The Iraqi government is on edge as the Trump presidency enters its final weeks, fearing that a last-minute confrontation between the United States and Iran could erupt on Iraqi soil. Continue Reading
U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was deployed to the Gulf this week, days before the killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, although the U.S. Navy said on Saturday the deployment Continue Reading
U.S. health authorities will hold an emergency meeting next week to recommend that a coronavirus vaccine awaiting approval be given first to healthcare professionals and people in long-term care facilities. Continue Reading
The initiative lost momentum in recent months, some of these people said, amid fears of an uphill fight in federal court and because state leaders wanted to await results of Continue Reading
The flights are one link in a vast global supply chain being assembled to tackle… United Airlines Holdings Inc. on Friday began operating charter flights to position doses of Pfizer Continue Reading
President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House on March 20. As the sun sets on Donald Trump’s presidency, one piece of potentially dangerous unfinished business Continue Reading
Sitting in the shadow of the brutalist health department building in Washington, with only a leather jacket for protection against an autumnal breeze, Moncef Slaoui cuts a defiant figure. Six months Continue Reading
Piracy is an age-old problem in the energy industry, often seen in West Africa and other regions of the world. However, following the rise of the phenomenon during the 2020 Continue Reading
When President Trump talks about efforts to deliver the coronavirus vaccine to millions of Americans eager to return to their normal lives, he often says he is “counting on the Continue Reading
With just weeks to go until President-Elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20, Axios reports that Israel is preparing for the possibility that Trump will launch a preemptive attack Continue Reading
President-elect Joe Biden introduced nominees for his national-security team during an event in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday. Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images European powers are looking to the incoming Biden administration Continue Reading
Gripped by the accelerating viral outbreak, the U.S. economy is under pressure from persistent layoffs, diminished income and nervous consumers, whose spending is needed to drive a recovery from the Continue Reading
What started as a Midwestern surge has grown into coast-to-coast disaster. Over the last two months, rural counties and midsize cities in the Great Plains and Upper Midwest have been Continue Reading
Layoffs are rising again and Americans’ incomes are falling, the latest signs that the one-two punch of a resurgent pandemic and waning government aid are undermining the U.S. economic recovery. Continue Reading
US crude oil inventories edged lower in the week ended Nov. 20 amid an uptick in refinery demand and exports, US Energy Information Administration data showed Nov. 25. Receive daily Continue Reading
Gripped by the accelerating viral outbreak, the U.S. economy is under pressure from persistent layoffs, diminished income and nervous consumers, whose spending is needed to drive a recovery from the Continue Reading
A memorial to Covid-19 victims in Atlanta. Credit…Audra Melton for The New York Times For anyone tracking the daily number of deaths from the coronavirus as a metric of the Continue Reading
Daily coronavirus -related deaths in the United States have reached levels not seen since the early throes of the pandemic following a surge in the number of those hospitalized, an Continue Reading
Janet L. Yellen , the president-elect’s pick to run the treasury at a critical time, may play a crucial role in getting corporations to take global warming seriously if confirmed Continue Reading
Given China’s burgeoning role in the Middle East – with Iran and Iraq, in particular, irreplaceable staging posts for Beijing’s multi-layered, multi-generational ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) – how U.S. Continue Reading
US natural gas production is trending at a seven-month high over the past week as producers in Texas, Louisiana and Appalachia reset the outlook for supply and prices this winter. Continue Reading
Dr. Drew Miller knew his patient had to be moved. Healthcare personnel prepare to discharge a patient who had been quarantining after a possible exposure to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Continue Reading
People gather in front of the White House during the Native Nations Rise protest on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Native tribes from around the US gathered for four Continue Reading
The German government says the foreign ministers of Britain, France, and Germany are meeting in Berlin on November 23 for talks focusing on the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, days Continue Reading
