Energy in America

The Trump administration has given North Dakota the power to regulate underground wells used for long-term storage of waste carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources such as coal-fired power plants.

“We have a crisis in this country of unreliable low-cost generation, and it needs to be dealt with,” Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray said.

Asian markets are modestly higher as investors watch developments in the simmering trade dispute between the U.S. and China.

U.S. stocks are edging higher Monday after concerns about growing trade tensions between the U.S. and China sent stocks lower last week.

___ Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — A new analysis says President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's big spending bill will send the federal deficit toward $1 trillion.

Ten teams competing to make money from carbon dioxide pollution will share $5 million in prize money and advance to the final round of an international competition.

“We are delivering freedom around the world— not just gas,” the U.S. energy secretary said.

Russia says it will support companies hit by fresh U.S. sanctions as shares in aluminum producer Rusal plummeted.

The price at the pump is rising to a level not seen in years.

China has tightened trade controls on North Korea by banning exports of electronics and other goods that can be used in making weapons.

Kinder Morgan says it is suspending all non-essential activities and related spending on its controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that would nearly triple the flow of oil from Canada's oil sands to the Pacific Coast.

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up 8 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.74.

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is making his first official visit to France, which is hoping to profit from his shake-up of the conservative kingdom.

A crude oil spill from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota last November has turned out to be nearly twice as big as first reported.

___ Workers benefit as US businesses struggle to fill jobs WASHINGTON (AP) — More American employers are struggling to find enough workers to fill jobs, which might have contributed to slower hiring last month.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (ZINK'-ee) acknowledges there is "a lot of opposition" to President Donald Trump's plan to open most of the nation's coastline to oil and gas drilling.

Another increase in trade tensions has stocks reversing course and falling again Friday morning as the U.S. considers an even larger set of tariffs on imports from China.

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 10 this week to 1,003.

The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline that goes under a reservoir in the Dakotas has submitted a court-ordered spill response plan, but an American Indian tribe that draws water from Lake Oahe is unsatisfied with the company's efforts and is taking steps of its own to protect its water supply.