Articles Tagged: Oil and Gas

After a drop in pressure on the pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, the company said it shut down its Keystone system Wednesday night.

The Fact Checker looks into state Rep. Christina Bohannan’s claims that Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, her opponent in Iowa’s 1st District race, “voted against a bill to hold the oil and gas companies accountable for corporate price gouging after taking tens of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry.”

President Joe Biden has proposed a three-month suspension of the 18-cent federal gas tax and called on states to enact their own.

Sen. Joni Ernst is among the critics of President Joe Biden as Americans see higher prices when they fill up on gas. But recent claims on surging gas costs earn mixed grades.

The scientists from Florida State University and Duke University found that 90% of children born in the U.S. between 1950 and 1981 had blood-lead levels higher than the CDC threshold. And the researchers found significant impact on cognitive development: on average, early childhood exposure to lead resulted in a 2.6-point drop in IQ.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal and state lawyers will meet in North Dakota next week to negotiate a settlement for money that the state claims it spent on policing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

A Des Moines woman was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for damaging valves and setting fire to construction equipment along the Dakota Access pipeline.

Backers see bio-fuel boost; critics call mandate

Oil prices fell 2 percent on Monday, with U.S. crude hitting six-year lows, on signs of higher output in the …

LONDON – Oil held above $51 a barrel on Thursday, supported by a surprise drop in U.S. inventories, as bulls …

Plunging oil prices will prompt energy companies to cut investments in new projects by 25 percent or more in 2015, …

By Emily Flitter, Reuters NEW YORK — Atlas Energy LP has a deal for investors eager to get in on …

WASHINGTON/DETROIT – Hyundai Motor Co and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp will pay a $100 million penalty for selling cars …

DES MOINES – A coalition of environmental groups submitted 2,300 petitions to Gov. Terry Branstad on Tuesday asking him to …

Ethanol industry leaders said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency should support the principles initially underlying the renewable fuel standard. …