Here’s where Russian oil flows
The countries that import Russian crude and other petroleum products — and what it would take to turn off the spigot.
Calls for U.S. to ban Russian oil gain momentum despite inflation concerns
An increasing number of Republicans and Democrats are calling for a U.S. import ban to punish President Vladimir Putin.
Exxon is latest oil major to announce departure from Russia over Ukraine invasion
Exxon becomes the latest major oil company to announce it's leaving Russia.
Uncertainty over what Putin will do next shakes up oil and natural gas markets
Russia's aggressive stance in Ukraine will unsettle oil and natural gas markets.
Senate Democrats, with White House backing, unveil Russia sanctions bill
The measure will be offered as an alternative to a bill from Sen. Ted Cruz that will get a vote this week.
Longer, more frequent outages afflict the U.S. power grid as states fail to prepare for climate change
State officials are reluctant to ask ratepayers to foot the bill for investments experts say are needed to fortify the grid against increasingly severe weather.
U.S. begins detaining solar panel imports over concerns about forced labor in China
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has started detaining imported solar panels made with Chinese materials over concerns about forced-labor practices in China.
Running on empty
The threats — real and imagined — driving a run on gas across the Southeast. And why Peloton decided to recall 125,000 treadmills.
Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system
Colonial’s 5,500 miles of pipelines carry fuel from refineries on the Gulf Coast to customers in the southern and eastern United States. The company says it shut down its pipelines temporarily after a cyber attack.
Thomas F. Farrell II, former CEO of Virginia-based Dominion Energy, dies at 66
He led Virginia’s largest utility company from 2007 to 2020 and was a powerful force in business and politics.
Ten years ago, 241 Texas power plants couldn’t take the cold. Dozens of them failed again this year.
More than 30 Texas power plants failed during a 2011 winter freeze and again in 2021, despite warnings about the need to winterize their equipment.
Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi minister and symbol of ‘the new age of oil,’ dies at 90
He led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis and the nationalization of its state energy company.
The lone grid state
Understanding the freezing weather sweeping across the United States — and why Texas’s independent power grid was doomed to fail in its wake. Plus, NASA tries to land a car on Mars.
Biden wants to create millions of clean-energy jobs. China and Europe are way ahead of him.
China dominates battery production today, with 93 "gigafactories" that manufacture lithium-ion battery cells, vs. only four in the United States.
Biden rejoins Paris climate accord, works to overturn Trump’s climate policies
President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign a slew of executive orders Wednesday afternoon aimed at unwinding President Trump’s environmental legacy, from restoring boundaries to national monuments to rejoining the Paris climate accord to reviving the government's role in protecting the air, water and endangered species.
Federal court scraps Trump administration’s power plant rule
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a Trump administration rule on carbon dioxide emissions, effectively restoring President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which limited those pollutants from power plants.
President-elect Biden to end Keystone XL pipeline in fight on climate change
Biden is expected to soon reverse the efforts of the Trump administration and end a project proposed more than a decade ago.
French oil giant Total quits American Petroleum Institute
French oil giant Total quits American Petroleum Institute over differences on subsidies for electric vehicles and carbon pricing.
United Airlines aims to suck carbon dioxide from the friendly skies
When it comes to cutting greenhouse gases that are driving up global temperatures and threatening the planet, there are few ways to reduce the pollution caused by air travel.
Biden wants to make the climate fight central to his presidency. What do big oil and gas firms think about that?
President-elect Biden is set on making climate change a central part of his agenda. How do big oil and gas companies feel about that?