Global energy company Iberdrola says it accepts the terms New York regulators placed on its buyout of Energy East and plans to go ahead with the $4.6 billion deal.
Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.
BERLIN -- Energy provider Vattenfall AG fired up its carbon capture lignite plant Tuesday, the latest effort in the industry's attempts to make coal-fired energy synonymous with clean air.
Senate Democrats promised a series of votes next week on offshore oil drilling as Republicans agreed Monday to let the Senate proceed on a defense bill that had been bottled up because of partisan disputes over the country's energy priorities.
LONDON (Reuters) - UK gas producer BG Group admitted defeat in its hostile bid for Australian coal-bed methane producer Origin Energy, but analysts said BG may shift its focus to another target or become a target itself.
With public opinion shifting toward offshore drilling, Democrats are looking to defuse the volatile election issue by allowing oil companies for the first time to explore off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Virginia to Florida -- but only if they foot the bill for new alternative energy programs.
Origin Energy Ltd <ORG.AX>, fending off an $11 billion hostile bid from Britain's BG Group Plc <BG.L>, has partnered U.S. major ConocoPhillips <COP.N> to help develop its coal seam gas through a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
Clint Dempsey scored late in the second half and the United States held on to beat Cuba 1-0 in a sloppy and low-energy World Cup qualifier Saturday night, their first match on the communist-run island since 1947.
The House and Senate reconvene Monday after back-to-back political conventions, both parties eager to use the three-week session to show voters why their candidates are the ones to fix the economy and lower energy prices.
India's government and business groups were jubilant Sunday over a hard-won endorsement from nations that supply nuclear material and technology, a decision that paves the way for a landmark civil nuclear energy accord between India and the United States.
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.
