All the headlines from our Energy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2019 // The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate.Sixteen Alaska youths in 2017 sued the...
Oct 9 2019 // Two Royal Dutch Shell Plc units were sued over their involvement in one of the largest oil spills in Nigeria’s history.Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co. and Shell International Trading & Shipping Co....
Oct 8 2019 // Norway’s Equinor is still assessing the devastation and level of pollution at its oil terminal in the Bahamas, one month after a massive hurricane swept through the region, the company told Reuters on Friday [Sept....
Sep 30 2019 // State regulators will ask the Legislature to require bigger financial guarantees for oil and gas wells in response to a failed 40-well natural gas project in northwest South Dakota.Under current state law, drillers of...
Sep 30 2019 // Lawyers representing coastal Louisiana parishes have negotiated their first settlement with one of the oil and gas companies accused of damaging the state’s coast.The settlement is with Freeport McMoRan Inc. and its...
Sep 26 2019 // Authorities say oil from an overturned cargo ship has reached several parts of Georgia’s shoreline, leaving a sheen in marshes and oiled debris on beaches. State and federal authorities overseeing the cleanup say...
Sep 19 2019 // Crews have removed a damaged barge that spilled oil from Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in northeast Mississippi.U.S. Coast Guard Lt. David Schneider tells WTVA-TV that the Jamie Whitten Lock remains closed as cleanup...
Sep 17 2019 // The style of attack used against oil plants in Saudi Arabia that knocked out half of the country’s production on Saturday is unlikely to be a risk in the United States, energy and security experts say.“The U.S....
Sep 16 2019 // Major oil companies have approved $50 billion of projects since last year that will not be economically viable if governments implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a recent...
Sep 6 2019 // Major oil companies have approved $50 billion of projects since last year that will not be economically viable if governments implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a report...
Sep 5 2019 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says BP North America must pay a fine of more than $71,000 for a diesel spill last year in northeast Iowa.The EPA said the fine is for violations of the Clean Water Act. BP owns a...
Aug 29 2019 // Officials in Chattanooga say a truck and crane went to the bottom of the Tennessee River when the barge they were sitting on collapsed. News outlets report the crane was mounted on the truck that fell into the river when...
Aug 27 2019 // An oil tanker that was set ablaze by a blast near the Strait of Hormuz in June will be back in service in the fourth quarter after repairs, vessel owner Frontline said on Tuesday.Images of the product tanker Front Altair...
Aug 22 2019 // Think retreat is never an option? Think again.“Faced with global warming, rising sea levels, and the climate-related extremes they intensify, the question is no longer whether some communities will retreat—moving...
Aug 20 2019 // After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oil and chemical companies found a way to keep it from...
Aug 8 2019 // A coalition of 32 environmental and indigenous groups on Thursday urged insurers to stop underwriting the Trans Mountain pipeline to pressure Canada to cancel its plan to expand the project, which carries crude from...
Aug 8 2019 // North Dakota is considering whether to study lightning strikes at saltwater disposal sites after lightning hit state facilities at least four times since June, triggering fires and spills of oil and brine.People familiar...
Aug 5 2019 // At Mexico’s state-run oil company, skinnier waists mean bigger bonuses.Under Petroleos Mexicanos’s new collective bargaining contract with its union, workers who meet certain body weight standards will receive...
Aug 1 2019 // Oil tanker owners are finding a way to reduce the risks of navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important — and lately most dangerous — energy chokepoint: vanish from global tracking...
Jul 29 2019 // Wind is threatening to spread a growing 52-mile (84-kilometer) oil sheen in Indonesia from an undersea well that began leaking about two weeks ago into the Java Sea.State crude producer PT Pertamina plans to install more...