Energy in America

Republican members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest are upset with a federal judge's order to spill water from four Snake River dams to help speed migrating salmon to the Pacific Ocean.

Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan says the flow of crude oil through twin pipelines in a sensitive Great Lakes waterway should be suspended until authorities determine how severely they were damaged by what may have been a ship anchor strike.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Broadcom Inc., up $7.51 to $246.94

Big profit reports from several banks on Friday reminded markets that already healthy earnings for U.S. companies are climbing even higher, and the S&P 500 rose to put itself on track to close out its best week in a month and a half.

Duke Energy Corp. will pay a $156,000 penalty for polluting ground and surface waters with potentially toxic coal-ash waste around three power plants.

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by five this week to 1,008.

Slovenia has signed a 5-year agreement with Russia's state monopoly Gazprom for the supply of gas, praising cooperation with Moscow despite a crisis over Syria.

A regulatory agency says it needs more financial information before it approves the Vermont Yankee sale.

German automaker Volkswagen is creating a new management structure it says will enable faster decision-making as autonomous and electric cars transform the industry.

Global stock markets were mostly higher Friday after the U.S. said it was exploring the possibility of returning to trade talks with 11 Pacific countries.

An array of business executives are expressing alarm to federal lawmakers Thursday about the impact that tariffs will have on their business.

South Carolina's state-owned utility says it wants a say in whether its partner in building two failed nuclear plants can merge with a Virginia utility.

Senate Republicans are moving to confirm a former coal industry lobbyist as the second-highest official at the Environmental Protection Agency, putting him next in line if embattled administrator Scott Pruitt were forced out.

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U.S. stocks are climbing Thursday morning as technology companies, banks and industrial companies rally.

Hundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico were left without power on Thursday after another widespread outage, forcing the island's main public hospital and international airport to switch to backup generators as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria.

Most Asian shares sank Thursday as investors digested the latest Fed minutes while geopolitical concerns overshadowed sentiment after President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone on the Middle East conflict.

U.S. officials have a name for their frustration with Beijing's technology ambitions: "Made in China 2025."

Signaling its commitment to a clean energy future, New Zealand's government has announced it won't issue any more permits for offshore oil and gas exploration.

California regulators have issued at $12.5 million fine to an oil company with a long history of safety violations and regulatory lapses.