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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans on Friday to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea, which threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States last week.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved Sally Jewell's nomination to lead the Interior Department after the Obama administration struck a deal with a Republican senator over the construction of an emergency road for a remote Alaskan town.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved Sally Jewell's nomination to lead the Interior Department, after the Obama administration struck a last-minute deal with a Republican senator over the construction of an emergency road for a remote town in Alaska.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- The U.S. Senate energy committee on Thursday approved Sally Jewell's nomination to lead the Interior Department, after the Obama administration struck a last-minute deal with a Republican senator over the construction of an emergency road for a remote town in Alaska.
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*Two Senators ask EPA to look at gasoline price concerns. *Ethanol credit costs have climbed on "blend wall" concerns.
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*Two Senators ask EPA to look at gasoline price concerns. *Ethanol credit costs have climbed on "blend wall" concerns.
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*Ethanol credit costs have climbed on "blend wall" concerns. Senators David Vitter of Louisiana and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a letter to take decisive action to protect consumers from the rising costs of the credits, known as RINs, required by the mandate for all producers of gasoline.
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Senators David Vitter of Louisiana and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said the United States cannot afford to have these costs passed along to consumers at the pump.
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WASHINGTON, March 19- The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday it is wading through nearly 200,000 comments received in response to a report on the impact of natural gas exports, as Republicans pushed for the government to move "expeditiously" to consider the many pending export applications.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans on Friday to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea, which threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States last week.
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President Barack Obama will try to turn the page on bitterly partisan fights over energy policy on Friday, focusing his first energy speech of his second term on proposing a modest new fund to support research.
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NUUK, March 13- The promise of a resources boom has Greenland's locals both eager and anxious, while the European Union sees it as a battleground with China, but the island is still a long way from producing anything.
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Cruise lines are rolling out huge discounts and extras to help potential passengers forget the disaster and illness that have plagued the industry lately. And for some -- it's working!
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NEW YORK, March 8- In the wake of the terrible tale of the stricken Carnival Triumph- and a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ship hit with norovirus in the news Friday- the cruise industry is delivering deep discounts and lots of extras.
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WASHINGTON, March 7- President Barack Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Interior Department, Sally Jewell, pledged on Thursday to give the oil and gas industry more "certainty" regarding development on public lands, as lawmakers questioned her commitment to balancing conservation with expanded energy production.
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WASHINGTON, March 7- President Barack Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Interior Department, Sally Jewell, pledged to provide the oil and gas industry with "certainty" regarding development on public lands, as lawmakers questioned her commitment to balancing conservation with energy production.
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WASHINGTON, March 6- Outdoor retail executive Sally Jewell, President Barack Obama's pick to lead the U.S. Interior Department, will face her first big public test Thursday in a Senate confirmation hearing as the agency faces criticism of its management of oil and gas lands.
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WASHINGTON, March 6- Outdoor retail executive Sally Jewell, President Barack Obama's pick to lead the U.S. Interior Department, will face her first big public test Thursday in a Senate confirmation hearing as the agency faces criticism of its management of oil and gas lands.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 27- Royal Dutch Shell Plc will not drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic seas this year, the company said on Wednesday, in a widely expected decision that follows a series of high-profile setbacks in 2012..
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 27- Royal Dutch Shell Plc will not drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic seas this year, the company said on Wednesday, in a widely expected decision that follows a series of high-profile setbacks in 2012..
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Feb 27- Royal Dutch Shell will not be drilling for oil in Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi Seas this year, the company said on Wednesday, a widely expected decision that follows a series of setbacks in the 2012 season. The departures, expected within weeks, will draw a curtain on the rigs' accident-prone first year at work in the Arctic.