Energy in America

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up 7 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.66.

Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate.

A toxic onslaught from the nation's petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey as residents and first responders struggled to save lives and property.

Stocks are stabilizing on Wall Street following a huge slump a day earlier when worries about an escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China rattled investors.

___ Stocks tumble on trade fears; S&P has worst week in 2 years NEW YORK (AP) — Global stocks sink as fears about trade conflict between the U.S. and China send the S&P 500 to its worst week in two years.

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by five this week to 995.

Fears of a trade war roiled financial markets and sent the dollar wobbling Friday after Beijing retaliated against the Trump administration's tariff hikes by threatening import duties on U.S. goods.

Stocks are sinking and bond prices are climbing as trade tensions between the U.S. and China rise.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he's tackling the country's staggering inflation by lopping three zeros off the increasingly worthless bolivar currency.

___ Trade worries send stock market plunging NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 700 points, as investors feared that trade tensions will spike between the U.S. and China.

The Chinese government has said it would retaliate against the U.S. over the Trump administration’s decision on Thursday to impose hefty tariffs on Chinese imports, and the coal industry could be a prime target.

Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat, calling it "the mine of the future."

Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after U.S. stock indexes finished with small losses following the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike.

Declines in coal power plant construction in China, India and the U.S. are projected to push the heavily-polluting fuel over the edge— but not fast enough to meet international climate change goals, environmental groups said Wednesday.

___ Facebook's Zuckerberg admits mistakes, outlines fixes NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is admitting mistakes and outlining steps to protect user data in light of privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.

Virginia's largest electric utility asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to overturn a judge's ruling that the company is violating federal law by discharging arsenic through groundwater into surrounding waters from a coal ash storage site.

New Mexico regulators have approved a plan to build two massive wind farms along the Texas-New Mexico border.

A federal judge presiding over lawsuits that accuse big oil companies of lying about global warming to protect their profits is turning his courtroom into a classroom in what could be the first hearing to study the science of climate change.

The Latest on a tutorial on climate change before a federal judge in San Francisco (all times local): 9:15 a.m.

The United States is taking action against 15 South Sudanese oil-related entities in an attempt to stem the financial flow fuelling the country's civil war.