Energy in America

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

Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday despite jitters over the escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China.

U.S. stocks rose in early trading Tuesday as investors weighed the White House's decision to impose tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods beginning next week.

Greenpeace says global consumer brands continue to buy palm oil from companies that are cutting down Indonesia's rainforests despite repeated pledges to clean up their supply chains.

The Trump administration has rolled back an Obama-era rule meant to curb climate-changing pollution caused by huge volumes of natural gas that escapes after being drilled from U.S. lands.

The pressure in natural gas pipelines prior to a series of explosions and fires in Massachusetts last week was 12 times higher than it should have been.

Venezuela is leaning heavily on new investments from China, saying they will dramatically boost oil production and turn around the country's crashing economy.

___ Trade war escalates as China announces tariffs on US imports BEIJING (AP) — China announces retaliatory tax increases on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors shrugged off the latest escalation of trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

About 1.7 million chickens have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped at least 60 farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market, according to a major poultry producer.

The Latest on natural gas explosions in Massachusetts (all times local): 11:45 a.m.

Egypt's oil minister says Europe stands to gain from an agreement his country will sign with the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus to pipe offshore natural gas to processing plants in Egypt where it will be liquefied for export.

A cybersecurity firm is warning that Iranian government-aligned hackers have stepped up their efforts in the wake of President Donald Trump pulling America from the nuclear deal.

Many Asian markets turned higher on Tuesday after President Donald Trump's move to place tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods was not immediately met with retaliation by Beijing.

European countries want to increase the use of hydrogen as part of their efforts to cut the continent's carbon emissions.

The head of OPEC says the oil cartel must stick together for the good of the global economy as Iran faces renewed U.S. sanctions.

Craft brewery operators whose most important ingredient comes from the nation's lakes and rivers are becoming a strong voice for clean water.

A relief fund will be established to help Massachusetts residents whose lives were disrupted by a series of natural gas fires and explosions.

Federal officials will allow construction to resume on the Atlantic Coast pipeline, weeks after work was halted when a federal appeals court threw out two key permits for the 600-mile (965-kilometer) natural gas pipeline.

The Latest on the New Jersey nuclear plant that shut down Monday.