Energy in America

Stock investors shifted back to buying mode after a drop in jobless claims outweighed another hot inflation report.

The Colonial Pipeline has returned to operations following a cyberattack that snarled gas supply for the eastern U.S. for days, according to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

The Colonial Pipeline returned to operation on Wednesday following a cyberattack that snarled gas supply for the eastern U.S. for days.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved a Jones Act waiver request to an individual company to ease fuel supply constraints between Gulf Coast and East Coast ports, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday meant to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses in response to a series of headline-grabbing hacking incidents that highlight how vulnerable the country’s public and private sectors are to high-tech spies and criminals operating from half a world away.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called Wednesday for the heads of critical infrastructure companies such as Colonial Pipeline to be held personally liable for failures to address cybersecurity flaws following a ransomware attack that crippled one of the eastern seaboard’s key fuel suppliers.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack and how the U.S. needs to remain energy-independent.

The ransomware gang responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack claims it’s driven by money, not politics, and even insists it has a charitable streak.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki addressed the fluctuating tone on the impacts of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown -- between admitting and denying a supply shortage -- by saying the administration used appropriate language in each moment.