Energy in America

The Latest on a California utility accused of falsifying records (all times local): 4:20 p.m.

Regulators are accusing one of California's largest utilities of falsifying safety documents on natural gas pipelines over a five-year period.

California regulators: PG&E falsified safety records for natural gas pipelines years after deadly blast.

Stocks are sagging Friday after weak economic data from China has investors worrying about the global economy again.

___ GM says it has 2,700 jobs for workers slated to be laid off DETROIT (AP) — The General Motors' massive 14,000-person layoff announced last month might not be as bad as originally projected.

South Carolina regulators have a couple of billion-dollar decisions to make on Friday.

The Latest on South Carolina regulators' votes on issues concerning the fallout from a $9 billion nuclear construction project failure (all times local): 1:55 p.m.

North Dakota landowners who unsuccessfully sued the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline over land easements have lost their appeal.

U.S. industrial production climbed 0.6 percent on surging output at mines and utilities.

US retail sales increased a slight 0.2% in November; holiday shopping gains offset by lower gasoline prices.

Hungary's foreign minister says Cyprus' offshore gas deposits could become an alternative energy source for his country, which is seeking to diversify its natural gas supply beyond Russia in order to bolster its energy security.

The competition between two Asian giants, India and China, for influence over tiny Nepal is yielding a bonanza in the form of the Himalayan mountain nation's first modern railway — and possibly more to come.

U.S. stocks are mixed in morning trading Thursday as technology and health care companies rise.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration has wrapped up negotiations with Enbridge Inc. on building a tunnel to contain an oil pipeline beneath a Great Lakes waterway.

___ Apple to build new Austin hub, expand in other tech hotbeds AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Apple is building a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas.

A permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests, including parts of the Appalachian Trail, was thrown out Thursday by a federal appeals court that harshly criticized regulators for approving the proposal.

The federal government's attempt to sell oil leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska has again drawn a modest response.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Pennsylvania is aiming to curb air pollution and greenhouse emissions from its vast natural gas exploration fields, even as the Trump administration moves to relax federal requirements.

Opponents of Enbridge Energy's proposed Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement may turn their attention to fighting the project on other fronts as a Minnesota regulatory panel prepares to take one of its final steps to allow it to proceed.