reading
For all the optimism over a recovery in oil demand and prices, the weekend that heralds the U.S. summer driving season proved to be a damp squib. While beaches were open Continue Reading
The downturn in the U.S. oil industry could lead to more than US$24 billion of lost GDP for Texas alone, if oil prices remain in the $30s, Ed Hirs, Energy Continue Reading
Spending on public projects helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression and created a lasting network of employment that helps support America even today. Now, as the Continue Reading
Elizabeth Warren has gained support among Democrats as a running mate for Joe Biden. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib explores the strengths and weaknesses she could bring as Biden’s pick for Continue Reading
A few days ago, Facebook joined Twitter in embracing remote work as a permanent option for many of its employees. In a decade, Mark Zuckerberg said, half of the company’s Continue Reading
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Truck loads are growing again. Air travel and hotel bookings are up slightly. Mortgage applications are rising. And more people are applying to open new businesses. These are among some Continue Reading
The biggest independent shale oil groups in the US reported a record combined loss of $26bn in the first quarter as the sector braces itself for a wave of bankruptcies Continue Reading
A U.S. ban on new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which presidential hopeful Joe Biden promised to enact if elected, would lead to hundreds of thousands of job Continue Reading
Memorial Day weekend, the typical start of the summer driving season in the United States, will offer some clues about gasoline demand and driving behavior after lockdowns were eased across Continue Reading
The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for helping Beijing spy on its minority Uighur population or because of Continue Reading
A store in Niles, Ill., this month. (Nam Y. Huh/AP) Roughly one-quarter of the labor force in Nevada, Michigan and Hawaii is unemployed, and nearly every other state registered a Continue Reading
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved this week the construction and operation of the Alaska LNG project estimated at US$43 billion, which has been years in the planning Continue Reading
Weekly US coal train loadings averaged 55.1 trains/day in the week ended May 22, down 0.8 train/day from the previous week, Surface Transportation Board data showed Friday. Receive daily email Continue Reading
The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc ( HTZ.N ) filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business was decimated during the coronavirus Continue Reading
The coronavirus may still be spreading at epidemic rates in 24 states, particularly in the South and Midwest, according to new research that highlights the risk of a second wave of Continue Reading
Offshore oil producers and their allies in Congress are asking the Trump administration to make it easier for them to get a break on payments to the government amid the Continue Reading
Mounting disasters in the U.S. are spurring concern about the federal government’s ability to handle a storm season that’s projected to produce the most dangerous storm period since Hurricane Katrina in Continue Reading
Even as states begin to reopen for business, a further 2.4 million workers joined the nation’s unemployment rolls last week, and there is growing concern among economists that many of Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production was estimated at approximately 8.2 million st in the week ended May 16, down 1.6% from the previous week, Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. Receive Continue Reading
More than 2.2 million b/d of US oil production has been shut in response to low prices and weak demand, US Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said Thursday. Receive daily email Continue Reading
US gasoline demand muted by coronavirus pandemic Social distancing measures, record unemployment key variables New York — As the Memorial Day holiday weekend draws near, the allure of beaches, boardwalks Continue Reading
Climate scientists are predicting that as many as 20 named hurricanes will develop in the Atlantic basin during the six-month season that officially begins on Monday. The prediction of a Continue Reading
It’s becoming unanimous. Federal researchers are now weighing in on the hurricane season ahead, forecasting as many as 19 named storms for the year, at least six of which are Continue Reading
Dallas, Houston, Southeast Florida’s Gold Coast, the entire state of Alabama and several other places in the South that have been rapidly reopening their economies are in danger of a Continue Reading
The Trump administration is weighing new sanctions and other legal steps to disrupt Iranian oil exports to Venezuela, U.S. officials said, in response to what the U.S. considers the Islamic Continue Reading
The U.S. Administration is holding this week an oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico while American producers curtail production in response to low oil prices and environmentalists and Continue Reading
After a brief period of apparent calm with the signing of a trade deal in January, the U.S.-China relationship has worsened dramatically in the past few months, with the Covid-19 pandemic adding Continue Reading
Democrats on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration’s moves to roll back environmental regulations during the coronavirus crisis , with one senator saying a “pandemic of pollution″ has been released. The Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 12.9 million barrels per day during the week ending May 15, 2020 which was 0.5 million barrels per day more than the previous week’s Continue Reading
Millions more Americans likely filed for unemployment benefits last week as backlogs continue to be cleared and disruptions from the novel coronavirus unleash a second wave of layoffs, pointing to Continue Reading
An oil field on federally managed land in California in 2015. (Jae C. Hong/AP) The Trump administration is starting to reduce royalty payments and suspend leases for oil companies drilling Continue Reading
U.S. carriers JetBlue Airways Corp and United Airlines Holdings Inc announced fresh safety measures on Wednesday aimed at restoring confidence in travel as several executives pointed to signs domestic demand Continue Reading
As Americans plan for life after pandemic lockdowns, many want to avoid public transport and use a car instead, straining already underfunded transit systems and risking an increase in road Continue Reading
An executive order signed by President Trump Tuesday directs agencies to consider what sort of deregulatory action they might take that could spur economic growth. The order directs agency heads Continue Reading
The US Supreme Court has denied Venezuela’s request to reconsider a lower court’s decision allowing a PDVSA creditor to go after US refiner Citgo, its most valuable overseas asset. Receive Continue Reading
Americans’ positions on climate change have remained largely unshaken by the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, according to a new national survey that showed acceptance of the reality of global warming Continue Reading
Joe Biden would rescind President Donald Trump’s permit allowing the Keystone XL oil pipeline to cross the border into the U.S., a move that would effectively kill the controversial project, Continue Reading
COVID-19 has undermined the accuracy of economic data AAA uses to predict how many Americans will travel over the Memorial Day weekend. For two decades, the American Automobile Association (AAA) Continue Reading
Natural gas, the poster child of the fossil fuel industry and the bridge fuel to a renewable future, has suffered its fair share of problems amid the coronavirus pandemic. And Continue Reading
American shale is easy prey as Beijing goes bargain-hunting. China could soon embark on a global buying spree following the coronavirus-induced economic crisis and the re-opening of its economy , Continue Reading
Jobs are being lost from the US coal industry at the fastest rate in decades as the fuel gets crowded out of an electricity market that is shrinking because of Continue Reading
President Trump told the director-general of the World Health Organization he would permanently end all funding to the organization if it did not “commit to substantive improvements within the next Continue Reading
Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, renewing Iran’s demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East. Continue Reading
Iran has sent an official warning to the U.S. against making threats to Iranian fuel tankers bound for Venezuela, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. On Sunday Iran’s Ministry of Continue Reading
Almost 75% of small businesses in a survey applied for help from a federal loan program designed to keep workers employed during the coronavirus pandemic, but only 38% of small Continue Reading
While the U.S. and other Western countries continued to take steps to reopen their economies after months of coronavirus lockdowns, Asian countries that enacted aggressive measures early in the pandemic Continue Reading
CHICAGO — The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in the United States has steadily declined in recent days. In New York, the figure has dropped over the past month. Continue Reading
