Energy in America

U.S. crude, gasoline and distillate stocks rose last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Shares surged Wednesday in Asia following a rally on Wall Street spurred by signs the Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates to support the U.S. economy against risks from escalating trade wars.

U.S. stocks headed broadly higher in early trading Tuesday on Wall Street after comments from Mexico's foreign minister injected some optimism into a developing trade dispute.

A lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future faces a major hurdle Tuesday as lawyers for the Trump administration argue to stop the case from moving forward.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate action proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emissions of carbon pollution by 2050.

A judge has approved an agreement for Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $1.05 million to settle federal pollution violations over a 2011 pipeline break that sent oil into Montana's Yellowstone River.

The oil market had been weighed down earlier in the session by concerns about slowing global growth and comments from Russia's top oil producer that it would oppose extending joint cuts with OPEC until the end of the year.

Anheuser-Busch is making good on its pledge to be a more renewable brewer.

Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Tuesday after a tumultuous session for tech shares on Wall Street.

The world's largest association of technology professionals has reversed a decision that would have excluded employees of Chinese tech giant Huawei and its affiliates from some editorial and peer review activities.

U.S. stocks were mixed in early trading Monday on Wall Street as investors looked to shake off the steep losses incurred in May.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday said state regulators must conduct a further review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its deteriorating Line 3 crude oil pipeline because the project's environmental impact statement doesn't address the possibility of an oil spill into the Lake Superior watershed.

Environmentalists say U.S. land managers violated environmental laws and their own regulations when issuing dozens of leases to drill in one of the nation's busiest oilfields.

Brent crude prices have dropped almost 20% from their 2018 peak.

Asian shares wobbled Monday after U.S. and Chinese officials traded jibes in their widening clash over trade and technology.

For nearly two centuries, the federal government has repeatedly assured a Native American tribe in North Dakota that it has rights to a reservation river and the issue stayed relatively quiet until oil companies figured out a way to drill under the waterway, which is now a man-made lake.

In a story May 29 about South Sudan's oil production, The Associated Press reported erroneously that production in Unity state has increased to 175,000 barrels a day.

U.S. stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. announced plans to expand its trade war to Mexico.

___ Stocks end rocky month lower as Trump widens trade war NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed out a turbulent month on Wall Street with another round of sharp losses Friday after President Trump announced plans to expand a trade war to Mexico.

The Trump administration is following through on a plan to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol.