Energy in America

A new report says cash-strapped Pakistan should pursue clean energy instead of relying on coal and nuclear.

An OPEC decision this week to cut production could benefit U.S. shale producers.

President Trump’s plan to bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants recently took a major step forward and could cost taxpayers billions.

U.S. stocks declined in early trading Tuesday, giving up many of the market's gains from a day earlier.

The Latest on climate talks taking place in Poland (all times local): 10:50 a.m.

A utility serving 3.6 million electricity customers in eight states says it will try to eliminate all its carbon emissions from electrical generation by 2050.

___ Renewed jitters over trade send stocks, bond yields lower Stocks plunged Tuesday as the goodwill generated by a truce between the U.S. and China over trade evaporated over confusion about what the two sides had actually agreed to.

Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter's presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration's pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry.

French media say Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will announce a suspension of fuel tax hikes in an effort to appease a protest movement that has radicalized.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday repeated his threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea, if the U.S. shuts off Iran's oil exports.

While some powerful European Union governments are uneasy about China possibly capturing control of the bloc's critical energy and transport infrastructure, one of western Europe's smallest economies is grabbing the opportunity with both hands.

The Netherlands-based company said its long-term plan is to reduce its carbon footprint by about 50 percent by 2035.

Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday as traders questioned whether a 90-day truce in a tariff battle will allow the U.S. and China to resolve issues ranging from technology development to trade.

This comes in response to nationwide protests against high pump prices and living costs.

OPEC meets on Thursday in Vienna.

A rally in oil prices after a two-month slide indicates traders are betting that OPEC and its allies including Russia will agree to produce less crude.

U.S. stocks surged in early trading Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day truce in their escalating trade dispute, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 300 points.