Tag: Oil

The White House has threatened to veto legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that GOP lawmakers said could erode hopes of working with President Obama on a host of issues. (Bloomberg photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama takes shot at Keystone XL pipeline

Zack Colman · January 21, 2015 3:52 am

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State Department: U.S. won’t try to boost oil prices

Zack Colman · January 20, 2015 4:15 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas arrives at the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ted Cruz puts senators in bind on oil-export measure

Zack Colman · January 18, 2015 10:00 am

A federal judge reduced the liability oil giant BP faces for the Deepwater Horizon spill, ruling that the amount of oil its well dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was less than what the federal government had estimated.Â (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

BP to pay feds less for Gulf spill

Sean Higgins · January 16, 2015 6:37 pm

President Barack Obama signs a presidential memorandum on paid leave in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to further tighten the noose on ‘Big Awl’

David Limbaugh · January 16, 2015 5:43 pm

Miles of pipe ready to become part of the Keystone pipeline are stacked in a field near Ripley, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)(AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Oil group: Keystone XL and the Mona Lisa not that different

Zack Colman · January 16, 2015 4:57 pm

Drop in oil prices leads to falling inflation. (iStock Photo)

Drop in oil prices leads to falling inflation

Joseph Lawler · January 16, 2015 2:03 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Obama can end Putin’s mischief now

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2015 10:00 am

Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline join the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in a rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, April 26, 2014. (Pete Marovich/Boomberg)

Energy and Environment

Most Americans support Keystone XL

Zack Colman · January 15, 2015 8:55 pm

Energy and Environment

Keystone matters more now than ever

Arthur Herman · January 15, 2015 10:00 am

The Obama administration proposed the first-ever regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector Wednesday with an aim of slashing emissions at least 40 percent compared with 2012 levels by 2025.Â (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Energy and Environment

White House floats first-ever methane rules for oil and gas industry

Zack Colman · January 14, 2015 2:53 pm

The Obama administration is planning to roll out regulations governing oil and gas sector emissions of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, as early as this week in an effort to curb climate change, according to a report. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

White House to propose methane rules

Zack Colman · January 13, 2015 11:41 pm