Energy in America

I have to give Bloomberg credit because at least he plans to spend his own money to achieve his impossible green dream. Biden and Warren, on the other hand, want to spend your money.  

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and some non-members, including Russia, have withheld supplies since the start of the year to prop up prices.

The Supreme Court has ruled against workers on oil drilling platforms off California who argued they should be paid for the off-work time they spend on the platform, including sleeping.

World shares rose Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico as the countries inked a deal on immigration.

Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, have voted to divest the city's operating budget investments from any entity involved in the production of fossil fuels or weapons.

Asian financial markets advanced Monday after China released better-than-expected trade data for May, though worries remain over trade negotiations between the Washington and Beijing.

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 9 cents per gallon (3.8 liters) over the past three weeks, to $2.84.

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) on Friday said it would be cutting the electricity for roughly 1,600 customers in parts of Northern California that were considered “areas of extreme fire risk.”

The West Virginia Coal Association says Michael Bloomberg's pledge to shutter the nation's coal industry will hurt the local and state economies.

New Mexico's governor said Friday she's opposed to plans by a New Jersey-based company to build a multibillion-dollar facility in her state to temporarily store spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors around the U.S. In a letter to U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the interim storage of high-level radioactive waste poses significant and unacceptable risks to residents, the environment and the region's economy.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher for a fourth consecutive day as investors look to start June with a strong weekly gain after a downturn in May.

An appeals court has lifted a judge's injunction that blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.

Japan is calling for further efforts to cut carbon emissions by promoting renewables but also nuclear energy despite the 2011 Fukushima reactors meltdowns.

Supply has also been limited by U.S. sanctions on oil exports from Iran and Venezuela.

Major automobile manufacturers are urging the Trump administration and California restart negotiations over vehicle mileage standards to prevent a legal battle.

Enbridge Inc. is asking a Michigan court to rule on the legality of an agreement it reached with former Gov. Rick Snyder to build an oil pipeline beneath the channel linking lakes Huron and Michigan.

U.S. stocks swayed between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors closely watched for any developments in U.S. trade disputes.