Tag: Oil

This Feb. 17, 2015, file photo shows a train derailment that sent a tanker with crude oil into the Kanawha River near Mount Carbon, W.Va. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Stricter safety standards for oil tanker cars announced

John Siciliano · May 1, 2015 5:15 pm

Drillers and oil companies have seen the steep drop in the price of oil cut into the historic U.S. shale oil revolution. (Getty Images)

Four reasons the economy faltered in the first quarter

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2015 2:57 pm

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and top Democrat Sen. Maria Cantwell, of Washington, are working on broad energy legislation that they hope to move this spring. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Senators to focus on improving U.S. energy

Zack Colman · April 28, 2015 9:00 am

Exxon paying $5m to settle Arkansas oil spill lawsuit

Exxon paying $5m to settle Arkansas oil spill lawsuit

LocalLabs News Service · April 27, 2015 3:46 pm

$A hydraulic fracturing operation at a site outside Rifle, in western Colorado. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)$ Energy and Environment

Freaking out over fracking

Zack Colman · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

$The gains from fracking have not only gone to natural gas producers, but manufacturers and consumers as well. (AP Photo)$ Energy and Environment

Former Obama adviser spurs debate on fracking and quakes

John Siciliano · April 23, 2015 5:55 pm

Workers clean tarballs from the BP oil spill on Waveland beach December 6, 2010 in Waveland, Mississippi. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Administration’s answer to Gulf oil spill: More regulation

John Siciliano · April 22, 2015 4:12 pm

The report also recommended $3.5 billion of spending over 10 years in "smart grid" technology to modernize the electric grid. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

White House releases sweeping energy infrastructure review

Zack Colman · April 21, 2015 12:07 pm

Tens of thousands of people in hundreds of communities were affected directly and indirectly by the Gulf oil spill five years ago. (AP Photo)Â

We’ve come a long way since the Gulf spill

Randall Luthi · April 21, 2015 9:00 am

Reform the Corn Laws

Reform the Corn Laws

Geoffrey Norman · April 20, 2015 8:29 pm

In this Sunday, April 12, 2015 file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony to commemorate the late Khadijeh Saghafi, wife of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani has dismissed pressure from the U.S. Congress over a preliminary deal on Iran's nuclear program, saying that Tehran is dealing with world powers not American lawmakers. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Lifting U.S. sanctions would give Iran quick infusion of up to $50 billion

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 18, 2015 7:19 pm

Iraq security troops distribute bottles of water to displaced families from Ramadi on Bzebiz bridge 65 km west of Baghdad., Iraq, Saturday, April 18, 2015. Thousands of displaced people form Ramadi city continue to pour to Baghdad, fleeing the ongoing fighting in Anbar provincial capital between Iraqi security forces and fighters from Islamic State militant group. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Iraq regains largest oil refinery, but Islamic State spreading new fears in Anbar

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 18, 2015 5:19 pm