Senate Democrats and the heads of the five biggest private oil companies faced off Thursday in a showdown over efforts to repeal billions in annual industry tax incentives...
(Reuters) - One of the reactors at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has a hole in its main vessel following a meltdown of fuel rods, leading to a...
The Obama administration will seek to allow the unlimited sale of a corn variety genetically engineered by Monsanto Co. to resist drought, the Department of Agriculture...
For capturing the sun's copious energy, there are basically two available engineering models: photovoltaic (PV) cells that turn it into flowing electrons or...
Secret US embassy cables released by Wikileaks show nations are racing to "carve up" Arctic resources - oil, gas and even rubies - as the ice retreats.
Democrats renewed their push to cut oil subsidies this week, saying high gasoline prices and big revenues for oil and gas companies make this as good a time
The stark differences between Democrats and Republicans on the oil industry and rising gas prices are on vivid display in Congress this week, as Democrats continue to...
In a baby step, eight nations are to sign an agreement to coordinate search and rescue operations across 13 million square miles of ocean that are becoming more navigable...
As witnesses from Texas testified in Washington against a study of the method central to unlocking shale formations, the Texas House passed a bill that would require...
BERLIN — Germany should close all of its nuclear power plants by 2021 and rely entirely on other forms of energy, according to a committee appointed by Chancellor Angela...
The House on Tuesday afternoon approved legislation that extends the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits, but includes several provisions that Democrats...
Temperatures dropped 20 degrees in Washington on Friday, a sign that fall is about here—and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wants to know how his home state is going to pay...
House Republicans approved legislation Monday to force the Obama administration to make a decision in the coming months on a controversial proposed pipeline project that...
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) said Monday he will block legislation to raise Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s salary by almost $20,000 until the Interior Department increases...
Democrats renewed their push to cut oil subsidies this week, saying high gasoline prices and big revenues for oil and gas companies make this as good a time
The stark differences between Democrats and Republicans on the oil industry and rising gas prices are on vivid display in Congress this week, as Democrats continue to...
Republicans unanimously voted down a motion from Democrats to consider legislation that would end subsidies to oil companies on Thursday.
Oil giant Exxon last week, on the same day that announced nearly $11 billion in first-quarter profits, publicly whined about the renewed push by Congressional Democrats...
As the country's largest oil companies report near-record profits, the office of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) rejected on Thursday Democratic calls to consider...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged world oil producers to lift crude output, as he sought to deflect public anger over high gasoline prices...
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Monday said major oil-and-gas company profit reports that will begin rolling out this week make the case for the administration’s...
A dozen Senate Democrats are pushing U.S. commodities regulators to crack down on what they call excessive speculation in oil futures markets.The lawmakers — led by Sen....
