Energy in America

The Interior Department announced Thursday it will spend $4 million on construction to support petroleum drilling within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

A Chicago-based company said Thursday it is putting together a proposal to buy the coal-fueled Navajo Generating Station, a move that could forestall the plant's scheduled closure in late 2019 and save hundreds of jobs and funding for Native American tribes.

U.S. stocks were mixed Thursday as technology companies took their worst loss in six weeks, but energy companies rose with oil prices.

Pennsylvania will begin enforcing tougher air pollution standards on its booming natural gas industry.

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

Brazil is holding an auction for exploration of four pre-salt oil fields.

A judge has dismissed Montana-Dakota Utilities' eminent domain proceeding for a proposed natural gas pipeline in North Dakota.

Unreliable electric power grids present a dangerous situation in America, coal executive Robert Murray said.

Asian stock markets rose Thursday following a rally on Wall Street as remarks by a European Central Bank board member eased worries about the new Italian government's spending plans.

Venezuelan officials have released two Chevron employees who were arrested in April amid a national anti-corruption investigation.

U.S. stocks are mostly rising Wednesday morning as banks rise in tandem with interest rates.

The Latest on coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona (all times local): 10:45 a.m.

Buying yogurt in a small grocery store in Rabat, Morocco, 24-year-old Chaima Lahsini has a request: "Nothing from Central Danone please," she asks the clerk, who looks back mournfully at the unwanted dairy products piled in his fridge.

Hundreds of miners and their relatives will join leaders from the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the United Mine Workers to rally at the state Capitol to keep open the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station, which pumps water from the Colorado River to cities, tribes and farmers in Arizona.

Mexico’s retaliatory measures against President Trump’s duties on steel and aluminum are reasons for concern for U.S. oil companies, according to American Petroleum Institute CEO Jack Gerard.

India's central bank has raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 6.25, as inflation rose following an increase in global oil prices.

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Wednesday ahead of a meeting of major industrialized economies overshadowed by tension over U.S. steel tariffs.

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