Mounted police blocked a bridge Thursday as hundreds of anti-war protesters tried to march from the state Capitol to the Xcel Energy Center where Sen. John McCain was due to accept the GOP nomination for president.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Who's best equipped to turn the White House green -- John McCain or Barack Obama? Both have made energy security and environmental stewardship part of their presidential campaigns.
European Union nations will redraft key strategy guidelines to add climate change, energy shortages and cybercrime as threats to the security of the 27-nation bloc, the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Friday.
Gold prices slipped Friday as crude oil prices fell and the dollar traded mixed. Precious metals frequently follow the movements of the energy markets. They also tend to move opposite the dollar, because commodities are often bought as hedges against a weakening U.S. currency.
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.
