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Accidents spur U.S. to mandate tests of oil moving by train

August 25, 2021 at 2:02 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators issued an emergency order on Tuesday requiring oil from North Dakota being loaded onto trains to be tested and properly labeled to reflect its volatile...

Keystone pipeline approval in limbo after Nebraska ruling

December 23, 2018 at 9:56 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Nebraska court on Wednesday voided the governor's decision to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to pass through the Midwestern state, creating another snag for the controversial...

Welder David Warner works on a joint between two sections of pipe during construction of the Gulf Coast Project pipeline in Prague, Okla. The Gulf Coast Project, a 485-mile crude oil pipeline being constructed by TransCanada Corp., is part of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project.

Keystone pipeline approval in limbo after Nebraska ruling

November 4, 2021 at 1:08 a.m.

In Podesta, a Keystone skeptic returns to White House

May 23, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Podesta's return to the White House could dim prospects for the Keystone XL pipeline's approval, environmentalists said Wednesday, as the Democratic Party elder and Keystone critic...

Obama climate adviser Zichal to step down: officials

May 23, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top adviser on energy and climate change, Heather Zichal, plans to step down in the next few weeks after five years at the White...

Obama climate adviser Zichal to step down: officials

August 24, 2021 at 9:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top adviser on energy and climate change, Heather Zichal, plans to step down in the next few weeks after five years at the White...

Chemical weapons disposal will cost $1 billion, take a year: Assad

August 24, 2021 at 8:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday it would cost about $1 billion to get rid of Syria's chemical weapons under a U.S.-Russian deal reached last week. In...

Power regulator’s JPMorgan case could be on summer simmer

August 24, 2021 at 4:08 p.m.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even before the chief U.S. power market regulator announced his resignation this week, the agency pursuing a contested probe against JPMorgan Chase & Co for alleged...

Obama pick for Interior head faces hearing; agency under fire

August 24, 2021 at 5:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outdoor retail executive Sally Jewell, President Barack Obama's pick to lead the U.S. Interior Department, will face her first big public test Thursday in a Senate confirmation...

Obama pick for Interior head faces hearing; agency under fire

May 23, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

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