Energy in America

To the east, the Gulf of Mexico stretches out, blue-green and sparkling.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lifted its annual blending mandate for advanced biofuels by 15 percent for 2019, while keeping the requirement for conventional biofuels like corn-based ethanol steady, according to an agency document seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Former Appalachian coal miners and supporters are in Washington this week to urge lawmakers to extend a tax that benefits miners sick with black lung disease.

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station will provide technical advice and workforce training at the nation's top site for assembly, disassembly and maintenance of nuclear weapons.

Hundreds of Bulgarian coal miners and energy workers are protesting to demand government guarantees that their jobs will be preserved amid bids by the European Union to close mines and tackle climate change.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Mike Manley says the Italian-American carmaker will build a fully electric version of the 500 city car and a compact Alfa Romeo SUV at plants in Italy.

November still marks the largest one-month drop for oil since the financial recession ten years ago.

U.S. stock indexes are rising Wednesday morning as software maker Salesforce leads a rally in technology companies.

___ Stocks surge as Powell hints at slower interest rate hikes NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks made their biggest gain in eight months after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hinted that the Fed might be willing to raise interest rates at a slower pace next year.

A Texas-based developer said it complied with the terms of a 2017 agreement settling allegations it violated North Dakota rules during construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, but state regulators want more details.

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street and uncertainty ahead of the G-20 meeting of world leaders later in the week.

Hunker down for more volatility in the world oil markets.

A U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. asked the utility Tuesday to explain any role it may have played in a massive wildfire that destroyed a Northern California town and killed nearly 90 people.

U.S. stocks are slipping Tuesday morning as technology companies fall after President Donald Trump said he expects to put more tariffs on imports from China.

A former president of the United Nations General Assembly said Tuesday that he never witnessed "anything improper" on the part of a prominent Hong Kong businessman on trial in New York on charges of bribing government leaders in two African nations to land lucrative business deals for a Chinese oil and gas conglomerate.

___ White House expresses 'disappointment,' 'anger' at GM WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expressing "great disappointment" in General Motors after the automobile giant announced it would be cutting thousands of jobs.

French President Emmanuel Macron says the country will move more slowly than promised to cap the amount of energy it derives from nuclear energy.

Mexico's state-owned oil company says studies on the 70-year-old Ixachi field in southern Veracruz state indicates it holds a whopping one billion barrels of proven, probable and possible reserves.

U.S. prosecutors say two Greek shipping companies must pay a $4 million fine for not reporting illegal oil discharges by a tanker operating last year in Texas ports.