General Motors said on Monday it was reversing course and will no longer back the Trump administration’s effort to bar California from setting its own emissions rules in an ongoing Continue Reading
Former Secretary of State John Kerry will be named as special presidential envoy for climate by President-elect Joe Biden, according to his transition team, in a sign Biden plans to Continue Reading
GM said it sees a route to compromise on tailpipe-emissions rules. Drivers navigated the freeway in Los Angeles in April. DETROIT—General Motors Co. will no longer back the Trump administration Continue Reading
Cuomo Announces New Virus Restrictions Ahead of Thanksgiving Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced new restrictions in parts of the state where coronavirus cases are rising as Thanksgiving Continue Reading
In remote northern Michigan a propane shortage in early 2014 caused prices to nearly double, squeezing about half of the families there who rely on the fossil fuel to heat Continue Reading
U.S. hospitalizations set a record for the 13th day in a row. New U.S. cases tallied 142,732, down from Friday’s record but a record for a Sunday. AstraZeneca and University Continue Reading
As hostilities with Iran resume, a shortened waiver period gives the outgoing Trump administration one last opportunity to wield economic leverage in Iraq. This story has been updated to include Continue Reading
The US State Department Nov. 20 granted a 45-day waiver extension to Iraq allowing it to keep paying for electricity imports from Iran. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
American hospitals are reeling as another spike in cases threatens to overwhelm capacity and drive up deaths. Almost 80,000 patients are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the U.S. — another high in Continue Reading
Like a tree without roots or a body without a spine, New York City would collapse without its subway system. That kind of dire outcome is a real risk if Continue Reading
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgent viral outbreak is likely slowing the Continue Reading
Oil tanks in America’s most important crude storage hub are filling to the brim once again, quickly approaching the critical levels reached in May after prices crashed. Stockpiles at Cushing, Oklahoma, Continue Reading
The 9 percent fall has been partially offset by extreme forest fires The coronavirus pandemic triggered a sharp drop in air travel and in greenhouse gas emissions, which fell a Continue Reading
The US Treasury Department Nov. 18 leveled sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolution Mostazafan Foundation, a conglomerate of holdings in Iran’s economy, including the energy sector. Not registered? Receive daily email Continue Reading
US petroleum demand tumbled last week amid surging coronavirus cases, setting the scene for a lacklustre Thanksgiving holiday period were more American motorists opt to stay home. Petrol demand fell Continue Reading
An aerial view of mostly harvested farmland at sunset on Oct. 30, 2020 in Lacona, Iowa. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images The American Farm Bureau Federation, the country’s largest and most Continue Reading
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., eager to elevate climate change issues throughout his administration, is already drafting orders to reduce planet-warming pollution and seeking nominees who will embed climate policy Continue Reading
TC Energy Corp TRP.TO says it is continuing to advance its Keystone XL (KXL) oil pipeline, the $9 billion project that would move oil from the province of Alberta to Continue Reading
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending November 13, 2020 U.S. crude oil imports averaged 5.3 million barrels per day last week, down by 245,000 barrels per day Continue Reading
A Joe Biden administration is bound to usher in a 180-degree pivot on climate change from the outgoing presidency. But with control of the Senate hanging in the balance with Continue Reading
The twin challenges of low oil prices and uncertain demand recovery that has resulted from the coronavirus pandemic this year – which with more clarity might lift prices somewhat –did Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil production is set to remain close to its current levels of around 11 million barrels per day (bpd) through the end of 2021, as new drilling activity Continue Reading
After tumbling to a four-month low in recent trading, winter gas prices at the Henry Hub could be oversold judging from a recent market forecast published by S&P Global Platts Continue Reading
As climate change contributes to ever-worsening fire seasons in the Western U.S., more people are moving to the very areas most likely to burn. Of the 15 counties with the highest Continue Reading
President Donald Trump, with two months left in office, last week asked for options on attacking Iran’s main nuclear site, but ultimately decided against taking the dramatic step, a U.S. Continue Reading
President Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday whether he had options to take action against Iran’s main nuclear site in the coming weeks. The meeting Continue Reading
