Democratic leaders in the Senate plan to push a bipartisan energy proposal that would allow for some expansion of offshore drilling when Congress returns next week from a five-week recess.
The International Energy Agency on Thursday warned European Union nations to overcome divisions to secure their future energy supply -- heavily reliant on Russia -- and reduce costs for customers.
As John McCain accepts his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, protesters calling for an end to the Iraq war plan to march outside the Xcel Energy Center.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil dipped half a dollar to near $109 on Wednesday, deepening this week's sharp drop as traders looked past Hurricane Gustav to focus on a wobbly global economy and the gloomy outlook for energy demand.
John McCain says Sarah Palin is a solid running mate because she's "in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply" as Alaska's governor, she has served as a mayor and the voters in her state have thoroughly evaluated her.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies watched anxiously on Monday as Hurricane Gustav lurched across the nation's largest concentration of oil platforms and refineries in the biggest threat to U.S. fuel supplies since 2005.
Oil rose nearly $2 to over $117 on Monday as U.S. energy companies raced to shut down offshore oil production and flood-prone refineries in the Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Gustav, which is evoking memories of 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina.
FLORIDA, Mass. - Deep within a mountain here, the state's eighth-largest power plant kicks into action with a thunderous clatter. A reservoir at the summit drains through a pipe in the mountain, loosing a torrent of water that spins two massive turbines, and then flows into the Deerfield River.
VIENNA (Reuters) - A small amount of plutonium which leaked from an ageing International Atomic Energy Agency laboratory near Vienna did not reach the environment, according to an independent inquiry cited by the U.N. watchdog on Friday.
