Tag: Energy industry
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and...
UN concerned over halt of oil production in eastern Libya
CAIRO — The United Nations voiced concern Thursday over the recent halt of oil production at a Libyan eastern terminal and more imminent shutdowns...
Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...
Biden aims for momentum as US returns to climate fight
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a global summit Thursday...
US ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June
BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of...
Michigan agency to include climate in tunnel permit review
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A Michigan agency delivered a split decision Wednesday in a high-stakes battle over a pipeline that carries oil beneath a...
Australia plans to spend $417 M on hydrogen, carbon capture
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister has proposed spending an extra 539 million Australian dollars ($417 million) on hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects, seeking...
Behind production of a top-selling bourbon, push to go green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green...
Mexican president wants work visas, citizenship for farmers
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he will ask U.S. President Joe Biden to give work visas to Mexican...
Search for survivors of capsized lift boat ends
CUT OFF, La. — The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns...
