Energy in America

___ Dow Jones industrials climb above 25,000 for the first time NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average burst through the 25,000-point mark Thursday, just five weeks after its first close above 24,000.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday, led by Japan, on optimism over the coming year that pushed Wall Street to record highs.

Prosecutors in Taiwan say they're investigating a man suspected of involvement in illegal oil sales to North Korea.

Technology companies are once again leading U.S. stocks higher early Wednesday as indexes remain at all-time highs.

____ 5 ways to assess whether the GOP tax plan is delivering WASHINGTON (AP) — If President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are right, the tax cut plan they sped into law last month will make individuals and businesses more prosperous.

Thanks to more barrels of oil being pumped monthly from the Permian Basin, New Mexico is among the nation's top producing states.

A deal with Virginia-based Dominion Energy could mean $1.3 billion in refunds for customers of a troubled South Carolina utility who have been funding a failed nuclear reactor project.

Big gains for technology and health care companies and the rising price of oil helped U.S. stocks set records again Wednesday.

Plans for an underground liquefied natural gas storage hub pegged as a major job creator for Appalachia have cleared their first big hurdle.

Pennsylvania environmental officials have ordered Sunoco to halt construction of a natural gas pipeline across the southern part of the state, citing a series of spills and other "egregious and willful violations" of state law.

Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras has agreed to pay $2.95 billion to settle lawsuits in the United States over the sprawling corruption scandal that has ensnared dozens of officials and business executives across Latin America.

Strong manufacturing data and overnight gains on Wall Street gave Asian markets a boost on Wednesday.

Brazil's state-controlled oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro, said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $2.95 billion to settle a U.S. class action brought by investors seeking to recoup money they claim to have lost as a result of a corruption scandal.

U.S. stocks are starting the new year higher thanks in part to gains in technology companies and retailers, some of the market's biggest gainers from 2017.

Coal mining deaths surged in the U.S. in 2017, one year after they hit a record low.

New Mexico's largest electric provider plans to get out of the coal business sooner rather than later and is proposing legislation that could ease the sting of closing a coal-fired power plant that has served customers around the Southwest for decades.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for more offshore wind energy projects and new caps on carbon emissions from smaller power plants.

The Georgia Mountain wind farm project in the Vermont towns of Georgia and Milton has a new owner.