Environmental groups and a senator have appealed a judge’s ruling that they can’t intervene in the state’s $225 million settlement with Exxon Mobil over contaminated gas stations and other sites. The New …
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday Britain and China were signing a deal to finance a nuclear power station in southwest England, hailing the agreement as a sign the countries wanted to take their ties to a “new level”. Standing next to President Xi Jinping at a news conference during the Chinese leader’s state visit, Cameron also said he wanted to make Britain the “partner of choice” for China.
Cuba is eager to do business again with American oil companies, an official says, expressing hope that Havana’s opening with Washington will clear the way for their return after 55 years. In 1960, Cuba’s revolutionary leaders expropriated US refineries on the island without compensation after they refused to process Russian oil, prompting Washington to retaliate with a trade embargo. The US embargo, which was expanded in 1962 and remains in
LONDON (AP) — The latest news on the second day of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Britain. All times local.
A crew member on a Gulf of Mexico oil rig contracted by Chevron Corp was killed in an accident, the company said on Tuesday. “The cause of the incident is being investigated,” Chevron said in a statement. It said the death occurred while the rig, called the Pacific Santa Ana, was operating in waters off Louisiana.
BEATTY, Nev. (AP) — The latest on a fire at a closed radioactive waste disposal site in Nevada (all times local):
Students from New Jersey-based Stevens Institute of Technology won the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, taking the top trophy at the event in California by building a flood-resistant house that is also energy efficient, officials said on Saturday. The so-called Sure House the students constructed at the Department of Energy’s competition in Irvine, south of Los Angeles, was built with repurposed materials from the boat- building industry and was
Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane and a retired Chevron Oil executive are among the top excessive water users in a district east of San Francisco, utility records show. A September report from the …
By Chris Prentice CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s in-house investigators have launched a review of the environmental benefits stemming from the country’s decade-old program requiring the use of corn-based ethanol in gasoline. The investigation, to be conducted by the Inspector General for EPA, will examine whether the agency has complied with reporting requirements and is using recent research on the full environmental impacts of the Renewable Fuel
Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane and a retired Chevron Oil executive are among the top excessive water users in a district east of San Francisco, a utility’s records show. A September report from …